[03:25.00]Well, I'm diggin’ in the crates
[03:25.00]Like O.C.And we gotta learn from
[03:25.00]The greats like OG, you know
[03:25.00]MeBack in the days when
[03:25.00]The cadence was amazing Now
[03:25.00]Money *****, fame instead of a
[03:25.00]Good TapeIf Big and Pac were
[03:25.00]Still in This ************’
[03:25.00]Game, how
[03:25.00]Many fake thugs are gonna
[03:25.00]Fade away?Things done changed
[03:25.00]And rap’s got a bad nameI hate
[03:25.00]To see ’em hit a stain for
[03:25.00]c*******rugs and guns get us
[03:25.00]Stuck in the slums**** is rough
[03:25.00]And tough, but we never get
[03:25.00]EnoughWhen I’m hustling, they
[03:25.00]Be busting guns for
[03:25.00]NothingYoungins still struggling
[03:25.00]And suffering for somethingTryna
[03:25.00]Stay alive, but crime is on the
[03:25.00]RiseDo they fight to live or
[03:25.00]Live to fight?I gotta surviveWe
[03:25.00]All gonna die, but everybody
[03:25.00]Wanna shineOpen my book of
[03:25.00]Rhymes again tonightThey say
[03:25.00]”The higher you go, the harder
[03:25.00]You fall”I keep climbing on my
[03:25.00]Own even if I die aloneThey
[03:25.00]Never knew the view from
[03:25.00]The topcuz they stoppedDropping
[03:25.00]Hot **** like drones is all
[03:25.00]I knowThey say
[03:25.00]”The higher you go, the harder
[03:25.00]You fall”I keep climbing on my
[03:25.00]Own even if I die aloneThey
[03:25.00]Never
[03:25.00]Knew the view from the topcuz
[03:25.00]They stoppedDropping hot ****
[03:25.00]Like drones is all I knowI’m
[03:25.00]Driven by my villains on a
[03:25.00]MissionTrying to make a couple
[03:25.00]Million and it’s for my
[03:25.00]VisionNow they all know that
[03:25.00]I’m writing the blueprint
[03:25.00]Like Jay-ZEverywhere they go
[03:25.00]My footprints are what they
[03:25.00]SeeIt’s hard to follow cuz my
[03:25.00]Motto is ”For Tomorrow”While
[03:25.00]They get the bottles and ******’
[03:25.00]With the modelsI be working as
[03:25.00]The fire is burning inside meYou
[03:25.00]Better do the right thing like
[03:25.00]Spike LeeSo we gotta stay up
[03:25.00]This life ain’t as easy as a
[03:25.00]LayupNo matter what may come
[03:25.00]**** it, I’m all the way
[03:25.00]UpAlways being straight
[03:25.00]Up******* better wake upYou
[03:25.00]Never truly get away with a lie
[03:25.00]That you make upThis **** is
[03:25.00]So real,but you always on the
[03:25.00]********You can try to steal
[03:25.00]But my verse isa full clipI
[03:25.00]Fiend for the mic like crack
[03:25.00]c*****eHolding it so tight in
[03:25.00]This rap againThey say
[03:25.00]”The higher you go, the harder
[03:25.00]You fall”I keep climbing on my
[03:25.00]Own even if I die aloneThey
[03:25.00]Never knew the view from the
[03:25.00]Topcuz they stoppedDropping hot
[03:25.00]**** like drones is all I knowI
[03:25.00]Came so far, it was hard, didn’
[03:25.00]T know how to startWas it smart
[03:25.00]To follow my heart for my art?
[03:25.00]It doesn’tmatter what answers
[03:25.00]I getTo write the real chapters
[03:25.00]I couldn’t half stepThe pages
[03:25.00]That I write are my life and I
[03:25.00]RepSomeday you’ll find how
[03:25.00]Soon it could endSo I paint a
[03:25.00]Bigger picture for my baby in
[03:25.00]The futureHoping one day he’
[03:25.00]Ll dream like Martin Luther
[03:25.00]But if you dream in your sleep
[03:25.00]It’ll never come trueAnd if
[03:25.00]You laying in the sheets no
[03:25.00]One speaks for youEvery choice
[03:25.00]You make always makes your
[03:25.00]VoiceThe only thing you need to
[03:25.00]Get rid of the noise Sleepless
[03:25.00]Nights, I know the reasons why
[03:25.00]I be staying on my grind and
[03:25.00]It’s always on my mind
[03:25.00]The demon in the mirror
[03:25.00]Sometimes he whispers”Who you
[03:25.00]Trying to be? Now you look
[03:25.00]Like me”They say
[03:25.00]”The higher you go, the harder
[03:25.00]You fall”I keep climbing on my
[03:25.00]Own even if I die aloneThey
[03:25.00]Never knew the view from the
[03:25.00]Topcuz they stoppedDropping hot
[03:25.00]**** like drones is all I
[03:25.00]KnowThey say, ”The higher you
[03:25.00]Go, the harder you fall”I keep
[03:25.00]Climbing on my own even if I die
[03:25.00]AloneThey never knew the view
[03:25.00]From the topcuz they stopped
[03:25.00]Dropping hot **** like drones
[03:25.00]Is all I know