Comin' Up

I done been down before but now i'm comin up
Forever number one i ain't no runner up
I swear it's like they want me to lose
I put some miles on these shoes
Gotta stick to the code no switching up
Ain't how you start it's about how you finish
Ain't nothing promised my nigga you gotta go & get it
Gotta get up off yo knuckles just to come out of the struggle
Gotta take risk the rewards come at the ending

Busting my ass working turnaround shifts
Being broke was callin back but i cant turnaround for shit
I ain't slipping up niggas from the other side want a taste of how i'm living then i'll give it up
They don't wanna eat sleep for dinner i'm focused on being a winner
I done danced with the devil twice do that shit make me a sinner
No pretender know exactly who i am & who i plan to be
Threw me in that water headfirst just like a manatee but that shit just made a man of me
Picture me 3 days in a row the same clothes
Smoking reggie 12 years old my eyes red like Kano
Instead of helping they look for somebody they can put the blame on
I'm skipping class in the bathroom ain't think i was smart enough to be up in that classroom
My mama bills was past due seen her make it happen like a thousand times
So it's stuck with me it's in my blood bitch i know how to grind

I done been down before but now i'm comin up
Forever number one i ain't no runner up
I swear it's like they want me to lose
I put some miles on these shoes
Gotta stick to the code no switching up
Ain't how you start it's about how you finish
Ain't nothing promised my nigga you gotta go & get it
Gotta get up off yo knuckles just to come out of the struggle
Gotta take risk the rewards come at the ending

Wo

I remember being broke it was days i couldn't eat
Stealing out the self check out i pray they don't check my receipt
I was doing real bad i'm talking badder than ever
Plus i was battling depression praying it would get better
Had to find the silver lining & come out of that
I embraced the struggle cause without it i wouldn't be where im at
Niggas hard headed really they don't wanna hear it
We posed to be riding Benz's but we settling for civics
To keep it platinum i'm guilty
I never had shit so i would like to ball
Should have paid my student loan but i hit the mall
I told her what it was before we even got involved
Yet she still pulling off her panties and her drawls
Nah that's what i call a dub in the doctors office only time you'll catch me round some scrubs
A lot of people be posing but i can peep the imposters
Why would i wanna be the GOAT when i can be the chupacabra

I done been down before but now i'm comin up
Forever number one i ain't no runner up
I swear it's like they want me to lose
I put some miles on these shoes
Gotta stick to the code no switching up
Ain't how you start it's about how you finish
Ain't nothing promised my nigga you gotta go & get it
Gotta get up off yo knuckles just to come out of the struggle
Gotta take risk the rewards come at the ending

I play my cards how they dealt, can't be outchea feeling sorry for self
Ain't nothing promised for tomorrow but death
And it don't phase me i done faced it it ain't even a threat
I made it out my situation i can run you the EP
Guess i can say it wasn't bad but it wasn't all good neither
And thru it all i stood tall like the Barksdale people
I took parish prison chances just so i can break even
I told em about my plans & wasn't nobody believing fuck em all ion need em
Cause imma get it either way that i go forever stand on all 10 like i was nailed to the floor
And I grew up with them bitches but i'm still scared of a roach
And I'm still terrified of rats cause they be tellin the most
They sellin they soul for fame but for that i can't go
Travis up the road in chains i used to sleep on his floor
Life really strange guess this the way that it go, like fuck it

I done been down before but now i'm comin up
Forever number one i ain't no runner up
I swear it's like they want me to lose
I put some miles on these shoes
Gotta stick to the code no switching up
Ain't how you start it's about how you finish
Ain't nothing promised my nigga you gotta go & get it
Gotta get up off yo knuckles just to come out of the struggle
Gotta take risk the rewards come at the ending