[Verse 1] This that feeling of getting closer to things that you dreamed you achieve The mud in the slums thick chances slim u succeed I mean On the mission keep the money on ya mind Don't let ya dealings wit b**hes interfere wit ya grind My shine can't be blocked by no hater My aura is so flavor Life's like a dice game so I blow shakers and Head crack Merch, twerk, and music bread stack Need someone I can build wit paradise where ha head at Refuse to go my whole life my not seeing the world There got to be more fiends and d**hs of the boys girls Or hearing a n***a scream from heat from hot shells Crazy we stomach it you soft you prolly earl You lost I wish you well A corp, music, or scales A boss in the makin never fakin I will prevail Jail heaven or hell is our options The strong survive strive to keep living out your dreams keep rising [Hook] "Besides the money cars and bad b!#%€ galore I do it for the gz wit time behind the wall I do it for those resting they souls and ain't here to see And most importantly for my family Bare witness to the rising of a star I do it cuz was blessed this gift is from above I do it for the love and so the world can see Another black man living like royalty Gotta rise above" [Verse 2: Pharaoh Z] Like a Phoenix or a Dove That hater sh** is a dub Show me love show me love From the slums but we headed where it's sandy Glad that we still on plan A cus only b**hes take the plan b Peel off in a lambi But this is for my n***as in a camry Ambitions of a grammy Go ham til I pull hammy Overseers overseeing over cities over seas Understand me I wanna ball like jabar Get the cream Hooking these b**hes I need them liras galore But there's a bigger picture that I'm pursuing it for My n***as behind the wall And all the souls that are lost That's the sh** that should feed us Never will they defeat us You been a leader since fetus Believe it you are a genius my n***as So keep your head high eyes up Chips down, wise up Come around rise above [Hook] "Besides the money cars and bad b!#%€ galore I do it for the gz wit time behind the wall I do it for those resting they souls and ain't here to see And most importantly for my family Bare witness to the rising of a star I do it cuz was blessed this gift is from above I do it for the love and so the world can see Another black man living like royalty Gotta rise above" [Verse 3] The cost to be a boss the work for success Overtime on the grind I invest then finesse All money in been the plan making sense Making change makin shorties wet then make em make a mess I Do this to the d**h just to live the fullest Break thru the whole door f** try a get a foot in Get out what u put in Flow raw no cookin You would think I got plugs from Cuba getting that good in They tried but they couldn't never bring me down Same ones when u up got u on speed dial When u call out they bluff when's they act senile The picture done developed I bet they startna see now Mean while I maintain the same focus measuring my pace I pick up the tempo to get rid of the roaches And the same goes for these lame hoes I'm tryna rise above we ain't got the same goals