I know
I know I know I know
I know I know
I know I know I know
Win some lose some
Live on that's how it goes
No bend no break
They'll never take my soul
Inner city stress is to the neck
They stressing bout the next way
To come up with a check
With more zeroes than 6
But what you gone do with that?
If the answer ain't invest
I promise it'll be gone
Before 2026
These kids stress about the next J's
Instead of get paid
Or get educated
So yo ass won't be in debt
Have realized it yet?
How to make out the best?
Uh
6 figure jobs
Progress is a process
Instead you tatted to yo neck
Dope boy swagger but he says
He can never find a job
You never gave yourself a chance
You emulating what they want
Either way the system fixed
If you hood disqualified
If educated second best
That's a black boys thinking
I just pray that I can get
To at least 1 of a hundred
Fore they fall up in that trap
Then it's money, drugs, and hoes
Jewelry, clothes
But watch yo back
Aye
Jackers try to jack
Your own people turn they back
That's why I spit life to the death
Never rap it like the rest
I do this like I'm at Roc Nation
And Jay-Z is at his desk
With a billion dollar contract
3 keys Beamer, a Lex
No the keys to the game asking
How can you impress?
Like this
I know
I know what it's like
Yea
I know
I know what it's like
Yea
I know
I know what it's like
Yea
I know
See the lighted narrow road
As I let my dreams unfold
They be telling me it's hard
What you saying bro I know
In a world thats so so cold
In the darkness you must glow
I aint talking silver gold
But homie what's inside yo soul?
I aint talking dough you got
When I say what you got to give?
If you get the life you want
Then how do you plan to live?
In these evil ending times
How can you provide a smile?
Or will you promote divide?
To those who follow what you guide
Yall just spitting words that rhyme
But this my life thats on the line
I ain't someone you can buy
My life was paid for with a price
Still that O draw through a line
Black Man I'm undefined
On the grind
Knowing any day or time
Could be when I flatline
Could be cops or my own folks
I swear culture is a joke
We can't even form a bridge
Before we kill each others rope
We cant unite as village
We tear down each others home
You telling me what you believe
And Im just telling you I know
And I know shit
Nigga
Stop tryna hit me with that bro shit
Nigga
You wasn't with me at my lowest
Nigga
You never helped my drive or focus
Nigga
So when I get it we ain't both rich
Nigga
You wanna eat I teach go fish
Nigga
Aye either way it go we both just
NEGUS
You believed what you were told and quit
Nigga
Now you lookin at me like oh shit
Nigga
Now you lookin at me like OH SHIT
Nigga
Yea I know
Cuz favor ain't fair
And it's some favor over here
Grateful I'm making paper
Tryna cope through the years
Devotional prayer
Discussing all my hopes and my cares
Emotional tears
Wondering if my emotions are real
Though I'm thankful for my present past
Show me where I'm lacking at
Knowing that my future bright
Cuz heavy duty built to last
I'm rolling like a motor pad
No burdens on my shoulder pads
Glad to see how far I came
Ain't no way that I'm going back
Focused on the finishline
Hustle has intensified
Once your habits minimize
You'll finally see the profits rise
I thank God for watching me
I was born with odds to beat
Defying odds what hardened me
Thy rod thy staff it guarded me
I know
I know what it's lik