I dont expect nobody to understand

They never understood when I told 'em where I was tryna go in the first place

So now that I'm here

It's like you understand even less

You get your own conceptions of what I am and what I;m supposed to be

From where you'sa standing, It looks like I'm on top of the planet

A hundred million dollars sex tours rocking

The pop of the camera

Propaganda they got you thinkin I'm hoppin out fandom

But I'm not, I'm in the lab knocking out anthems

My feet are in the industry and in the street

Of the wodka I'm slamming

Jealous whispers got me cocking the hammer

My hellish instincts are still with me

Same brothers, whether to be killed or kill with me, yeah

We still here, I got values instilled in me

Thats the code of the corner

Manifesto of the street

Told through the odour of marijuana

The future that i owe to my son, the life i owe to my mother

My righteous road of dishonour

Isotone with gloves on my palm

Icy cold staring crazy savage

Walking the same streets I grew up in ,pushing a baby carriage

And fame stressing me and my Lady's marriage

Where do I go from here

Up's my only option

Cracked the billboard hundred

Dying to make the top ten

Everyone that grew up with us from the hometown

They life's like jets in the Hudson, going down

I can't save 'em when the fight's only one round

Mary J. Blige, cause I see 'em all going down

But I am on the rise, and though I prophecise

This is from the bottom of my heart, I apologise

Okay my album's getting pushed back off sample clearances

And I ain't hiding from nothing, create no appearances

I connect with my fans with no interferences

As long as I understand this, I can't miss

I made a vow to speak for my people, display it proud

If they don't listen to us then I say it loud- er

My brothers locked in the cell couldn't be prouder

All my best friends are dope fiends, hooked on the powder

Sometimes my lyrics of struggle is what they look to for power

Promise to ya, I'll never be shook or cower

No I'm not a coward, I stand for something like a tower

Higher than a eiffeltower

Reign with the rightful shower my word's my bomb, bond's my word, word is bond I said this to you on a curb

I swear to god that my mom said i was absurd

But I'm sippin that bottle calming my nerves

Where do I go from here

Up's my only option

Cracked the billboard hundred

Dying to make the top ten

Everyone that grew up with us from the hometown

They life's like jets in the Hudson, going down

I can't save 'em when the fight's only one round

Mary J. Blige, cause I see 'em all going down

But I am on the rise, and though I prophecise

This is from the bottom of my heart, I apologise to ya