Humor - The Rise lyrics

[Intro] Sometimes, you've just got to say What you've got to say Yeah, listen [Verse 1] Papes is my turn on, raised in a place you never heard of Straight off the bat, your boy adapted, I'm a learner Born as an Englishman, bloodline Nigerian BNP would tell you I'm an immigrant I go to Naij, they treat a n***a different I'd tell a lie if I said n***as never seen the prison much I'd tell a lie if I said that the riots were legitimate Looting n shooting, drug pushing n rushing the yout dem But what the f** you expect? it ain't colour its cla** They f**ed up their future cause they ain't learned from their past You tell your kids that they're different so now they find an excuse Get your head in the game, you either win or you lose It ain't all hunky dory if you ain't sh** when you 40 These n***as spilling their guts all in pursuit of the glory Get the urge to be stunting when you ain't come up with nothing But n***as got it back to front cos they be broke and they're flossing I tell em [Hook] Family comes first Money comes second Money equals power And that power is a weapon A b**h is just a b**h they never come before a bredrin But a woman is a woman and to find one is a blessing Do what you enjoy f** a haters voice Tell a hater he can slap himself 10 times Cause they love to see you down but hate to see you on the rise Said they love to see you down but hate to see you on the rise [Verse 2] I've got a plan A, and a plan B I remember when I thought I'd never bang g Specs on getting As in the test But all a little n***a wanted was some A double S Took the specs off and got a trim, couldn't see a f**ing thing Started getting chicks though, then I got contacts Now I'm getting contacts, tryna get a contract Spraying like a contract k**er on a dumb track All this talk of pushing crack, me I'm tryna push the bar Skinny n***a in the gym, I was tryna push the bar Push it far, all these n***as around the city screaming f** the law What you looking for? Better handle yours before you're busting nuts in broads f** the system that they try to set you in Tryna get these kids around here to settle for sh** Then they have a kid what can they offer it That's a cycle full of suffering and I won't Settle for that, running round in circles All that hate you best ignore that Tell a f** boy stop it, work equals profit you know that Success ain't a second thought, I've thought about it all and I know The media's gonna try n paint us all the same way, the same way And I know, no matter where I'm at I'll always say the same thing The same thing yeah [Hook]