Before the Fame

I'm like for real, brand new Audemar stainless steel (stainless steel) House in the hill, I ain't got one yet, but I ran up a mil (I done ran up a mil) Nigga know I don't steal, but you know for sure that I'm ready to kill (I'm ready to kill) Ayy, I be traumatized, my cousin died, and I ain't shed a tear (I ain't shed no tear) Nigga try, he get killed, you play with that money, you know what it is 38 baby, I'm thuggin' for real, straight out the slums, I'm gutter for real That nigga disloyal, you know I feel, but I'm really chasin' that money for real Not chasin' no bitch, I been chasin' a mil My daddy locked up, he just waitin' on appeal Yeah, I gotta admit, I got demons in my body (in my body) I'm paranoid, and I feel some people watchin' (some people watchin') I gotta maintain and stack up that money, you know they can't stop me (know they can't stop me) I stay with a burner 'cause if it ain't on me, them niggas gon' pop me (gon' pop me) These bitches ain't shit, and I know these niggas ain't shit neither (whoa) Got a stick in the car with thirty-six Os in the trunk of the rita (ayy) Not askin' for shit, not trustin' nobody because I don't need 'em (ayy) I'm sippin' on lean while Jacquees steady smokin' on reefer Before the fame, I was a star Changed our ways, but we ain't changin' who we are I copped a foreign, remember the stolen cars I thank god I ain't dead or behind bars They have a shootout in a minute On the phone with my mama while sittin' in prison Criticizin' myself, steady sayin' I'm trippin' Got a brand new 'Vette, dropped the top like a Bentley I perform on stage with cases pending All over the world, ayy I been trending In my Balmain jeans I keep a Glizzy Got the VVS diamonds in my NBA pendant (skrrt, skrrt) Hop in the Benz, I step on the gas Focus on business, you know I ain't playin' Only the real gon' feel what I'm sayin' Gotta go chase it and get off my ass I really don't hang 'cause I like to flash Fuck all that shit, I'ma get me a bag Hoes tryna get in Jacquees' pants I know all they really want is them bands Hey, I need to stop In a collision, I'm 'causin' a wreck Steady finessin' my way to the top Hey, can't give up now I think I'm a wizard, just call me John Wall I tighten my shoe, and I run with that rock Fuck the critics, I'ma get it 'cause I want that ('cause I want that) I won't complain what was on my plate 'cause I was hungry (I was hungry) I still got love for all the people that left me lonely Never will I come back, forever I'm on that, yeah 'Cause before the fame, I was a star Changed our ways, but we ain't changin' who we are I copped a foreign, remember the stolen cars I thank god I ain't dead or behind bars