[Hook] How you gonna play it by books When they try to tell you that it never will be simple I mean how you ganna show me what it takes When they try to tempt with you everything thats Misleading I know That it wasn't easy that it wasn't (Given to you x3) I know that it wasn't easy that it wasn't given to you [Verse 1] Word up everybody wanna give a f** Didn't anybody tell you that it wasn't very easy to Be seen in this life without luck Word up Well Ima go and make my own luck So when people think of me when they see me in the Streets they don't know what to do they Starstruck So what Ima be the one to go and get it Got a house in the Hills and a car with the wheels And a card that I can use with credit You know what you can go and tell em that I said it I ain't holding nothing back when it comes to the Truth and you can go and tell em that I said it [Hook] How you gonna play it by books When they try to tell you that it never will be simple I mean how you ganna show me what it takes When they try to tempt with you everything thats Misleading I know That it wasn't easy that it wasn't (Given to you x3) I know that it wasn't easy that it wasn't given to you [Verse 2] So you really wanna know the truth Ima give it to you Every time I go and step up in the booth Ima give it to you Better second guess the people that you pick and choose Cause they're not the same than what you thought They just wanna come around and share their Thoughts but I don't wanna listen All these stories got you tripping Cause we're just a habit of our own creation Gotta watch the way that we are when we are Associating with the demons that are tryna take Over our minda You can fell it in your brain fell it in your spine You gotta be better say that you don't have the time You don't have to turn the water up into wine I'm just asking you to know that it;s ganna be fine [Outro Hook] How you gonna play it by books When they try to tell you that it never will be simple I mean how you ganna show me what it takes When they try to tempt with you everything thats Misleading I know That it wasn't easy that it wasn't (Given to you x3) I know that it wasn't easy that it wasn't given to you