For My Folks

This is for my folks That held me down when I was down bad They the ones that believed in me the most, I said This is for my folks I do this for the family I was born into And the family that I chose, I said This is for my folks If they opened doors that was closed They the ones that I plan on keeping close, I said This is for my folks Yeah, this is for my folks, Yeah, this is for my folks I said This is for my folks Swear, it take a village This for the folk who been down since the line of scrimmage Who been with the vision long before they saw the picture All glory to God who called my name amongst the called and gifted And listen, I don't take it light That's why I'm calling y'all aboard 'cause we taking flight And play this right, then we on our way to changing lives Hey, that's just 'cause my mama raised me right And, This for my folks who always kept it real Who had the hardest conversations I ain't wanna hear But, when we had them heart to hearts, I knew the scars would heal So when them times got hard, I knew that I would have your ear Yeah, That's why I gotta win a ring for us Top floor views from a building with our name on it Going all the way, and I ain't gotta switch the team for it If y'all ain't with me, I don't want it, I'm just being honest Brick by brick, we gon' build this up Give my blood, sweat, and tears just to fill this cup And when that cup runneth over, we gonna need the ark Because that blood runs deep when you deal with us There's a covenant among the ones I'm running with We lift our brothers up if we see one of us is stumbling And hold him to his word so that the world don't have to humble him We pick the ball and run so you won't never catch us fumbling Tighten up the grip, never let 'em see you slip Got too many people riding on this ship for me to quit I gotta flip the script, triple dip, double down on my emphasis Penne alla vodka in the penthouse from my penmanship Kings, queens, everyone in between If you held it down for me, you know that you're on the team Only thing I'm tryna see is everyone chase their dream I can be at peace knowing we writing our own scenes 'Cause this the KXNGDM, this a family that we building No slowing down til we all in the building And we all looking up and we don't see no ceilings That's the feeling, now let's go get it This is for my folks That held me down when I was down bad They the ones that believed in me the most, I said This is for my folks I do this for the family I was born into And the family that I chose, I said This is for my folks If they opened doors that was closed They the ones that I plan on keeping close, I said This is for my folks Yeah, this is for my folks, Yeah, this is for my folks I said This is for my folks