Ten Million

I paid my dues, now I'm really on Prince to the SEA, put my city on Left the condo for a bigger home Everything clean like my chicken bones I work hard, I work hard for it Had to go back to the chalkboard We was tourin' countries all foreign Now I don't gotta open car doors So say what's up to my haters at the club tonight I'll be busy singing my daughter lullabies When she sleep, I hit the booth and get super lit Living my dreams like I sleep in another life Living my dreams like I sleep in another life, yeah The tensions so thick, you could cut with a butter knife, yeah If that's your example of artists, then what am I? You lied, they consume it, you say that you boomin' That's probably why Metro don't trust you, gosh I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain't no 9 to 5, yeah I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain't no 9 to 5, yeah 10 million sold, go and look at that Ain't no middleman gonna get any of that I suck at math, but I know how to add (1 + 1) That's a whole 'lotta money Bought my babies and my mama a pad Wow, do a spin move on stage looking like the white James Brown There's a whole lotta people in this arena, you know it sold out Took my daughter on the road and she pointing' at me from the crowd Saying, "That's my daddy, top 5 on stage," no doubt In God we trust, God we trust They ain't came in the same way They are not with us, not with us Came back and it's game time This the follow-up, and now I'm up I decided that was not enough Dopps and Budo with that final touch Competition, go and line 'em up I run this shit, I run this shit Put that on my momma I done this shit, I done this shit since I was pushin' a Honda No one hit shit, no one hit shit, platinum plaques in mi casa And my accountant's dead (rest in peace) Couldn't count the commas I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain't no 9 to 5, yeah I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain't no 9 to 5, yeah Gemini