Already Rich (feat. Bkay EastGaad)

Young GUAPO in a murcielago

Out in Abj but it feels like Cabo

She heard the accent and asked, “Are you from Lagos?”

Haha yeah, I’m from Lagos

I can’t rap about being broke no more mehn I’m already rich

Thought I’d never lose it all I already did

But amma make it back soon

Can’t be a great player without a couple bad moves

(Bad Moves yeah)

As I flip over my memory pad

Brainstorming the greatest unwritten lyrics the industry has, ever heard

A war between doing it for the culture and getting the bag

Stirs up in my consciousness but I fight to admit it

Cause for every song I make I ask myself like “will they feel it?

But why should I care? What if my artistry was painting

Would I let ‘em influence my brush strokes? Fuck no!

Now can I live

Can I Picasso in my casa with no boxes?

Can I Van Gogh in my Goyard with no ears?

Can I Basquiat with no caveat?

Can I Matisse in Nice without selling a piece?

Had a conversation with Q couple days back

I told him lately it’s been easier to rhyme, harder to rap

He said, “how do you feel about this?”

I said “Not good at all”

And then proceeded to tell me something that enlightened me more

He said “the journey to greatness has never been an easy one

At some point you have to make a decision

Do you wanna be famous or do you wanna be great?”

I asked “is it one or the other? Can’t it be both?”

He said “Very few have done this”

Guess I’ll be one of ‘em

Yeah

Oh well

Yeah

EAST!

Yeah

(Young GUAPO in a murcielago)

Young GUAPO in a murcielago

Out in Abj but it feels like Cabo

She heard the accent and asked, “Are you from Lagos?”

Haha yeah, I’m from Lagos

I can’t rap about being broke no more mehn I’m already rich

Thought I’d never lose it all I already did

But amma make it back soon

Can’t be a great player without a couple bad moves

(Bad Moves yeah)

Things I did for this life of ease

Never thought I have a 9-5 selling these dreams

Never thought I'd buy catalog for the Chinese

Never thought I'd be behind the scenes in this rhyming biz

For this big crib where I get no sleep

For this iced out Rolex that sweeps and never freeze

New Nike sneakers for checks that I received

Adidas for the stripes I earned I fight for peas

It cuts deep gets deeper every time I bleed

wounds become scars I'm reminded of all I did

Sins of the fathers I indemnify my kids

Front line general I indemnity my gees

Mountains on mountain I've climb all I've seen

Nigeria will always happen to you but it's all I've been

Make room for these spaces I'm never in

I might never, calm and clever, arm and leg I

Never act with emotions mind over matter

Weighed the cost of fame against the cost of living

found they cost is the same if you ever abort the mission

 If I never stood for nothing i stood on business

Lies might buy you some time but never leverage

Either way I'm nice I'm fine with my Percentage

The legacy I leave behind for my descendants

This is Chess not Ludo but how would you know

You need the luck I’m not trying to lose to ego

Could never be a porn on no chess board I Sac'd queens

Audaciously late Grand master Magnus Carlsen

Your Queen's gambit is declined I moved my black queen

Took my queen mother I made another my wife then

Another reason to put my back in boy I'm back mehn

Jumping over **** like draft games I'm drafting

Eye sockets haven’t seen these pockets I’m in

I’m outta space with it like I Launched a rocket on them

The more nuggets you get the more knowledge I spin

The juice is double the gin the Steez is above the rims

You’re not rich you're living above your means

If I'm not rich I'm living above your dreams

It's Quite a reach every time you reach for me

You better reach for the stars you can't reach beyond your limbs...