[Intro] I keep it, we back, yeah Ya dig? (Thinkin' 'bout) Yeah, yeah (Know what I'm sayin'?) Every n***a that, uh [Verse] Every n***a that's trippin' around me serve as reminder that I gotta watch my step I keep it quiet as kept (Ayy, ayy) Yeah, I think I spent most of my life depressed (Most of my) Only thing on my mind was d**h (On my) Didn't know if my time was next (Next, yeah, yeah) Tryna refine this sh**, I redefined myself First I had to find it (Uh) I couldn't find a friend, had to rely on my wits I be with Mike and Med (Mike, Med) Nowadays I be with Sage and with Six-press, ya dig? I'm in L.A. with Glen, please come and claim ya kid I cannot play with them (Yeah, yeah, whoa) Let's try a different approach out I celebrate with a toast Brodie, you know if you with me we homebound (Homebound) I need a city to hold down (Hold down) You n***as gave me a coast (Yeah) You went and gave me a cape (Cape) But that never gave me no hope (Hope, yeah, hope, hope) I found a new way to cope It ain't no slave in my soul But I keep the memories close by (Close by) Even when I hit a low (I hit a low) I still give thanks to the most high I can't do favors no more If you lame and you broke, and you waiting for cosign I take a plate to go Bread I could break with bro Noose on my chain is gold Tell me how you been faking the whole time? (Whole time) That's how surveillance go These n***as be playing for both sides This sh** could take a toll There ain't no- (Bro) There ain't no- (Yeah) It ain't no place to- (Nah) [Outro] Yeah Yeah, yeah Mm-mm-hmm