[Verse 1: JC] Every time I come back home I got new people looking up to me Women read my papers as a means of hooking up with me She want a relationship, her head full of uncertainties She know how I am, and she know its freaks in universities Mind on Jason f** the bacon Finally making cents (sense) out of risks I've taken Voices in my head saying change the nation Paul Gauguin with my creation Ungh, they feel me cause JC the realest The only polished scholar that could get vouched by the dealers 300 reads in a day I guess I just got that effect I ain't writing on your blog unless you cutting a check Walked up into these towers and I demanded respect Done hit Canada twice and still ain't been to Quebec My whole head going bald and I still ain't learned to relax Never see him on the weekend what his lifestyle like Stalking my ig and I'm with baby on a hike She wanna take an usie I say get your mind off of fame You see this book in my hand? Let me put yo mind on some things [Chorus] I done been around and seen a whole lot Where I'm from we know a queen a ho's not I done been around and seen a whole lot Through thick and thin Dena mean a whole lot Hey (x13) Through thick and thin Dena mean a whole lot [Verse 2: JC] Black genius but my voice gold Flow hot, but the beat cold Societal havoc the life that we chose Talk foul if you want to the homie Kev shoot... Free throws Ain't he a professor? Is he teaching the kids this? My papers and my music got em minding my business My mind is my business Light trees like its Christmas Turned my luck into a gymnast; see the way that I flipped it? And he so gifted Academic Blake Griffin My diss is a slam dunk so I ain't missing Go on and do yourself a favor and just rock with Urfav All the cool kids jock his philosophical ways I turn a page to get paid Now the people amazed 26 and it ain't a better thinker his age Reminiscing chilling with homies back in the days How we came up off dice games in 8th grade Talkin 7-11 bets while I'm taking a test When the d's hit the notebook you can bet I'm talking the rest Playing with expulsion papers personified in dollar bills Scholar still wanna know how hitting the Lotto feel Lotta sk** so homie girl wanna holla still The type of creation you get when you ain't gotta deal Really a scholar so his flow just got a knowledge feel I took Gardena to South Beach and turned it to College Hill [Chorus] I done been around and seen a whole lot Where I'm from we know a queen a ho's not I done been around and seen a whole lot Through thick and thin Dena mean a whole lot Hey (x13) Through thick and thin Dena mean a whole lot