SwaVay - Don't Look Back lyrics

(Verse) Way before I had the underground moving Way before I started boolin' We was writing in the cla** going stupid Way before I knew Curtis Way before I saw curtains Wasn't even tryna get the sh** perfect Only thing that mattered was the songs when it surfaced Protools or not didn't matter we was working Super skinny denim That was way before the jerking All I thought about was ballin' I ain't talking bout how Irving get it n***a we was spitting Ever since I was a seed All I knew that I was gifted Had my mind on a pedestal cause I was never lifted Focused on the lyrics way before the culture shifted All I wanted was somebody to listen But I don't like complaining I ain't really into b**hing But times got rough I mean Times started switching Only reason we was eating and had food in the kitchen (is) cause the EBT showed me named brands & we was trippin' Moving like the postal cause we really got evicted I remember like it's nothing We was moving on a Christmas Moving out of town they looking at me like I'm different Pops ain't called a n***a since he was a midget Crazy how the closest people to you Can be so f**ing distant And that's probably why I started banging hard Fingers twisted in the air Grew some dreads in my hair Just to show you that I don't give a f** when you approach me And don't call me Andre n***a that's the old me To keep the sh** a buck I don't even really know me Couldn't recognize myself if you forced me & showed me Thinking bout Going out hard like I'm Kobe But they treat me like I'm just another player like Ginobli 20 on my back as it approach me Still a teenager But I'm feeling like a vet So when you talk about the kid On my name show (put) respect n***as know I'd take one for the game No vest And thats till the f**ing day that I finally get to rest 19 years If I die I never slept And I left behind a masterpiece n***a I'm the best Fear none but God Got it tatted on my chest And you know I'm bout the funk And I never had to flex That's a blood reference Studying the game, I mean really rap lessons n***as got better & it's still no progression Who run the city, my n***a, not a question Only letting you lil n***as breathe My blessings But I can drop some sh** today & stop the whole section I'm the only n***a left With a muthaf**ing message And don't say you slept on a n***a You was slept in Labels picked up some n***as n***a I was left in Whole f**ing cause of this stupid a** depression Is the rap f**ing game Got a n***a f**ing stressing Who you know putting n***as on like it's nothing? Who you know got yo favorite lil n***as buzzing? Who you know really put work in blooding? And who you know can still can get down with the cousins? Mama don't like my music now cause I'm cussin' but This to heal the pain I ain't talking robitussin I done seen it all Idol n***as really turn p**y If I ever told a lie Tell them folks to come book me They don't care about lyrics Promoters never book me Tell XXL it's too late to be a rookie Tell these damn labels that it's too late to overlook me Cause after this sh** They planning to overbook me 12 mixtapes They was sleeping my n***a After this I'm hitting licks if I ain't eating my n***a Running up Ice Cube'ing to your meeting my n***a With a 30 f**ing clip and it's skeeting my n***a Last year I almost died and I'm still screaming f** that n***as getting hungry and they want to know where the buck at Hard my n***a? Boy you everything but that Staying in the studio You nothing but a tough act b**h I'm from Atlanta I can show you where some tough at n***a f** your BB Gun I'll show you where to bust at I'ma come clean You can do everything but rap This my sh** n***a Die quick n***a And if I don't get a grammy off this sh** then they racist n***as really rapping But they only know who Drake is No disrespect But I put it on my set If I sign to OVO the whole world gon' f**ing play this I ain't tryna get a check I'm just trying to be the greatest All praise to Jehovah I don't really know who Jay is I ain't being disrespectful But I ain't really playing But i'll die before you call yourself the greatest f** you saying n***a (Cough) I'm the Best