[00:22.39] | Yeah, okay |
[00:23.30] | Now there’s a meaning to this thing called life |
[00:25.54] | But you just gotta find it in this thing called strife |
[00:28.79] | I wish I could rewind and show you this is all hype |
[00:31.43] | Show you just because they stars doesn’t mean they got stripes, for real though |
[00:35.47] | But me, I got them verses that’ll kill though |
[00:38.56] | And me, I’m EST now that’s a family I would kill for |
[00:40.79] | Shout out to the fans who held me down before the deal though |
[00:43.54] | And I can’t forget my team, I pray one day we’ll make a million, and blow it all |
[00:48.43] | Cause when we die we ain’t taking it wit us |
[00:50.89] | Materials make a king, knowledge makes an apprentice |
[00:53.89] | Now ain’t that backwards we impressed by the fame in this era |
[00:57.63] | My girl a queen, she don’t need a tiara |
[01:00.13] | She don’t need an umbrella either just give her the rain |
[01:02.85] | We don’t need help, they built the pyramids without a crane |
[01:05.79] | Insane sometimes I feel we born without a brain |
[01:08.32] | We only looking at the dollars, what we really need is change |
[01:11.58] | I'm sayin, if that shit doesn’t register, might as well get used to stealing singles out the register |
[01:16.52] | Baby momma calling, she need 30 for a pedicure |
[01:19.86] | Student loan collector blow your phone up on the regular |
[01:22.89] | How we supposed to live baby? This isn’t it baby |
[01:26.12] | We supposed to have a condo and a crib baby, damn |
[01:30.31] | But you forgot the first rule of the game |
[01:32.25] | They don’t remember riches, they just remember the name (Kells) |
[01:36.53] | Uh so go and get it homie |
[01:37.87] | One thing for sure I know the block ain’t gonna get it for me |
[01:41.10] | Two thing’s for certain, I ain’t tryna let em pigeon toe me |
[01:44.01] | And if they is just know I’m walking wit my pistol on me |
[01:47.40] | This ain’t that B shit or C shit, this is that D.O.D shit |
[01:52.44] | That means Do or Die, cause ain’t no you, if it’s you and I |
[01:56.78] | I ain’t a gangster but I will be just to stay alive |
[01:59.82] | I’m rollin’ in the cut, staying high |
[02:02.02] | Roll to the cinema and stay the night |
[02:04.43] | My life’s like TV with this daytime drama |
[02:06.62] | All this Law and Order, a lot of comedy |
[02:08.42] | And relationships like Tina and Ike, these bitches craaaaaazy |
[02:12.50] | That’s why I’m tellin’ ya |
[02:13.75] | Look up at the sky instead of staring at a cellular |
[02:16.41] | You could be the greatest why would you wanna be regular? |
[02:19.59] | Just know that your greatness comes from how they gon’ remember ya |
[02:22.97] | Not from how you spend baby, that isn’t it baby |
[02:26.46] | You ain’t gotta have a condo or a crib baby |
[02:30.30] | But now you know the first rule of the game |
[02:32.36] | They don’t remember riches, they just remember the name |
[02:38.29] | They don’t remember |
[02:46.12] | They just remember the name |
[02:51.24] | |
[02:58.27] | KELLS |
[02:58.89] | Rose from the ashes like a Phoenix |
[03:01.54] | Rows fillin', rows fillin' up in them arenas |
[03:04.44] | Got my weight up in my hood we call that triple-beamin’ |
[03:07.23] | Fuck introductions, skip the name and just call me Cleveland |
[03:10.08] | Homie calling for bail, tryna get out this precinct |
[03:13.34] | Tell ‘em we give ‘em hell, funny I started preaching |
[03:16.02] | And when I say I gotta respect the city you gon’ believe it |
[03:19.17] | Cause everybody left us and they know I’m never leaving |
[03:22.22] | So I turn it up one time for the days standing on the corner |
[03:25.68] | Talkin shit and getting lifted, sippin’ brews and Arizona |
[03:28.66] | And when one time came through everybody gone except for me |
[03:32.17] | I couldn’t leave, I am a loner, with the mind of a stoner |
[03:35.61] | And dreams of putting this game in a choker |
[03:37.65] | And fuckin her till she pay me like Oprah |
[03:39.95] | I’m not a hoper, I’m a knower |
[03:41.49] | I’ll voice in the forecast like Al Roker |
[03:44.00] | So even if it pours, I am Noah, two oars |
[03:47.45] | Two rowers, row us to two shores |
[03:50.20] | Found promised land, now we lying on two floors |
[03:53.29] | One for the fam, the other for two whores |
[03:56.32] | Fuck two minutes, I did this in two chords, of course |
[04:00.06] | I’m too versatile for a chorus |
[04:01.70] | Done too many tours to be a tourist |
[04:04.46] | Fuck the magazine, I am the Source |
[04:06.40] | I am too bossed to be employed |
[04:07.84] | More stories about your boy than Chuck Norris |
[04:09.99] | Kells, listen up! |
[04:15.41] | |
[04:20.29] | They don’t remember |
[04:27.68] | They just remember the name |
[00:22.39] | Yeah, okay |
