[Hook] You could try hard, but you can't ignore me Shout out to the ones who did it way before me They love and they hate and then they love you more [Verse 1] Yeah, uh Different day, same old story Got money on my mind, nothing more important Mindset of a kid raised in apartments f** forty and a mule, I need a bigger portion Parked in front of a crib, looking for some dry Dealing with the bullsh** on the other side Of the gra** in the past, I would run and hide But I can't k** any time, it's career homicide Uh, gotta show 'em all who the best In the motherf**ing building like an architect Doing the most, I could never give em' less Now take a look around, I'll be here when no one left b**h, I promise [Hook] You could try hard, but you can't ignore me Shout out to the ones who did it way before me They love and they hate and then they love you more That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it... [Verse 2] Goes, on the side where I came from Live by the gun, die by 21 Thank God I'm alive and I made sum' Out of nothing, n***as thought I was frontin' Now they see me getting to it, doing what they said I wasn't Gotta have a little patience, baby, why the hell you rushing? I gotta play my cards, even when they think I'm bluffing Heading to the top, can't see nobody above me Can you feel the pressure, can you hear the message? I'm trying to stay clean but the sh** been getting messy If you're looking for me I will be right where you left me Put that on my city, that I'm bout' to bring it back b**h I promise [Hook] You could try hard, but you can't ignore me Shout out to the ones who did it way before me They love and they hate and then they love you more That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it goes Uh, yeah, that's just the way it...