|
G'eah, g'ah! |
|
G'eah, g'eah, g'eah, g'ah! [Verse 1:] |
|
Somebody very dear to me (aaahhh!) just attempted to kill herself; |
|
And showed me we don't fear death. - |
|
We fear fear itself! |
|
Ever since - '98 in |
|
Hip-Hop my presence been felt; |
|
Couple of dollars, couple of models, couple of bitch niggas under-my-belt! |
|
Thorough nigga, |
|
I'm a hold you to it, if we hand shake; |
|
My - "plan B" is to complete "plan A". |
|
Grindin' been my strategy ('ey!) like this is my anatomy, |
|
I should get? sick; why? - |
|
Why, whyyy? |
|
Would you let some dollar dictate your army? (aaahhh!) |
|
I brush my shoulders up. - |
|
Polish off haters! |
|
If you play me, |
|
I will spray your potato - layed up with ff-fakeeers, (aaahhh!) |
|
I-put-'em-in-the-news-in-a-major-paper. |
|
My - roller coaster of a career, |
|
Hope it's been real for you, because it's been weird for me! - |
|
I feel like... [Chorus:] |
|
They can take away the cars, (whoo!) they can take away the cash, (whoo!) |
|
Yo, I bet you that they can't take the realness, that's in |
|
ME! (whooo!) |
|
I've been up, - |
|
I've been down. - |
|
I don't give a fuck! - |
|
Yeeaah! I've been up, - |
|
I've been down. - |
|
I don't give a fuck! - |
|
Yeeeaaah! |
|
I've been up, - |
|
I've been down. - |
|
I don't give a fuck! |
|
They can take away the cars, they can take away the cash; |
|
Yo, I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in |
|
ME! [Verse 2:] |
|
I just want mama to be happy. (mama to be happy!) |
|
Is that too motherfuckin' much to aaaask? (aaaask!) |
|
Damn it! ' |
|
Bout to cry in this bitch. - |
|
King of the jungle, |
|
I hate liars, but |
|
I fuck with a lioness bitch! (BITCH!) |
|
If you don't straighten your ass out right now |
|
I will find you and iron, you bitch. |
|
Grindin' been my strategy ('ey!) like this is my anatomy, |
|
I should get? to sick; why? - |
|
Why, whyyy? |
|
Would you let love is make you act like a faggot? |
|
I'm fly! (I'm fly!) - |
|
And you act like a maggot! (whooo!) |
|
Money comes, money goes. |
|
I used to wear funny clothes; |
|
Hammer pants. - |
|
My mama used-to-wipe-my-runny-nose |
|
My real fam-ily, all |
|
I care about is her. - |
|
I'm feelin' like... (whooo!) [Chorus] [Verse 3:] |
|
Then I watch my daddy hit my mama. |
|
Listen to my mama tryna calm us, y'all don't understand the problem |
|
That we have. - |
|
Who-gives-a-shit-about-dollars when you gotta-go-visit your father in rehab? |
|
You said Rick |
|
Ryan Marcus long-as- |
|
I'm-gettin'-high-your-mama-will be sad. |
|
And only I can fix this; so |
|
I'm a-turn-this-all around |
|
I promise (I promise!) - as we sat. |
|
He said I'm-down-right-now-in-life-now-and-you-know- |
|
I'm a BE B |
|
ACK! And-when-he-got-back-home it was like he was heaven sent |
|
Cause I was only 11 at the time and he's been clean and sober ever since. (whoo!) |
|
He gave me this advice. (advice!) - |
|
You at a huge advantage; |
|
Long as you know what's rules in life (life!) - and a view for the planet! |
|
Rather You the man, you're the mechanic; people treat money like oxygen |
|
When they got it they take it for granted. (HUUUHHH!) - |
|
But then lose it and panic! |
|
So spoken, |
|
G. - I look at him like superman, |
|
And y'all know niggas ain't even close to me, so if he can fall; so can we! (ooohhh!) [Chorus] |