Produced by: Nick Leon Talking 'bout, uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh What they talking 'bout? Uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh What they talking 'bout? Uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh What they talking 'bout? Uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh "You're stupid to think the world's small enough to heal all of us." That's what the teacher say, "Go to the preacher, pray." But you gotta pay, gotta fight you a cheaper way Look into myself, try to find me a deeper way Chase my dreams, create, made me me today As I prosper, know the feds, they watch us So I stunt, obnoxious when I'm in they binoculars A ***** just wanna be free, I was in the same hood and nobody rescued me, my ***** Cut the pleading, believe and self-achieve, nothing with greed, just be yourself, uh Realize that your strength is locked inside It's the thing that you feel when you open your eyes That feeling's alive, go ahead, homie, and fly Someday you'll get high, leaving your mark in the sky But 'til then, I got this, **** your hypothesis New York blocks is where I built my conscience up Brought my ganja, tryna live life prosperous Since a toddler, had a dream and I followed it Be dodgin' them hollow tips Throw some shots, they missed Had to stay optimist' Neighborhood pharmacist kept me on Cloud 9 when the hard times would hit All time high, first time I hit Fronto, kid By eighteen, had the mind of a king Gotta learn from mistakes, what it takes to lead But of course had a taste of the evil seed So I could truly see what I was meant to be Who would know much later, I would be much greater? Every parent-teacher conference told my mom I'm a failure 'Cause they couldn't see the prophet in disguise as a player Rise on them haters, I defied all the labels Swear to keep it G 'til I'm at the crossroads, and the Grim Reaper creep, tryna banish my soul Used to sin every week, had to let the pain go Gotta practice what you preach, but I ain't an angel Mobbed in the streets, what the blue rag know? Know no power and the peace, but I took the gang road But despite all the demons tryna bring me down low I just rise like a phoenix and I shine all gold (shine all gold) Flatbush was my stomping ground Mother wanted to keep me out Tried to put me on a different route Sent me to schools to smarter crowds Problem is when my school was done Would come home to my neighborhood Learned the ways of the hood I'm from But in my books, I was a gifted one My conduct, it was ****** up I was the class clown since I started up Getting good grades, but that's not enough Had a 99, but my behavior sucked High school, a ***** found drugs Prescription pills, not the good stuff Xanax when I'm waking up, Percocet just to keep me up Nose candy was a favorite, 8-ball for only two of us Popping 'X' was another one until we found out the s**t was cut Ain't it funny, when you think about it? My mother thought that these schools were bound to Keep a ***** on the straight and narrow Instead, they filled me up with problems But in the same breath, I wouldn't change s**t Because the pain is what made me become great Everything that I go through—because faith It was hard but it caused me to change s**t Addiction lead to depression And in depression, you're taught some lessons If you listen, then keep on pushing Then the solution cause evolution Obstacles come inside of your path And make you switch up and step on the gas If you look back inside of your path You find direction, it's like your own map It's like your own map, uh, it's like your own map, uh It's like your own map, uh, it's like your own map
[00:07.56]Produced by: Nick Leon [00:14.85] [00:16.98]Talking 'bout, uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh [00:19.58]What they talking 'bout? Uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh [00:22.84]What they talking 'bout? Uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh [00:27.08]What they talking 'bout? Uh, uh, what they talking 'bout? Uh [00:29.94] [00:30.26]"You're stupid to think the world's small enough to heal all of us." [00:33.94]That's what the teacher say, "Go to the preacher, pray." [00:36.54]But you gotta pay, gotta fight you a cheaper way [00:37.63]Look into myself, try to find me a deeper way [00:39.50]Chase my dreams, create, made me me today [00:41.36]As I prosper, know the feds, they watch us [00:43.04]So I stunt, obnoxious when I'm in they binoculars [00:45.04]A ***** just wanna be free, I was in the same hood and nobody rescued me, my ***** [00:47.03]Cut the pleading, believe and self-achieve, nothing with greed, just be yourself, uh [00:52.06]Realize that your strength is locked inside [00:54.35]It's the thing that you feel when you open your eyes [00:56.13]That feeling's alive, go ahead, homie, and fly [00:58.05]Someday you'll get high, leaving your mark in the sky [00:59.77]But 'til then, I got this, **** your hypothesis [01:01.82]New York blocks is where I built my conscience up [01:03.71]Brought my ganja, tryna live life prosperous [01:05.62]Since a toddler, had a dream and I followed it [01:07.52]Be dodgin' them hollow tips [01:08.56]Throw some shots, they missed [01:09.52]Had to stay optimist' [01:10.30]Neighborhood pharmacist kept me on Cloud 9 when the hard times would hit [01:13.60]All time high, first time I hit Fronto, kid [01:15.29]By eighteen, had the mind of a king [01:16.82]Gotta learn from mistakes, what it takes to lead [01:18.69]But of course had a taste of the evil seed [01:20.47]So I could truly see what I was meant to be [01:22.44]Who would know much later, I would be much greater? [01:24.36]Every parent-teacher conference told my mom I'm a failure [01:26.51]'Cause they couldn't see the prophet in disguise as a player [01:28.23]Rise on them haters, I defied all the labels [01:30.18]Swear to keep it G 'til I'm at the crossroads, and the Grim Reaper creep, tryna banish my soul [01:32.06]Used to sin every week, had to let the pain go [01:35.41]Gotta practice what you preach, but I ain't an angel [01:38.05]Mobbed in the streets, what the blue rag know? [01:39.46]Know no power and the peace, but I took the gang road [01:41.22]But despite all the demons tryna bring me down low [01:43.17]I just rise like a phoenix and I shine all gold (shine all gold) [01:50.75] [01:51.03]Flatbush was my stomping ground [01:54.18]Mother wanted to keep me out [01:56.25]Tried to put me on a different route [01:58.09]Sent me to schools to smarter crowds [01:59.97]Problem is when my school was done [02:01.79]Would come home to my neighborhood [02:03.78]Learned the ways of the hood I'm from [02:05.54]But in my books, I was a gifted one [02:07.56]My conduct, it was ****** up [02:09.30]I was the class clown since I started up [02:10.99]Getting good grades, but that's not enough [02:12.89]Had a 99, but my behavior sucked [02:14.97]High school, a ***** found drugs [02:16.74]Prescription pills, not the good stuff [02:18.68]Xanax when I'm waking up, Percocet just to keep me up [02:22.45]Nose candy was a favorite, 8-ball for only two of us [02:26.52]Popping 'X' was another one until we found out the s**t was cut [02:30.13]Ain't it funny, when you think about it? [02:31.87]My mother thought that these schools were bound to [02:33.74]Keep a ***** on the straight and narrow [02:35.58]Instead, they filled me up with problems [02:37.56]But in the same breath, I wouldn't change s**t [02:39.71]Because the pain is what made me become great [02:41.49]Everything that I go through—because faith [02:43.56]It was hard but it caused me to change s**t [02:45.14]Addiction lead to depression [02:46.84]And in depression, you're taught some lessons [02:48.77]If you listen, then keep on pushing [02:50.58]Then the solution cause evolution [02:52.66]Obstacles come inside of your path [02:54.55]And make you switch up and step on the gas [02:56.18]If you look back inside of your path [02:57.97]You find direction, it's like your own map [02:59.99] [03:01.37]It's like your own map, uh, it's like your own map, uh [03:04.60]It's like your own map, uh, it's like your own map [03:22.78] [04:14.04]
