Ed O.G - Be Thankful lyrics

[ VERSE 1 ] Edo's a one-man team, I never huddle with coach I'm on some raw sh**, y'all take the subtle approach I break up the mic when I wake up the night If I'm beefin in my sleep then I wake up and fight I refuse to let these roaches insult my culture I broke the mold and the sculpture Went from kingdoms to the projects housing kings How do I make one word say a thousand things Spit more than a thousand slangs Put sk**s to your thousand dollar chains k** you on the mic, then pray over your remains Elevated the game in the midst of all the change Got a list of all the names, get beat the hardest By the featured artist who got dough but keep it modest Watch my bench featured starters The ghetto taught us to praise the black goddess We flawless, hot like June to August Come on [ Hook ] Be thankful for what you got Cause a hungry n***a's waitin to take yo spot Don't think he won't scheme and plot So you best be thankful for what you got Next year you might not be hot So you better be thankful for what you got Yo, whether you make it or not Dog, you best be thankful for what you got [ VERSE 2 ] If you spit fire, then God's a liar The odds of dodgin fire just got higher What cause can you inspire, rap sheet's on fire I keep it in the streets like tires And don't admire your material desires The media supply us, they biased One minute they praise us, then they crucify us Haters, they don't apply theyself They ain't hot enough to do a record by theyself They need help, see money don't make the man You ain't gotta shake my hand or take a stand High day after day, drunk night after night What you gon' do after-mic? Fight me, get sent to the afterlife I battle n***as half a night Told them s**ers pa** the mic Boots gotta have trees, sneakers gotta have stripes I never lost focus and never lost sight Of the mic [ Hook ] [ VERSE 3 ] I silence giants in a world of violence The science to my triumphs is to switch around the line-ups Y'all take off with little ascension Dogs that bark all the time get little attention Y'all little tension gets little mention I'm hardcore and heart-wrenchin Build without benchin, time to start inchin Photoflash like a camera to slander your propaganda Hit you in the head with a proper hammer Livin life wild and short, child support Trials in courts, criminals and cohorts I rhyme so sick the flow hurts I'm runnin a marathon, y'all take the sh** in short spurts In the club watchin short skirts Cause this rap game comes with mad perps I do whatever works Tried not to get murked when I was doin my dirt Put out my own sh** so I won't get jerked n***a [ Hook ]