They say I changed from the person that I used to be

Cuz now I got on chains and I talk 'bout all this jewelry

It's crazy ain't it?

I tell you what, bro, it surprised me too

Cuz I came up from nothing, you think I ain't been in your shoes?

Yo, my parents divorced when I was two

So I ain't really have a dad

Except when school was out, I'd spend some time, but even that went bad

I'm grateful that we're closer now

That's all I ever really wanted

We been through a lot of shit

But I can't tell no one about it

This ain't me asking for your sympathy

I could do without it

I took the cards that I was dealt

And I built a house up out it

You'd say that I changed, but did you know who I was before?

Through the rain and the pain

Yeah, the drugs were more

Effective at keeping my sanity than the therapy was

So I stay lighting blunts and keep on working

No charity, cuz

I did this on my own, but people mad that I'm starting to ball

Bitch, what you think I did this for?

Bro ya changed for the money, yeah

They say I changed for the money

Lord, I changed for the money

Okay, I changed for the money, yeah

Alright

So let me tell you what's the difference between me and you

All the nights that you was out clubbing

Yo, I was right here in the booth

That or I was on the road, probably was on a plane

I was hungry for the fortune, but I ended up with fame

Fast lane living, and this ain't the life I wanted but it's the life I'm given

And I devote every waking minute to keep on winning

Some of my biggest haters were my friends in the beginning

I wish that they could get it

Yo, but they don't know about the shit that I go through

They don't know about owing a few hundred thousand dollars when taxes due

They don't know about going in public feeling anxious

When your own fucking fans is harassing you

You can't even eat dinner no more

Bro, can I get a picture?

The introverted side of me praying I don't get no richer

Cuz with the, money came a lot that they don't mention

Everybody watching you, prescriptions help me ease the tension

Lord I'm missing

All the family I ain't seen

Bouncing on a trampoline

Feeling free at 17

But they say that I live the dream

I just feel like a machine

Treated like a figurine

So I stay lighting the weed

Cuz this the life I'm living, yeah