[Chorus] They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you Tryina push my n***as through this industry All this sh** we going through, put my nieces, nephews and my lil' cousins through school Soundscan checks coming in my future plan through They judging me of interviews, never of the good sh** Always pinpointing bad sh**, f**ing critics, hate 'em Criticizing all the n***as life, get your own life Why every time I turn my back a friend grab a knife? Damn these d** talking to me, telling me I need some more Till a n***a OD shaking now I'm on the phone Thinking about my past life and all the crazy sh** I did Devil and Jesus Christ can't go on, do this right Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you [Chorus] Words can't alter my ego so bulletproof Hard in da Paint went double platinum No Hands went triple platinum Damn, I do a number, dog, calling me ranker Treat it like a hood club, standing on a bar top, 30K for a walk in I say this is life, I remember I couldn't have 30 dollars in my pocket, sh** Robbing for some small change, tryina make a big name In a small town, Riverdale we in this b**h, man Only God could judge me f** what another person gotta say about me, I'm stress free Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you [Chorus] You see me, man, I started from the motherf**ing bottom Man, I already knew, only thing I was looking was the top See, I lost 80% of my friends around me, man Damn near lost my life, you know RIP my n***a gunned down, man, ain't sh** gonna stop me, my n***a