New American Pie

Heyah Heyah, Chief, uh-uh uh-uh uh
They say everything come around in full circle
Well my nigga Los home and we back, look
It started as a crush, turned into a smash
Now I'm having wet dreams with me and lots of cash
Talk about adrenaline man I been living fast
For the last twenty years that explains the grey hairs
People think I'm tripping higher than the price of gas
But I gotta have it like a geeker need a blast
Life's full of test and to live you gotta pass
And learn from mistakes that you made in your past, yeah

I been hustling all my life
I know they say it's wrong but it feels so right
Spend a thou today and make it back by tonight
I'm trying keep a balance like I'm riding on a bike
It's hard not to shine once you in the spotlight
It's harder not to dream when you invested half your life
Tension so thick that you can cut it with a knife
It's American pie and I need a big slice

Look, you gotta play your cards right roll the dice
Shed some blood sweat and tears sacrifice
Erase procrastination off your schedule time to fight
Get the wind beneath your wings so you can take flight
It's a dirty game don't let haters out your sight
It's part of human nature, they hated Jesus Christ
The couldn't stand a black man in the house that's white
They don't give a fuck about us don't believe the hype, yeah

I been hustling all my life
I know they say it's wrong but it feels so right
Spend a thou today and make it back by tonight
I'm trying keep a balance like I'm riding on a bike
It's hard not to shine once you in the spotlight
It's harder not to dream when you invested half your life
Tension so thick that you can cut it with a knife
It's American pie and I need a big slice

Do you know where your life is going
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Do you know where your life is going
Do you like the things that like is showing you

Look here, as the world turns I twist and let a jay burn
Grew up fast it's amazing things a child learn
Ghetto kids been growing forever everywhere like ferns
I'm trying get my shit straight I need my life permed
I paint a 3D picture so you can feel my vision
For this one you don't need glasses close your eyes and listen
I still hold the smoking mic go check my ballistics
On every cut I'm in the groove with perfect precision
And I ain't trying to face the judge, await a jury's decision
Or die out in these streets, be another statistic
The boys say we look suspicious and we fit the description
It ain't no different from physicians writing patients prescriptions
But never get it twisted, that's not Chief's definition
Just a way to pay the bills for a starving musician
When your back against the wall, that's enough ammunition
I had to get out here and get it, had to handle my business

Do you know where your life is going
Do you like the things that life is showing you
Do you know where your life is going
Do you like the things that like is showing you

Yeah yeah, Gotta live for me, can't live for you
I do what I feel gotta remain true
Through all the stress and all the pain
Gotta hit the field and play the game
Gotta take that chance don't be afraid to fly (Fly)
How you going live if you scared to die
Never backing down look them dead in the eye
And tell them it's my time, and I'm going take what's mine

Gotta live for me, can't live for you
I do what I feel gotta remain true
Through all the stress and all the pain
Gotta hit the field and play the game
Gotta take that chance don't be afraid to fly (Fly)
How you going live if you scared to die
Never backing down look them dead in the eye
And tell them it's my time, and I'm going take what's mine