[Verse 1] Harvard University, sticker on a Honda And you got, like, two degrees, still living with your mama Going by the rule book, it don't get you any farther And they talking down at you as if they is your father [Pre-Chorus] Oh, not I, I live just how I like Oh yeah, they try to leave you high and dry I'm tattooed, on fire as if it's summertime Oh yeah, they try, but I'm sticking to my pride [Chorus] Like a lion, a lion I can smell the blood a mile away They lying, they lying I bet that you won't say it to my face [Verse 2] Abuela used to move that work just like Tony Montana 5 years old in Dolce now, I'm bitter about designers And papi fell in love with the coco He tryna fit Chanel up his nostrils Yeah, they tell me oh no, Yoko, oh no Yes we can, Obama In trouble with the popo, guess it's like father, like daughter And since I am millennial, I do just what I wanna Oh b**h, I'm Al Pacino, go alpaca with the llama [Chorus] Like a lion, a lion I can smell the blood a mile away
They lying, they lying I bet that you won't say it to my face [Post-Chorus] Lion in my den, I'm sitting in my throne Smell the blood from miles away I'm a lion in my den, I'm sitting in my throne Smell the blood from miles away [Verse 3] Mama went from Cuba to a cubicle But I don't like to square dance Root of evil is the multiple of my animal Add it on my plate, I am a carnivore Minus all the bull, divide and conquer like Conquistador I'm feeling like a feline saying, "What it do, mayne?" Clauses in my contract, let that sink into your brain Fly me to Savannah, Georgia, hopping off the planes Goddamn, it feels so good to be top of the food chain [Chorus] Like a lion, a lion I can smell the blood a mile away They lying, they lying I bet that you won't say it to my face [Post-Chorus] Lion in my den, I'm sitting in my throne Smell the blood from miles away I'm a lion in my den, I'm sitting in my throne Smell the blood from miles away Like a lion, a lion