Yeah, doing seventy on this highway In the back of this bus, I'm busting my mind open Hoping these lyrics connect like Tetris, effect Retrospect got me in a state of constant reflection Corrections, I was destined, manifesting something much different I'm living this way, off of what should've been my fate Living in the constant state of: What the fuck should I create? 'Cause I can do it all, yo Picking the pen up when I'm feeling pen'd up Like a K9 when he picking the center Seventeen in the stair, yo Ay, seventeen in the stairway, hustling drugs Listening to Grandmaster by GZA and Muggs My mama wyling while I'm tryna find my style in the game While the legends was killing it, I was crawling in the game It's all the same, from Maryland out to Spain You know we keeping that same train of thought Shit that can't be bought but only taught by millions of dollars Now look what that did, them brothers, more problems Only when you understand 'em, can you solve 'em Feel like Rooster Jenkins, while the rest revolving 'round the dollar Word to Allah, I can only hope the best for the rest of this world A child, the memories of 2011 in the Impala I used to rock the Jam Sport, now it's Louie V 'Cause that Italian leather right there is a movie, B The perception of who we be is lesser than a ninety-degree V 'Cause what we doing is greater than they could ever see Keep it a hundred like a C, yeah, my flow is Roman B You know the flow is rowing, B, and right now If I'm being honest, I really don't get the angle Your lyricism got me nappy, like a nigga's tangled That ain't no black exploitation, it's a black boy facing his fears 'Cause nigga was afraid to say nigga for years Not in my life, but on the record, 'cause these niggas here Don't like the fact that I'm a halfbreed, and they make it clear You ain't no nigga, weren't never no nigga I could give a fuck about what childhood trauma that does trigger Your brothers is niggas, your sisters is niggas Your aunties, uncles, and your cousins is niggas Your daddy is a nigga Every single one of them called you a nigga growing up But you ain't (Nah), fuck that picture that you tryna paint I'm here to tell you who you are and what to do (Man, fuck you) Some people say I can and some people say I can't Why you so obsessed with me, just let me paint Man, I'd be lying if I said this shit don't get to me 'Cause not a single one of my black folks said shit to me Whenever I see black prevail, that shit a victory Before I wrote this shit down, I had depicted be I know the way that the word nigga in his history The fact that any of us still say it a mystery But y'all don't want that word in my lungs, like it hits to me I'll never know how it feels to be a black man But I know how it feels when your own people give you the backhand That's why I'm writing this shit here for the people that need it And then attending the thousands at the show and repeat it Whoever you are, listening, that needed this right now I love you, don't ever let the world put negativity above you Just be yourself, unapologetically This shit right here for my dawgs, pedigree, let it be This is me, peace, love, and positivity Back in the day, people said that it was gay That I rapped about my feelings, now it's critically acclaimed Ain't it funny how time switches the frame? They used to call three-thousand a pillow writer 'Cause he wore pink feathers and wore leather It would insight a riot in the rap community Uh, now he's considered top five with full immunity Love this rap shit, but the fact is, my factions Stay giving to Grammy's to niggas that's acting Shit is trash, word to Oscar If rap was the woman of my dreams, then I'd toss her 'Cause I finally woke up, that's no inception I bring life into the game, these niggas' contraception Peep the ascension, nothing but love is my intention But they still get it backwards, they never pay attention They all henchmen, I'm in the game, they all bench men Ayy, listen, ayy, listen, never stop, no, never give up your dream And no matter the adversity you'll always reign supreme, what?