[Intro: WordPlay T.Jay] Who knew that I'd be so fortunate To get to meet Big Boi and get to chill back stage Or a few years back getting love from Sway God gotta be real to build a buzz off faith Poor so long That the good feels great Checks coming in just to fill my plate I can fly so high you can't steal my cape [Verse 1: WordPlay T.Jay] I done been poor so long That if I earned a million dollars then I'd never buy a mansion Vacay in the country I don't even need the Hamptons Don't need a caterer just a bomb a** sandwich Poor so long I'm a pay the car note and just fix up the damage Never doing things that are so outlandish No diamonds in the chain cause this life ain't granted Poor so long That I'm a put aside a stack so my kid goes to Stanford Never got in rap for the glitz and the glamour Put my message out then probably win a Grammy Poor so Long Holding on to myself never lose my standards Going back home just hug my family Man a dollar never ran me [Hook: ] I ain't even worried about a Million It's been a long old road With the same old song I done been poor so long I just want the pain all gone Til' it ain't no more, til it ain't no more [Verse 2:] I done been poor so long That if a n***a ran up then he probably couldn't rob me The 44 tucked just to jack his broccoli I could get down on what he tried to get off me Poor so long Like somebody trying to pour a gallon jug in the tub Working off my debts just to get in the club Even with my last dollar I'm a sip me some rum Poor so long I only know the positive like a stop four ways Eating ice pops, what the hell is sorbet? Stay k**ing in the summer now that's a gore may Poor so long Holding on to myself never lose my standards Going back home just to hug my family Man a dollar never ran me [Hook: 2x]