Greatness

Uh Uh This is extraordinary Can't ignore it, this my story, I been more than ready And this stuff I'm cooking up, this here like culinary True intentions, must I mention it's just legendary Broward baby, '80s baby, Blondie's youngest son You either dying for your dream or living for the gun Or we prayed to see the sun or either 21 Deerfield, it's in my blood, it ain't just where I'm from Them folk gon' underestimate you, play you like you dumb I nod my head and get my bread, you will not feed me crumbs On the low, I'm with my tribe, I'm getting rich as fuck Not only finance, my whole world is vibrant Young tyrant, so immune to the sirens Nowadays, I hear them sounds and send my prayers up Tell my dawgs I love 'em, something we don't say enough See, nowadays, we talking assets, I'm into different brackets Me and mine, it's easy passing, we ain't stuck in traffic Higher self over high fashion One connected through a higher passion I feel enlightened, but also a savage I feel the greatest shit has yet to happen Lions and them tigers and them bears never scared me Reaching out for something that may never even ever be 'em Huh, aw, look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness Look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness Huh, aw, look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness A greater man, I'm greater than any hater, man I started off serving hand to hand in Decatur, man Slinging coke, College dropout and overeducated But that don't matter when you broke and under-compensated The world will laugh at you, shame on you and embarrass you And the police will do it too as they harassing you (they will) On your knees, cross your ankles, interlock your fingers (they kill) Oh, you a rapper, huh? Well, sing something, nigga (no deal) Lord, I know I've been changed And I'm still participating in a dangerous game I went from rapping and capping and caught in the fame To arriving alive just to see this shit's still the same Niggas killing they 'migos over they egos (they 'migos) Niggas killing they own folks and peoples (your people) A righteous people, but, man, we moving evil (so evil) Expecting blessings, but still ain't learning our lessons (my people) They call you brother, but your brothers is confessing At the sight of an early exit, police ain't got to guess it (they fucking snitch) Judas to Jesus, even true to believers Brutus to Caesars, backstab and deceive us (bitch) I been through it, just you as my nigga Ace Hood (good) The troubled waters, I wade through it and prayed through it (we made good) I made something from nothing, man, I made good (we made good) The Lord made it better, my gratitude forever (amen) Lions and them tigers and them bears never scared me Reaching out for something that may never even ever be 'em Huh, aw, look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness Look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness They ain't knowing, they ain't knowing, they ain't knowing That I was born into righteousness They ain't knowing, they ain't knowing, they ain't knowing And I was born into righteousness Aw, look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness Aw, look at they faces, tried to take me from my greatness Aw, yeah, they tried to take me from my greatness (from my greatness) Aw, yeah, they tried to take me from my greatness