When They Come for Me (Live from Paris, 2010)

I am not a pattern to be followed

The pill that I'm on is a tough one to swallow

I'm not a criminal, not a role model

Not a born leader, I'm a tough act to follow

I am not the fortune and the fame

Nor the same person telling you to forfeit the game

I came in the ring like a dog on a chain

And I found out the underbelly's sicker than it seems

And it seems ugly but it can get worse

'Cause even the blueprint is a gift and a curse

Once you got a theory of how the thing works

Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first

And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey

I will not dance even if the music's funky

Opposite of lazy, far from a punk

Y'all oughta stop talking so I try to catch up

Motherfucker

And all the people say

Ah, ah

Try to catch up, motherfucker

Ah, ah

Lauryn said, "Money changes situation"

Big said, "It increased the complication"

Kane said, "Don't stab, I ain't the one"

Chuck said, "An Uzi weigh a motherfucking ton"

And I'm just a student of the game that they taught me

Rocking every stage in every place that they brought me

I'm awfully underrated

But came here to correct it

And so it ain't mistaken

I'ma state that for the record

I'm the opposite of whack

Opposite of weak

Opposite of slack

Synonym of heat

Synonym of crack

Closest to the peak

Far from a punk

Y'all oughta stop, stop tryna catch up

Motherfucker

And all the people say

Ah, ah

Try to catch up, motherfucker

Ah, ah

Oh, when they come for me

Come for me

I'll be gone

Oh, when they come for me

Come for me

I'll be gone

Oh, when they come for me

Come for me

I'll be gone

And all the people say

Ah, ah

Try to catch up, motherfucker

Ah, ah

And all the people say

Ah, ah