Never letting this entertainment business drive me (drive me) Never will I let being famous make me *******y (making me *******y) So I watch out for these ******* Cause it'll take them thirty years for them To try to tarnish your name like Bill Cosby No paparazzi all in front of my steps Sometimes, we brothers, we just do that *******t to ourselves We learn from it with a little help in a major way I'm just hoping we don't ******* around And make the same mistakes (okay) But look I'm back here in the same spot that I left in (that I left in) You don't know me, cool I'm making my very best first impression Been blessed to send y'all a message For every time you get into the mood I'm here for the grown folks to youth Your family and boo and you I'm talking everybody You can accept it at your own pace But we can't keep screaming racism If we killing our own race Not only are we against them We against us We been ******* up Cause this rap life is a ******* false reality If I could make a living keeping it real with y'all Keeping it real with y'all, keeping it real with y'all Then I could go to the grave knowing I did my job Did my job by not promoting a false reality Touching the world, got to make this music live forever man Live forever man, live forever man Never let someone make you feel you don't deserve everything These false realities ain't everything (I know I'm right) She was dying on the outside Baby was growing on the inside Bringing a new life into this life How did it get this way? Dealing with these petty thugs That rather hit every club Instead of giving they baby mama belly rubs Childish things Lie about a lot of these things Like trying to get close to bad ******* Not knowing we putting down our queens We don't even notice all this drama we cause Look, if you don't know nothing about how to love, brother You don't know nothing at all Thinking like what if fifty years ago They had what we got? These cell phones or the Internet Would have been divided by color You all can't even prepare us for this *******t we dealing with now So the newer *******s gotta be able to help their younger brothers and love each other Cause the people still talking The soul of Doctor King is still marching We dealing with these everyday tragedies Kids wrapped up in the rap life That's false reality (No I don't got to bring up race to know this country was build off it, I'm just saying) If I could make a living keeping it real with y'all Keeping it real with y'all, keeping it real with y'all Then I could go to the grave knowing I did my job Did my job by not promoting a false reality Touching the world, got to make this music live forever man Live forever man, live forever man Never let someone make you feel you don't deserve everything These false realities ain't everything (I know I'm right)
[00:07.92]You get what you get, ******* [00:09.91] [00:10.22]Ay freeze, bring me that lighter bro [00:12.62] [00:14.54]Go ahead and light something up [00:16.86] [00:19.50]Vibe with me [00:20.90] [00:22.70]Never letting this entertainment business drive me (drive me) [00:26.36]Never will I let being famous make me *******y (making me *******y) [00:29.10]So I watch out for these ******* [00:30.60]Cause it'll take them thirty years for them [00:32.30]To try to tarnish your name like Bill Cosby [00:34.90]No paparazzi all in front of my steps [00:36.97]Sometimes, we brothers, we just do that *******t to ourselves [00:40.01]We learn from it with a little help in a major way [00:42.42]I'm just hoping we don't ******* around [00:44.15]And make the same mistakes (okay) [00:45.70]But look I'm back here in the same spot that I left in (that I left in) [00:48.67]You don't know me, cool [00:49.70]I'm making my very best first impression [00:51.68]Been blessed to send y'all a message [00:53.13]For every time you get into the mood [00:54.54]I'm here for the grown folks to youth [00:55.90]Your family and boo and you [00:57.30]I'm talking everybody [00:58.43]You can accept it at your own pace [01:00.40]But we can't keep screaming racism [01:01.78]If we killing our own race [01:03.87]Not only are we against them [01:05.42]We against us [01:06.27]We been ******* up [01:07.20]Cause this rap life is a ******* false reality [01:10.13]If I could make a living keeping it real with y'all [01:12.98]Keeping it real with y'all, keeping it real with y'all [01:15.93]Then I could go to the grave knowing I did my job [01:18.86]Did my job by not promoting a false reality [01:21.76]Touching the world, got to make this music live forever man [01:24.54]Live forever man, live forever man [01:27.50]Never let someone make you feel you don't deserve everything [01:30.32]These false realities ain't everything (I know I'm right) [01:33.41]She was dying on the outside [01:35.36]Baby was growing on the inside [01:37.30]Bringing a new life into this life [01:38.78]How did it get this way? [01:40.50]Dealing with these petty thugs [01:41.70]That rather hit every club [01:42.95]Instead of giving they baby mama belly rubs [01:44.89]Childish things [01:45.96]Lie about a lot of these things [01:47.17]Like trying to get close to bad ******* [01:48.66]Not knowing we putting down our queens [01:50.31]We don't even notice all this drama we cause [01:52.30]Look, if you don't know nothing about how to love, brother [01:54.50]You don't know nothing at all [01:55.87]Thinking like what if fifty years ago [01:57.46]They had what we got? [01:58.75]These cell phones or the Internet [02:00.10]Would have been divided by color [02:01.66]You all can't even prepare us for this *******t we dealing with now [02:04.44]So the newer *******s gotta be able to help their younger brothers and love each other [02:07.70]Cause the people still talking [02:09.26]The soul of Doctor King is still marching [02:11.40]We dealing with these everyday tragedies [02:13.60]Kids wrapped up in the rap life [02:15.33]That's false reality [02:16.34](No I don't got to bring up race to know this country was build off it, I'm just saying) [02:19.82]If I could make a living keeping it real with y'all [02:22.44]Keeping it real with y'all, keeping it real with y'all [02:25.35]Then I could go to the grave knowing I did my job [02:28.22]Did my job by not promoting a false reality [02:31.19]Touching the world, got to make this music live forever man [02:34.01]Live forever man, live forever man [02:36.90]Never let someone make you feel you don't deserve everything [02:39.76]These false realities ain't everything (I know I'm right) [02:43.60]
