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 ****! - 
Yeeaah! I've been up, - 
I've been down. - 
I don't give a ****! - 
Yeeeaaah! 
I've been up, - 
I've been down. - 
I don't give a ****! 
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 mother****in' much to aaaask? (aaaask!) 
Damn it! '
Bout to cry in this bitch. - 
King of the jungle, 
I hate liars, but 
I **** 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]