Holy Ground

Life's smoking gun looks dangerous

That's the way it is, that's the way it was

When you learn to run, it was in the mud

It was in the cold, now it's in your blood

I burn from the hell I've seen

But the devil can't hold me down

I've earned all the hell I'll be

Standin' on holy ground

Aye, see the devil keep holdin' me down, but my people say, "Pop it"

See, I come from the gutter, the mud, the dirt, but somehow, I got tied to this rocket

Huh, I was down on my luck, I ain't had me a buck, swear this life shit was rocky

Had to figure it out ASAP 'cause see, now I got kids, I be damned if they copy

Every store we walk in, now we shoppin'

If I see it, I like it, I cop it

It was days when I didn't have shit

Used to walk through the store, puttin' shit in my pockets

Kickin' doors, you get caught, keep it solid

All them nights that I felt I was droppin'

All them nights I was thuggin' alone in them streets

If a **** try me, bet I pop him

Get to thinkin' 'bout shit and get nauseous, shh

All the folks that's six feet in them coffins

All them people that's stuck in them cells

They was havin' that shit, now they can't get it off 'em

All the OGs that used to be bosses

They all dead or in jail, they either was sellin' that shit

Or was smokin' that shit

Now the youth lookin' crazy as hell

Life's smoking gun looks dangerous

That's the way it is, that's the way it was

When you learn to run, it was in the mud

It was in the cold, now it's in your blood

I burn from the hell I've seen

But the devil can't hold me down

I've earned all the hell I'll be

Standin' on holy ground

They said if I get me some money that shit would get better and change

The only thing changed 'bout this shit is I got me some money, the rest of this shit still feelin' the same

Shit, it probably got worse

'Cause now I got cake, everybody gon' want them a piece

As soon as you text someone, know they gon' call you a ho 'cause they swear that you owe them a fee

You can't even do for yourself 'cause they peep

They gon' go on the internet, make a lil' post, sayin', "What about me?"

Shit, what about you? You left me on E

In the jungle, I came out that bitch like a beast

With the lions and tigers, can't fuck with no sheep

Can't compete with a **** who come from defeat

Huh, pissed 'em off when I got on my feet

Huh, pissed 'em off when I got in my bag

If a **** hate me, know he mad

How the fuck can you speak out and hate on a ****

Who winnin' when you know he worked for that bag?

Swear it's folks who is weird and they sad

But I'm built for it all, that's a fact

But the ones who stayed down and believed in a ****

I swear we gon' shine even when it get bad, aye

Life's smoking gun looks dangerous

That's the way it is, that's the way it was

When you learn to run, it was in the mud

It was in the cold, now it's in your blood

I burn from the hell I've seen

But the devil can't hold me down

I've earned all the hell I'll be

Standin' on holy ground