[Verse 1:]
Hey can I make it?
All this stress on my shoulders
Can I take it?
Back breaking, but I'm back on a break
No breaks like my bones
Are titanium made
Off the top of the cranium
You rappers be afraid
Got a blade for a tongue
Lungs made of hurricanes
Used to be ashamed I wasn't dumb
Like these other peers
Like, how come I veered from the streets?
But never did I run in fear
I just kept to myself
Was always reading and writing
You n***as needed help
While y'all was running round stupid
I was dreaming bout the wealth
Not only monetary
But the knowledge of self, yeah
[Verse 2:]
Was growing up inside
A single parent household
And once I got quick enough
To outrun my mama
I thought I was man
sh** I was stealing with the homies
Until I got caught, pops damn near whipped my a**
Swore I'd never steal again
Less it's spots on a chart
Or the heart of a queen
I keep it sharp with my art
Don't tell me everything is okay
Radio giving no play
Feel like I'll hit 80 'fore I'm on
n***a no way
I weave words into this fabric
Like it's crochet
Then I spit a shawl
That will rip through your resolve
See, y'all is pitiful
Talking ‘bout you finna ball
Tell you one thing that I'm never finna do
Is finna fall, down
[Verse 3:]
These haters wanna take my shine
Strip the bling off
Then load a clip
And let some shots ring off
n***as bearing arms like a sleeve off
Telling me to pick my hustle up
I'm thinking sh** where did I leave off?
‘Cause since fifth grade
I've been getting this pay
Only a few cents
But had the sense to get change
Started selling pens
To the kids during recess
Economy in recess
My mama always seemed stressed
Like every year with lay-offs
Wondering if she next
This music better pay off
She deserve a week rest
I used to give her hell I know
Me and Andres ran them streets
All night like we ain't have no home
And once I met Dylan
Started wilding some more
But never leaning towards the violence
I would k** 'em with my mind
See that knowledge is a weapon
n***as stepping out a line
I snatch your dime and get all A's
In the cla** that you're behind in
f**s, now if you got the bucks
I might tutor you
But these foolish n***as thinking bucks
Like a Ruger do
I was thinking green during lunch
Like arugula
Dis my dream and try to sleep on me
I'll Freddy Krueger you, ugh
They don't believe that I'm from CO
Like how the f** can he flow?
But for me and team
It's all we know
Look for me in the sky
I'll look for y'all below
Your Welcome