One Of One

I've been around that block so many times, there ain't nothin' I ain't seen

Tough breaks, hard knocks, still I pull myself back up, I strained bootstrap seams

Every war I've ever fought in, every scar I've got is just another cut to clean

They could rap like, act like, try to fill my shoes but they just ain't me

No, they not like me

Yeah, listen, I am one of one, uh

Baddest up under the sun

Quick on the trigger, a son of a gun (Pow)

Ready to fight till the battle is done

Takin' the hard road as it comes (Comes)

Like a narco on the run (Skrrt)

Keepin' it low, probe as it goes

The only things aren't low are the funds

But I've been swindled and victimed to thievery

From the same people who said they believed in me (Fuck 'em)

But this the motherfuckin' rap game

The snakes are just part of the scenery

I went from barely breakin' evenly (Yeah)

To makin' it right where I need to be (Yeah)

Competin' against what I've already done

'Cause ain't nobody left to compete with me

I've been betrayed by plenty of rats

The proof is the knife scars on my back

I wear 'em with pride like one of my tats

And a reminder to where I been at (Yeah)

'Cause I've been down flat, I've been flat broke

Tryna bounce back when I'm past hope

But I pushed through and I still do

Till my soundtrack's on it's last note

I've been around that block so many times, there ain't nothin' I ain't seen

Tough breaks, hard knocks, still I pull myself back up, I strained bootstrap seams

Every war I've ever fought in, every scar I've got is just another cut to clean

They could rap like, act like, try to fill my shoes but they just ain't me

No, they not like me

Earned me my place on the roster (Roster)

Studied and played this shit proper (Proper)

Takin' the highs and the lows as it goes to the point that it's strainin' my chakras (Chakras)

Stayed true in a game of imposters (Imposters)

Sippin' some Jamo' and vodka

Seein' this new generation unfold as I'm sittin' back, feelin' like Dre in The Watcher

Witness 'em hustle for clout

Actin' all arrogant, runnin' they mouth

Sayin' that they puttin' on for a culture whose history they don't know nothin' about

Or maybe I'm just gettin' older and grumpy

Or stuck in my ways and stuck in my house

And reachin' a point where I oughta say "Fuck it, I'm done with this"

Pack it all up and be out, don't mean to sound bitter, I know that I'm hatin'

But I survived through so many generations

I don't give a fuck about whose in rotation

Or where shit is headed, I know where the game been (Yeah)

And I'll still be standin' while most of 'em fadin' from memory

Let it be known I'll be chasin' a legacy

While they just chasin' they tails and I will prevail

I guess what I'm sayin' is

I've been around that block so many times, there ain't nothin' I ain't seen

Tough breaks, hard knocks, still I pull myself back up, I strained bootstrap seams

Every war I've ever fought in, every scar I've got is just another cut to clean

They could rap like, act like, try to fill my shoes but they just ain't me

No, they not like me