On the rise to da top
The grind doesn't stop
Some only focus on guap
#Not me
I'm alive cuz I'm not
IiiiiiiI've Dodge bullets
Took blows to the head
Never ran and never will
#Nah
Unless I'm running from the feds
See jail ain't 4 me
If that cell's made 4me
Then ill pa** on that fiend
That sale ain't 4me
#Nah
And so it begins...
The paper chase niga
...the plot thickens
#layer cake n***a
#Slim biggins!
On the road to riches and the finer things in life
This ain't a album its a script
A theme for life
Uh
...There's many layers to this plot as it thickens
As I bid farewell to my past #good riddance
Many ain't fare well
Throughout #failed missions
Think it ain't fair well...
U gotta #deal wit it!
Uh
...My man rocc did 8
But only count
The day he went it in
And
The day he came out
..My n***a Eric spent half his life
In and out of jail
For *violent crimes
Both trynto feed they families
And down the line
Was singled out by a snitch
Compounded by lies
N till all my n***as free
My team won't b complete
Still I don't have a worry
While I walk these streets
#nah
See..
Imma made man
An elder statesman
Always focused on what's *next
Never complacent
#Yeah
..I am
The blueprint for truth
Its my life ur tracing
Like that night in (location N/A)
When i Had to face d**h
#Uh
..Face 2 face
Versus 10 hatians
N I ain't even start the fight
I wasn't on the card that night
#nah
I was at the bar
Trynto get my n***as drinks
..Its was
Around my 25th bday
I think
Early 2000's
..Either way
A n***a came out his mouth
I had to punch him in his face
Now...
It be suffice if he pounded me out
Instead he picked up 2 bottles
They surrounding me now
Long story long
I Had to stab my way out
Climbing over bodies
As I found my way out
Then it spilled to the street
Where police ca see...
Jay grabbed the knife
Got rid of it cleanly
Bottles still flying
Most hittin my head
I walked away bloody
Can't say the same about them
Them pigs started swarming
Whole sidewalk crowded
I ran right pa** them
Idk how they allowed it
But
Word on the street a n***a died that night
A son loss a father
His momma cried that night
But
I ain't care none
He pushed my bu*tons n I jumped...
*n***as need to learn how to act when they drunk
But
Back to the rumble
In regards to my life
At a time they almost had me
We was fightin for the knife
My hands on the handle
They was grabbin the blade
So who diddnt get stabbed
Got cuts on they hand
See
At that point I already stabbed they mans
#Uh uh
...Two to the gut, two to the back
His entire f**in army
Trying to disarm me
Had me Pinned in a corner
If they get it I'mma goner
As I think back
Rewind those events
I wouldn't be here
Speakin in past tense
If I only let go
Lost my grip
#yup
The tables wouldve turned
I coulda called it quit
Or if one of them was armed
They couldve even the odds
It woulda been a knife fight
I tell u what my life like
#mines is real
But
As God as my witness
One reason I'm here yo
#Me
My words paint pictures
The beat is my eas-el
....Da evils
8
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On the rise to da top
The grind doesn't stop
Some only focus on guap
#Not me
I'm alive cuz I'm not
IiiiiiiI've Dodge bullets
Took blows to the head
Never ran and never will
Unless I'm running from the feds
See jail ain't 4 me
If that cell's made 4me
Then ill pa** on that fiend
That sale ain't 4me
And so it begins...
The paper chase niga
The plot thickens
#layer cake n***a
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On the rise to da top
The grind doesn't stop
Some only focus on guap
#Not me
I'm alive cuz I'm not
IiiiiiiI've Dodge bullets
Took blows to the head
Never ran and never will
Unless I'm running from the feds
See jail ain't 4 me
If that cell's made 4me
Then ill pa** on that fiend
That sale ain't 4me
And so it begins...
The paper chase niga
The plot thickens
#layer cake n***a
#Slim biggins!
Whoooo!
Gotta send a huge Rip to my lil brother
Our lil brother
Stephen bam dub cooper
U see...
I was at the bar trynto get my n***as drinks
Standing right there with my n***a
And sum clown tried to disrespect him
I couldn't have that b...
So Things went left from there
That was over 10 yrs ago..
And now a week after i record this...
My n***a pa** away b,...
May my n***a rip!
Life ain't promised yall
I promise yall