(verse 1)
This beat takes me back to the days when i was a teenager
Sellin' weed to the strangers at the bus station
Never really was patient
Lookin' sideways (westsiders)
f** minimum wage cuz crime pays
In the ze
And in a major way e40 had my mind goin
Thats a rhyme omen
Let me try flowin
Open for the crowd, look around
Is it worth it?
My homie's steady illen and I'm always puttin' work in
Either d**h or jail is certain
So im buildin until the curtain closes on me
Believe that I'm anomalous
Could fight a trojan army
Steady listening to Hiero
Started on my high road
Elevate my mind
To the highs from the lows
Just another episode
Smokin blunt after blunt
I must have stunted my growth
Cuz i was ready to erupt
And everybody was corrupt
But it ain't always what it seems
Another couple years
And we'll be reigning supreme
(hook repeat 4x.)
When the halo's fly and the rain coats dry
I feel like i could be a king (westsiders)
Repeat 4x
(verse 2)
I brainstorm these waveforms
Its like the .wav(e)s form a stom in my brain
Feel the pain
Now my food is organic
My muse is organic
My roots all planted
In the truths of the planets
And motherf**ers can't stand it
Cuz I'm clever with the words
And better with the work
Brother set me to the side
Said "we're movin off of bird ave"
"cool, where to?"
He said "the burbs"
It sounded so absurd, man he couldn't have
But he did and then it worked out
A year later i was down south
In 6-1-9 San Diego
Just movin' hella fuego
Sharpened up my pen game
With my homie from Encanto
f**ed around recorded in some studio centers
Where the walls filled with plaques
Remember, turn around and look back
Cuz it ain't always what it seems
Another couple years
And we'll be reigning supreme
(hook repeat 4x.)
When the halo's fly and the rain coats dry
I feel like i could be a king (westsiders)
Repeat 4x
(verse 3)
See i was finally getting weight in
When my brothers home was raided
Man, he got like 900 days when incarcerated
Feeling heavy faded with this baby on the way
The world is on my shoulders
Everyday I'm gettin older
Had to fall back on the kushion
Some padding in my pattern
Slow off all the pushin
Get my mind over the matter
Word to that rare thang
She got me on the latter
Or up in the stairway
Where (there's) nobody who wears hate
See i, i had my know how
But then i understood it
Added in some wisdom
And everything is fluent
Embedded in my music
A foundation for a kingdom
Everything i went through
Man, it liberated freedom to my soul
Now I'm refined
I'm refreshed
Progressed
With every step
Thats momentum
And this tracks my memento
Cuz it ain't always what it seems
We'll be reigning supreme
(hook repeat 4x.)
When the halo's fly and the rain coats dry
I feel like i could be a king (westsiders)