[00:23.30] | Now there' s a meaning to this thing called life |
[00:25.54] | But you just gotta find it in this thing called strife |
[00:28.79] | I wish I could rewind and show you this is all hype |
[00:31.43] | Show you just because they stars doesn' t mean they got stripes, for real though |
[00:35.47] | But me, I got them verses that' ll kill though |
[00:38.56] | And me, I' m EST now that' s a family I would kill for |
[00:40.79] | Shout out to the fans who held me down before the deal though |
[00:43.54] | And I can' t forget my team, I pray one day we' ll make a million, and blow it all |
[00:48.43] | Cause when we die we ain' t taking it wit us |
[00:50.89] | Materials make a king, knowledge makes an apprentice |
[00:53.89] | Now ain' t that backwards we impressed by the fame in this era |
[00:57.63] | My girl a queen, she don' t need a tiara |
[01:00.13] | She don' t need an umbrella either just give her the rain |
[01:02.85] | We don' t need help, they built the pyramids without a crane |
[01:05.79] | Insane sometimes I feel we born without a brain |
[01:08.32] | We only looking at the dollars, what we really need is change |
[01:11.58] | I' m sayin, if that shit doesn' t register, might as well get used to stealing singles out the register |
[01:16.52] | Baby momma calling, she need 30 for a pedicure |
[01:19.86] | Student loan collector blow your phone up on the regular |
[01:22.89] | How we supposed to live baby? This isn' t it baby |
[01:26.12] | We supposed to have a condo and a crib baby, damn |
[01:30.31] | But you forgot the first rule of the game |
[01:32.25] | They don' t remember riches, they just remember the name Kells |
[01:36.53] | Uh so go and get it homie |
[01:37.87] | One thing for sure I know the block ain' t gonna get it for me |
[01:41.10] | Two thing' s for certain, I ain' t tryna let em pigeon toe me |
[01:44.01] | And if they is just know I' m walking wit my pistol on me |
[01:47.40] | This ain' t that B shit or C shit, this is that D. O. D shit |
[01:52.44] | That means Do or Die, cause ain' t no you, if it' s you and I |
[01:56.78] | I ain' t a gangster but I will be just to stay alive |
[01:59.82] | I' m rollin' in the cut, staying high |
[02:02.02] | Roll to the cinema and stay the night |
[02:04.43] | My life' s like TV with this daytime drama |
[02:06.62] | All this Law and Order, a lot of comedy |
[02:08.42] | And relationships like Tina and Ike, these bitches craaaaaazy |
[02:12.50] | That' s why I' m tellin' ya |
[02:13.75] | Look up at the sky instead of staring at a cellular |
[02:16.41] | You could be the greatest why would you wanna be regular? |
[02:19.59] | Just know that your greatness comes from how they gon' remember ya |
[02:22.97] | Not from how you spend baby, that isn' t it baby |
[02:26.46] | You ain' t gotta have a condo or a crib baby |
[02:30.30] | But now you know the first rule of the game |
[02:32.36] | They don' t remember riches, they just remember the name |
[02:38.29] | They don' t remember |
[02:46.12] | They just remember the name |
[02:51.24] | |
[02:58.27] | KELLS |
[02:58.89] | Rose from the ashes like a Phoenix |
[03:01.54] | Rows fillin', rows fillin' up in them arenas |
[03:04.44] | Got my weight up in my hood we call that triplebeamin' |
[03:07.23] | Fuck introductions, skip the name and just call me Cleveland |
[03:10.08] | Homie calling for bail, tryna get out this precinct |
[03:13.34] | Tell ' em we give ' em hell, funny I started preaching |
[03:16.02] | And when I say I gotta respect the city you gon' believe it |
[03:19.17] | Cause everybody left us and they know I' m never leaving |
[03:22.22] | So I turn it up one time for the days standing on the corner |
[03:25.68] | Talkin shit and getting lifted, sippin' brews and Arizona |
[03:28.66] | And when one time came through everybody gone except for me |
[03:32.17] | I couldn' t leave, I am a loner, with the mind of a stoner |
[03:35.61] | And dreams of putting this game in a choker |
[03:37.65] | And fuckin her till she pay me like Oprah |
[03:39.95] | I' m not a hoper, I' m a knower |
[03:41.49] | I' ll voice in the forecast like Al Roker |
[03:44.00] | So even if it pours, I am Noah, two oars |
[03:47.45] | Two rowers, row us to two shores |
[03:50.20] | Found promised land, now we lying on two floors |
[03:53.29] | One for the fam, the other for two whores |
[03:56.32] | Fuck two minutes, I did this in two chords, of course |
[04:00.06] | I' m too versatile for a chorus |
[04:01.70] | Done too many tours to be a tourist |
[04:04.46] | Fuck the magazine, I am the Source |
[04:06.40] | I am too bossed to be employed |
[04:07.84] | More stories about your boy than Chuck Norris |
[04:09.99] | Kells, listen up! |
[04:15.41] | |
[04:20.29] | They don' t remember |
[04:27.68] | They just remember the name |
