If They Are Real

In my life But Jah open my eyes So many fake people Closing in, in my life, oh But Jah open my eyes God bless the people keeping it real with me To the people who saw me do the ordeal with me I would've tapped into the realm of that which killed Whitney (kai!) I would have tapped into the realm of that which killed Whitney But I crawled out of my shadows trying to perceive light 'Cause I believe there must have been something that I did right I realize that I became the better version Of the version everybody thought was a better version, shit And rap is the reason to kill It's murder the bars, murder the tender Then, I will murder the bills, yeah-yeah He's more illuminated than the mason Wearing that sultana, holy water in the basin Olùṣọ ń ṣọ mi, Olùṣọ Agùntàn ń ṣọ mi That is why I got to run it like I'm sonic Ko má funny, yeah Amazing grace for me Amazing grace So many fake people Closing in, in my life, oh But Jah open my eyes If they are real, o ṣé Ba' mi So many fake people Closing in, in my life, oh But Jah open my eyes If they are real, o ṣé I got to see Yeah, if they are real, o ṣé If they are real, o ṣé, yeah-eh, ah I just want to live, I no come to kill I just want to give to the poor and the rich I just want to live my life to the peak I just want to live my life to the fullest Ye, mama, ye, some people dem-a aiye Some people dem-a fine boy, some people fly away For Naija where we dey, some people face the pain Some people dem-a japa, some people dem-a stay, ah Oya, pariwo, wọn sọ'le ọlá d'ariwo Oya, pariwo, wọn sọ'le ọlá d'aworo In the time of Mary Slessor, they no fit slice us They no fit tell us what to do, they no fit see us, ah Nowadays, I'm on my gangsta shit with my gangsta flow I thought you were a tough guy Where'd your gangsta go? I guess life took a motherfucking gangsta toll But we survived that, so welcome to the gangsta fold I've had gangsta classes, I took gangsta notes And I still got shocked by some gangsta volts But I became the thunder from the blunder with gangsta bolts Revenge, dressed in an all-black gangsta coat With some men at the back, yelling gangsta quotes I'm dangerous now, when the world wouldn't let peace reign They cut you 'til you open, and you start to bleed rain Hmm-mm, and you start to bleed rain (chai) With so many fake people (so many fake) Closing in, in my life, oh (closing in) But Jah open my eyes (la mi lójú) If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh I got to see If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh, ah I got to see If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh, ah I just want to live...