[Intro: King Iso] I just took a lil' time yeah Took a lil’ time yeah [Chorus: King Iso] Said everything is fine, just give me a lil' time, aye I wake up in the grind, for this sh*t I put the time, aye They said I wouldn't make it, heard this sh*t a thousand times, aye Was homeless, in the ward, even did a lil’ time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil’ time [Verse 1: King Iso] I told baby hold it down while I did a lil’ time Wasn't evеn 30 days, she fu*king with the other sidе On my first day out, on my grizzly with this nine Ops ran up in the place, you might as well let them inside I was broke, nowhere to go, said forgive and let it slide If I would’ve been up, couple ni**as would've died Really started from the bottom, before Drizzy spit the rhyme Gang nothing was the same, ain't no ni**as finna slide For me, b*tch ain't worth the penny, but that b*tch to you a dime For them I done see plenty ni**as switch up all the time I tried to be legit, this .40 sit a ni**a sideways Cause shady how they did me so I did this sh*t the Con-way Everybody crooked at the top, should tell you Crime Pays sh*t I need a billi’ like I'm Jigga, where Beyoncé? Got it out the mud, now they see me repping Strange So many weren't patient, it just took a lil' time [Chorus: King Iso] Said everything is fine, just give me a lil' time, aye I wake up in the grind, for this sh*t I put the time, aye They said I wouldn't make it, heard this sh*t a thousand times, aye
Was homeless, in the ward, even did a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time [Verse 2: A-Wax] Took a lil' time off sitting in a cold cell Million dollar bond, might as well as gave me no bail Guards bringing fan-mail, noticing the 'dro smell Threatening my celly over fungus on his toenail Clogging up the phones, I ain't got no time for Dominos Reconsidered marriage if the state still giving conjugals Only stations that my radio can get were rock and rolls Bail got produced, on my way out gave out all my stuff Eight months later and I'm up a half a million Fake friends gone, got to see what people really in 'Bout to go to trial, I don't care what type of deal they cut Everything's fine, just give it some time to simmer up Diamonds in the face make it hard to tell the time Pull up in a town, instantly I boost the crime rate Really see the main, but I treat her like a side piece Buy the streets some love, buy the police on the spot, yeah [Chorus: King Iso] Said everything is fine, just give me a lil' time, aye I wake up in the grind, for this sh*t I put the time, aye They said I wouldn't make it, heard this sh*t a thousand times, aye Was homeless, in the ward, even did a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time, aye Took a lil' time, it just took a lil' time