The day was about 88 degrees on my paper route,

racing around, taping flyers, tryna finagle a crowd.

Ran into Sweet Lick on the pavement and gave a pound,

conversations about who\'s shaking the town.

And who gonna be the first to take all that clout,

and translate it, cover major ground, make it out and make us all proud,

without considering really what \"make it out\" means,

aside from fulfilling those fill up bank account dreams.

Do we want him to represent us? Represent we?

And once that check cut, how many gonna feel the envy,

and say, \"He was never really one of our own\"?

How long until conspiracy theories that he\'s a clone?

How long until he\'s cruising that Bugatti through Westhaven?

Some talking about Illuminati, the rest hating?

How long until his hometown he don\'t claim it,

because labels and agents say it\'s unsavory associations?

I told Lick I would catch him on the flip,

tipped my Vinegar Hill snapback and dipped.

Jumped in the truck because I had another stunt to pull,

still owe the body shop a stack on the deductible.

The door still don\'t really close right,

but that\'s life, all the more reason to get my 0s right.

I crossed town to see my brother at the job, I inquired,

they say he was busy working the fryer.

I replied, \"Can I drop off these flyers?

He\'s got a show on Friday, you might slide through if you feel inspired to.\"

She said \"Bet,\" but I knew she wasn\'t coming out.

Nobody pays to see their co-working dumbing out,

run his mouth about Trump and the house,

I can hear that any day, and I ain\'t gotta put no money down.

One of the illest lyricists this city has,

last gig he walked away with $32.50 cash.

Four kids, two jobs slinging hash,

and a side hustle middlemanning gas up the ave.

He can\'t vote, or get a business license either,

to start up a dispensary, once it\'s legal.

Yeah it\'s capitalism, it hurts.

But I had another rapper to visit at work.

So I cocked my Vinegar Hill snapback to the left,

dropped the flyer stack off, then I stepped.

My shift start at 3, hit the road pronto,

detour, street closed, they\'re building some new condos.