25 lighters on my dresser, yessir

Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir

25 lighters on my dresser, yessir

Judge 'em by the way they...

I ain't wear no braces, got this from my father

I ain't catch no cases, I learned what they taught us

I applied the pressure, I applied the pressure

[25 lighters on my dresser, yessir

Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir]

Beat 'em like they owe me for a fortune

Love 'em like we share the same blood

I can't give yo homie not a portion, cuz we just ain't from the same hood

[25 lighters on my dresser, yessir]

Oh no we ain't from the same, from the same hood

[Judge them by the way they handle pressure, yessir]

(yeah)

Come and gather round this campfire, it's been a long day of work

As we slowly build this empire, don't forget the shit that come first

I'm talking family, know I been traveling, don't need a referee to blow a whistle

I call my mama, she make me the calmest, she know its my destiny to be a victor

Lost for like 40 days, complained for like 40 nights

All of these actors remind me of Sidney like Poitier

This rap shit is Dolemite

The cap for the soda types, let's see what happen by shaking the bottle

I led em to pastures but this is what matter

I ain't wear no braces, got this from my father

I ain't catch no cases, I learned what they taught us

I applied the pressure, I applied the pressure

[25 lighters on my dresser, yessir

Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir]

Beat 'em like they owe me for a fortune

Love 'em like we share the same blood

I can't give yo homie not a portion, cuz we just ain't from the same hood

(yea, yea, yea)

no no we ain't from the same, from the same hood

25 lighters on my dresser, yessir

Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir

25 lighters on my dresser, yessir

Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir

and so we waited

Not yet knowing much about the hands of fate

We filled our time with light banter

Some of us friends of many years, others friends of a few days

We talked about our past, our homes

We traded stories about what we had heard of the promised land

We wondered, but did not speak of, what was in store for us