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I walk around the city with my Indian fitted on
Asking my haters how it feel to get shed on
You know the type on the low they look up to you
But when you out in public be like nah I don't f*ck with dude
That's how it is when you live amongst crabs
Nas making sure success be the thing you never have
Well I guess that's why a lotta nas mad
Tryna keep me from the future but they can't see my path
So I just past same nas I grew up with
Still on the aver trying not to get bagged
I could've been there too but the risk was I sentence
I learned soon that the key to getting digits
Is your talent your persistence & with whom you do business
I knew about multiplying & division
And subtracting bh nas only add to your riches
So I cut ties with some people that was close to me
In my inner circle's only nas that's supposed to be
And success comes quicker with a lighter load
And just a glimpse of it'll make you shoot for higher goals
They try to tell me there's a limit on my dreams
But I don't answer to the powers that be only the higher knows
Simple & expensive things I will acquire those
Rumblings of doubt but I'll quiet those
Yeah...

And this is all I ever dreamed
But when all you ever seen is defeat
You can lose ambition
But this is all I ever dreamed

My mind's different from your mind trust me
I find beauty in the things that your eyes would describe ugly
Like when nas hate I find it funny
And write it off as they're own little way of showing love for me
Chasing the same goals I hope to make
So when I politic nas get my poker face
You see they'll never really know if they're a friend to me
'Cause I exchange the same hugs with my enemies
I never give up anything expecting in return
That type of vulnerability is how you get burned
And I don't put my energy in st that don't earn
So until a na mention me it's none of my concern
The strong move quiet they never say a word
The weak start riots & some of you should learn
How to fing be silent the first ones crying
When the well dries go play by the hydrant I am
Serious as ever now pedal to the medal now
If this is my shot I'm ordering another round
'Cause I can't take it lightly
My peers show respect but I pretend they don't like me
Just to keep an edge just to keep ahead
Fk fame & the stardom I came for the bread
I came to leave a legacy a stain on your memory
So nas remember me well after they bury me
Jones...

And this is all I ever dreamed
But when all you ever seen is defeat
You can lose ambition
But this is all I ever dreamed