My pops died when I was a kid, so it didn't take long for me to learn that it's a cold world

I remember my uncle tellin' me, though, "You might not be able to change the world, but you can change your block", bet

I was born and raised, in a cold world

Mama prayin', tryin' to save the whole world

Might not change the world, but I’ll change what I got

Might not run the world, but I'ma run the block, aye!

Run the block, baby, I'ma run the block, woo!

Might not run the world, but I'ma run the block, aye!

Run the block, baby, I'ma run the block, woo!

Might not run the world, but I'ma run the block, aye!

Run it back, run it back

Give the boy twenty, bet I bring a hundred back

Oh, we talkin' money? Want a cut of that

I can’t bring my gun, I don’t come to that

It’s so fuckin' wack that it’s come to that

But it’s a cold world, so when the block's hot

Man, these snakes want every crumb of that

And when you run the block, they want you under that

I don’t mumble rap, I just come with facts

Put a beat on it, it’s a fuckin' rap

Yeah, I’m fuckin' back to my old ways

Takin' rap back to them old days

Yo' best flow is my retro, so my price high, like old J’s

My last song was a homicide, got away with murder, like OJ

It’s winter time, come dinner time, for the kin that died, we break bread

Livin' twice as hard, like their life is ours, then prayin' that we ain’t next

Fuck the internet, boy, I been a vet, bitch, go somewhere with yo' little threats

This is South, go cold as South Pole, watch ya' mouth, ho, if you ain’t livin' it

Ain’t gangsta, but don’t push me, 'cause please believe that I push back

And when I do, I’m givin' you war, like President Bush, back

Yeah, cold-blooded, I’m built for this, flow one hundred, can’t filter this

Really, ain’t nobody fuckin' real as this, until they body buddy, I'ma kill this shit, like

I live my life like every day, the last one that I got

Quit waitin' 'round, and went and got it, bitch, so what's up, now?

You come and try to take it, you gon' find out what I’m 'bout

Since 'bout it 'bout it, I been holdin' this shit down, for my hometown, like ooh!

I was born and raised, in a cold world

Mama prayin', tryin' to save the whole world

Might not change the world, but I’ll change what I got

Might not run the world, but I'ma run the block, aye!

Run the block, baby, I'ma run the block, woo!

Might not run the world, but I'ma run the block, aye!

Run the block, baby, I'ma run the block, woo!

Might not run the world, but I'ma run the block, aye!