Will - They lyrics

[Verse 1] My city is holy, but full of them demons I was so young, had to keep scheming Cops all around me, they swear that I'm serving IRS ask me how much I be earning See all my chains, they know that I'm working Momma told me that she wish I was a surgeon I found the money so she could quit searching Buy her a house, and it come with a pool Back in the day, I got picked on at school Always in trouble, I broke all the rules Friends keep on leaving me when I would lose Never asleep, I don't worry 'bout snooze Back in the day, I only had a few shoes I was so broke, that I couldn't buy food Haters they dissin' me, k**ing my mood Me? I get high and I chill on my roof Coming at me, but I'm just a dude k**ing my city, it's all on the news Smoke all my dope and it's easing the pain I lost some friends that I won't see again They were sneak dissing, I don't wanna hear it All in my face, and they k**in' my spirit Me? I don't f** with no negative vibes Thought I would die, but I'm more than alive I am so gone, just look at my eyes Smoking on dope and its k**ing my stress Deep in the Hollywood, look how I dress Searchin' for bands, I would juke and finesse Teachers- they told me I'd end up in jail Said I won't make it, but then I prevailed I won't go broke 'cause that ship already sailed [Chorus] They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I was too basic Now take a look at the blunts that I'm facing Now take a look at the checks that I'm chasing They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I was too basic [Verse 2] And I don't have time for any these b**hes I'm on the road, gettin' straight to the riches No one is slowing me down No one is slowing me now My best friend- he call me, he hating me now My father- he call me, I'm paying him now I might go missing, and leavin' the town Dappin' me up when they see me around Knowing damn well that they talking me down My cousin addicted to pills and it hurt I look in his eyes, and I'm seeing the worst Hoping I don't put his name on a shirt Dwight always told me to put in that work Now I get paid like it's always a first It's hot in my city, they shootin' a church We are a family, let's never forget it You're not from my city, then you will not get it My bro selling white, tryna stack up a profit He went to rehab, he still couldn't stop it Hoes on my phone, now my girl getting jealous Buy her the world, imma buy her [?] You get them problems, but you get that money Took me a joke, but nothing was funny Nothing but fakes, they all around me I'm on a run tryna get from the ops My bro joined a gang and later got shot Did it for streets so he could get props Seeing my uncle and he look depressed Swear when I'm on that the fam will get checks They tried to tell me to put it to rest They tried to tell me to put it to rest [Chorus] They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I was too basic Now take a look at the blunts that I'm facing Now take a look at the checks that I'm chasing They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I couldn't make it They tried to tell me that I was too basic