Kill Your Darlings

Sore throat Two in the morning What can I say? When you shine this bright, people throw shade And the love and the hate become the same 'Cuz lines get blurry when you get paid For some shit you made To deal with pain And people blame you and say you changed They bash your name, but that's the game So I don't wanna talk much, just press play Ay, I was getting lit up in the city With a rooftop view of the skyline, pretty All white party, feeling like Diddy We ball out like bottom of the inning And we on a run like black folk singing Not a lot of y'all are fuckin' with me "Wait, who is he? It's giving!" I'm kidding New Cast flows, make me shimmy Whoa, please, don't be silly Who the fuck else is like me, really? The skill, charisma, the wisdom I'm bringing Making a milli? That's a gimme And it's a pity 'Cuz people only come around when you're winning But when I was down with my hurt feelings, you wasn't with me Shit got me talking through my teeth like Fiddy And she told me that music's healing I like independent women with a sense of ambition And a killer intuition so she help me make decisions Shit hits different, and I love when she listen I spend seven nights a week Making sure you can play my shit on repeat When I fix up a plate, I know we all eat Call me Chef C, no Boyardee And it's all on me to give all y'all keys Fuck a feature price, I'll do a song for free But you best believe that you better be On your best performance, or I'ma leave What the fuck I need? I take the lead I play my keys, I make my beats It's DIY, and I got a team But who the fuck you know write shit like me? Kiss my ring and show respect You on a track with King Cast? Then come correct Great Artists Steal for the crew I rep And size 10 kicks for when I step on necks And I'm really next, I move like death I'ma hit you closest when you least expect So if you know what's best, don't hold your breath I'ma give until there's nothing left I was in the crib cooking red beans and rice When Stef hit me with some mean advice He said Cast, I know you want to fly But why the fuck you acting like you scared of heights? And that got me tight, because he was right But even he knows I ain't never lost a fight I could dog-walk all of these niggas at once Because I don't bark much, I just bite And I'm not the type to get lost in hype Or give a fuck 'bout likes, I just live my life I just spill my heart, make no mistake Being great's not even about your light It's what you ignite, and as far as I'm concerned I'm one of the greatest to ever touch a mic And I double down on everything I write So when I say shit once, I mean it twice Too easy, take this freebie Why the fuck are y'all hands so greasy? Y'all move sleazy ballin' in the D-League If I was you, I wouldn't wanna be me I love my fans, but they're too needy They all want an album, and I'm too greedy They love when I break down meanings But when I say I'm joking, they don't believe me I'm teasing, I'm screaming Shows all year, come see me I was in my bimmer, speeding Bumping to my own shit, like I'm bleeding And we having plenty fun I ain't rap like this since 2021 But the facts are the same, and I'm just as young My speech is spoke and my song is sung