[Verse 1: Saba] Apologies in advance, Mobbing Deep with the clan Too ninety to [?], riotmen in my cla** Beatboxin', basqiat dreadlockin' The nerdy kid, he stuffed in lockers Tell em' be cool like a lozenge n***as see you with the [?] They ready to pull your card, like uno out I could tell you, but this sh** you know 'bout I'm talking 17 I thought I was the, told the, coldest [?] get my a** a phone and office Left my job and gave they a** a one week notice Back at home I feel I'm Macaulay Culkin Knew this sh** was good like I am Kobe, postin' Never left the luck, I got a four leaf clover Paranoid as when them boys will pull me over Stackin' up my paper like a loose leaf owner See me on Cobra, I felt like the culprit None of they sh** come down, treat me like a toilet Tomahawk a hook and I 360 with the verses Soldier like the service, bus like I got service All they lines down, I'm around and they nervous Reachin' on the ground like the carpet, persian I come from a town where the topic: murder I feel like the crown on my conscious, curvin' it News like I'm Burgundy, hurtin' me so Worth to be perfectly hurt me and mo' [?], if I ain't never grow I didn't fold when a label approach Lay down a lay, it's a-rest like [?] Stay in your lane like you payin' a toll Hate cause they ain't gonna pay what they owe Snakes in the gra**, put the apes in the zoo Gorilla readin' corinthian callin' you realest like Christopher callin them Indian This is not that Presidential I should get a top-hat off experience Quiet like librarian, how they all silent around I'm like that guy in the town Die for the crown I keep my ear to the street I keep my eye to the clouds [Hook: Sylvan LaCue] All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me, best me possibly [Verse 2: Sylvan LaCue] Upset drunk on a cold night Should stop now but I won't lie n***a I remember those days when I used to have no lights (no lights) That was back when... That was back when... Back when it was nothin' but a dream Food drive service, black churches kept my mother cookin' daily dinner, breakfast, even lunches for the team Pulled me to the side, told me she was savin' up a bucket full of green Hush plans boy, nothin's for the scene Get up off your a** and follow your pa**ion Motivated from moments then it's back to the mattress Work patches back to back, me god be tragic All these a**es, rack up thoughts, wreak havoc You, you follow the rules Develop misunderstandin' then swallow your j**els Dependin' on model theres never model your uniqueness, deep kiss the way you bottle your cool I remember the school high Ridiculous new ideas to my peers, fear you must be a musha Martin look wrist boy better woosa! My n***as reflectin' images [?] Lord, I've been at task I ask my last request on earth is not to let my selfish way shine through Don't believe in karma, only God but I know what goes round comes right back round for you Can I get a church? 1995 and 97 was the worst Started writin' to escape but I was livin' on a verse Only lookin' forward to the fifteen and the first Told my n***as I don't want to hit a forty with a forty in front of bodegas incarcerated or in a herse Systematically envisioned to imprison me in dirt By the age of 27 I'm just tryna dead a curse 15 I had a vivid conversation with myself And said self you can either k** you or k** a verse Now my verses have verses in burials Scriptures and carols through me when I'm blessed And I am my best me [Hook: Sylvan LaCue] All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me, best me possibly All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me, best me possibly