What It's Really About

You see them really try to kick me down

My own folks done kicked me out

But I'm in your city now, everybody with me now

Took me out of Philly but

They couldn't take the Philly out

So what it's really 'bout

Now we break the Henny out

Forgive and be friendly route

Wanna befriend me now like they ain't try to kick me down

Really tried to kick me down

But they treat me different now

A hard head make a soft ass

Momma made sure we were taught fast

You know how many times I held in hard laughs

You tryna tell me how long a scar lasts

I was a star in math,

Always hated being tested

How you looking for the answer

Make me hate the question

I fucking hate your method

My project is beta-tested

They don't portray this ethic

Every day I aim to get it

It's effort.

I'm getting better

I'm quitting never

You well and wishes bitch

I'm stepping into my endeavors

I swear my mind is like a Donatello

All the time I'm leaning

On this knowledge like a giant cello

Stay in my own vibe

Just like the Geico Gecko

Noticed you was idoling your life with Devils

I'd like to think I treat my life more special

Dialogue was never my prerogative

Outside the schedule

They make you hate yourself

Then act like that's the time to friend you

You see them really try to kick me down

My own folks done kicked me out

But I'm in yo city now, everybody with me now

Took me out of Philly but

They couldn't take the Philly out

So what it's really 'bout

Now we break the henny out

Forgive and be friendly route

Wanna befriend me now like they ain't try to kick me down

Really tried to kick me down

But they treat me different now

Acting like I won't end you

I'm with the biting, barking, fighting men do

I cut these records up my tongue a Ginsu

Buttercup, you never clutched your nuts

Honey I might offend you

You know what, I intend to

Hit me up you got an issue

I'm on a higher seat

I no longer wipe with tissue

It's like they prayed on your fall

But you still climbed it didn't you

I want to guide the kids too

So they don't have the life I lived through

It takes a while to find

Who will take out some time to spend with you

Like every night was lentils,

The canvas was blank

Soon as I get a check,

It's from my hand to the bank's

Indulging in life's chocolates

Like I ran with Mr. Hanks

And you know how great God is

So I had to give him thanks

My strategy cracks your flanks

I'm hot, dog, plain and frank

Sharp mind, sharp words

Goddamn made me a shank

Have yet to meet a rapper

That could compare to my rank

Got hella tats too

But no point in your ink

… I'm the coldest

Trend chasers you're the slowest

They gone always think of me

I'm an image, I'm nostalgic

What the people really see

I'm momentous, you're a moment

I envision, you go mold it

I go kill it, you're the vultures

I'm the pivot of the culture

I'm that glimmer of your hope

Don't put me in a sculpture

Just remember what was wrote

When they brutalized our women

When we shivered on them boats

I am cut of the men

Who would hustle from their soul