Too many changes, you from your greatness a byproduct of yourself all for the paper regardless The markets see you as a artist The McCartneys past the Lennons, but Lennon's the hardest Stay on path, stay on your craft They just want you to switch lanes up so they can hate on your ass What's in a name? What's in a name? and pain Guts, blood, and tears, aim straight, game face, king's I came in this thinkin' you was gon' be this thing 'Cause I seen the greats do it with a queen What these kings have in They had women who solid Malcolm Betty, I met some queens who wasn't ready envy the unhappiness of the greats They don't have a life yet, so they searchin' for ways To feel what Sam felt, play the hand Marvin was A Vandross, the cure, the antidote
A thousand milligrams, make sure you don't Turned to a businessman, to serve 'em in the cold Cold gang, don't get exposed, get told You glamorize the game, it a glorious road Rest in peace and Nip, that's off the rip King shit, if it ain't about fam, it don't mean The cure, all the allure Donuts rotten, the phone tapped, tappin' in with
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Cuban link QB chain belong in the So boomerang, you my twenty-seven summers Brigade just 'cause it go with the moment Pac's on the chain, got his medallion, I imitation 'cause I copied his stomach Kings honor kings, straight from my pops to my son's Steak tartare bloody, mercury levels raw fish Sushi for lunch, waiter at the table, the twist I'm studied like a by many give me looks of envy, I took the Bentley White chick like Liz Taylor might get the On my Rick James Life is school for the soul and I'm in life seven Life's but heavy, incomprehensible shit Everything sexy to deadly, I done been through that shit goin' deeper like I grew a new inch on my dick We looked at robbin' as a way of resolving our My moms cooked food, but of my niggas was starving And whatever they was down to do, I was 'em regardless Turns out I was hungry and was the hardest The was sharper, my predictions was on it No fortune teller, just off regular signs Niggas often tell ya moves Without a word, reading they mind needin' no nine Corner executive in ghetto hell Where metal yell especially over Life is karma Whatever you dish out come back as blessings or to ya Could miss your kids and hit your grandkids for dishonor That's generational curses, they said want the old Nas back the Clue tapes for old verses Messin' my homies' lives up, sayin' Nas rise 'em up they wasn't live enough, many lives I've touched Can I get a Can I get a I need a witness, drinkin' three at night on Bridge shit Wearin' shorts and Timbs, summer night on some shit Party with gangsters, gettin' right on some shit (Yeah) Like MC Shan and Marley, I be on some shit
Like Jabari, I'm on some Bridge live on Kings forever We go a lot And nobody wanna hear about what we go And cool too Every man go through the same and Fridays Same sun, moon, and It's how you stand like a man