[00:22.39] | Yeah, okay |
[00:23.30] | Now there' s a meaning to this thing called life |
[00:25.54] | But you just gotta find it in this thing called strife |
[00:28.79] | I wish I could rewind and show you this is all hype |
[00:31.43] | Show you just because they stars doesn' t mean they got stripes, for real though |
[00:35.47] | But me, I got them verses that' ll kill though |
[00:38.56] | And me, I' m EST now that' s a family I would kill for |
[00:40.79] | Shout out to the fans who held me down before the deal though |
[00:43.54] | And I can' t forget my team, I pray one day we' ll make a million, and blow it all |
[00:48.43] | Cause when we die we ain' t taking it wit us |
[00:50.89] | Materials make a king, knowledge makes an apprentice |
[00:53.89] | Now ain' t that backwards we impressed by the fame in this era |
[00:57.63] | My girl a queen, she don' t need a tiara |
[01:00.13] | She don' t need an umbrella either just give her the rain |
[01:02.85] | We don' t need help, they built the pyramids without a crane |
[01:05.79] | Insane sometimes I feel we born without a brain |
[01:08.32] | We only looking at the dollars, what we really need is change |
[01:11.58] | I' m sayin, if that shit doesn' t register, might as well get used to stealing singles out the register |
[01:16.52] | Baby momma calling, she need 30 for a pedicure |
[01:19.86] | Student loan collector blow your phone up on the regular |
[01:22.89] | How we supposed to live baby? This isn' t it baby |
[01:26.12] | We supposed to have a condo and a crib baby, damn |
[01:30.31] | But you forgot the first rule of the game |
[01:32.25] | They don' t remember riches, they just remember the name Kells |
[01:36.53] | Uh so go and get it homie |
[01:37.87] | One thing for sure I know the block ain' t gonna get it for me |
[01:41.10] | Two thing' s for certain, I ain' t tryna let em pigeon toe me |
[01:44.01] | And if they is just know I' m walking wit my pistol on me |
[01:47.40] | This ain' t that B shit or C shit, this is that D. O. D shit |
[01:52.44] | That means Do or Die, cause ain' t no you, if it' s you and I |
[01:56.78] | I ain' t a gangster but I will be just to stay alive |
[01:59.82] | I' m rollin' in the cut, staying high |
[02:02.02] | Roll to the cinema and stay the night |
[02:04.43] | My life' s like TV with this daytime drama |
[02:06.62] | All this Law and Order, a lot of comedy |
[02:08.42] | And relationships like Tina and Ike, these bitches craaaaaazy |
[02:12.50] | That' s why I' m tellin' ya |
[02:13.75] | Look up at the sky instead of staring at a cellular |
[02:16.41] | You could be the greatest why would you wanna be regular? |
[02:19.59] | Just know that your greatness comes from how they gon' remember ya |
[02:22.97] | Not from how you spend baby, that isn' t it baby |
[02:26.46] | You ain' t gotta have a condo or a crib baby |
[02:30.30] | But now you know the first rule of the game |
[02:32.36] | They don' t remember riches, they just remember the name |
[02:38.29] | They don' t remember |
[02:46.12] | They just remember the name |
[02:51.24] | |
[02:58.27] | KELLS |
[02:58.89] | Rose from the ashes like a Phoenix |
[03:01.54] | Rows fillin', rows fillin' up in them arenas |
[03:04.44] | Got my weight up in my hood we call that triplebeamin' |
[03:07.23] | Fuck introductions, skip the name and just call me Cleveland |
[03:10.08] | Homie calling for bail, tryna get out this precinct |
[03:13.34] | Tell ' em we give ' em hell, funny I started preaching |
[03:16.02] | And when I say I gotta respect the city you gon' believe it |
[03:19.17] | Cause everybody left us and they know I' m never leaving |
[03:22.22] | So I turn it up one time for the days standing on the corner |
[03:25.68] | Talkin shit and getting lifted, sippin' brews and Arizona |
[03:28.66] | And when one time came through everybody gone except for me |
[03:32.17] | I couldn' t leave, I am a loner, with the mind of a stoner |
[03:35.61] | And dreams of putting this game in a choker |
[03:37.65] | And fuckin her till she pay me like Oprah |
[03:39.95] | I' m not a hoper, I' m a knower |
[03:41.49] | I' ll voice in the forecast like Al Roker |
[03:44.00] | So even if it pours, I am Noah, two oars |
[03:47.45] | Two rowers, row us to two shores |
[03:50.20] | Found promised land, now we lying on two floors |
[03:53.29] | One for the fam, the other for two whores |
[03:56.32] | Fuck two minutes, I did this in two chords, of course |
[04:00.06] | I' m too versatile for a chorus |
[04:01.70] | Done too many tours to be a tourist |
[04:04.46] | Fuck the magazine, I am the Source |
[04:06.40] | I am too bossed to be employed |
[04:07.84] | More stories about your boy than Chuck Norris |
[04:09.99] | Kells, listen up! |
[04:15.41] | |
[04:20.29] | They don' t remember |
[04:27.68] | They just remember the name |