Day One

Uh! Yeah, I'm so sublime
Day One!

Wit' the way they been spottin' a nigga, you'd think I was under surveillance
When I stop through the block they be watchin' like "Damn that lil' nigga done came up"
Boy I gotta' get money 'cause you can't go broke once you finally famous
G, these niggas'll run up for nothing, just look how they fucked DJ Nate up
I can't fuck wit' new niggas, you niggas ain't been in this wit' me since day one
I done came up, and fell off, and came up again, and I'm still wit' the same ones
I done been through some shit just to find out who real, and got rid of the fake ones
Haters say I got money, that's when I got funny. Well, how could you blame him?
I fell back just to stack up my dollars, then came back outta nowhere like voila
Now the ones that was phony act like they my homies, but niggas ain't finna' get nada
Shoutout all of the youngins on 71st that be posted in front of that Baba's
I remember we used to post up by that bitch in the day when it was a McDonald's
Used to holla at all of the thots, now we poppin' these bottles wit' models
Takin' trips somewhere in The Bahamas just loving this life, boy I put that on Allah
Rappers ask me what's up wit' the features, and all I can tell 'em is go get cha' weight up
Fuck all these rappers and fuck all these haters. I'm only fuckin' wit my people that's Day One

Day One
Day One
Day One

One day, you discover the ones that were fake
You see that your Day Ones was down from A-Z
It's a shame how all the unknowns want a hand out
You phonies can stand down
Day One!

Much love to my brother Kelso. We ride-or-die 'til the dirt
Much love to Shawn and So Seriouz. We used to ride the train home from work
Me, Tic, Akeem and Jermaine, we used to flirt wit girls in the church
I started hangin' 'round wit' D-Rugs. We used to love to make them hoes twerk
B.C. and Doc, and Vinsane, 'cause fuck music, family comes first
And shoutout the homey Co-Still, one of the realest niggas on this Earth
And I still got love for my ex. I swear she was the best and the worst
I just take the good with the bad. I swear that was a gift and a curse
A year later now a nigga chillin', watchin' money stackin' to the ceilin'
I get drunk, fuck a lot of women, so you know a nigga love the feelin'
Middle-finger to the competition, 'cause I know you see a nigga winnin'
A good guy turned into a villain. You would think I was a politician
They say I blew up overnight (Shiieet). It's been a long time waiting
Just trying to get my money right, while these other niggas fake it 'til they make it
Now you can love it or you hate it, however you wanna' take it
Play the game, get cha' weight up. I'm only fuckin' wit' my niggas that's Day One
Straight up

Day One
Day One
Day One

I mean, niggas been loving me since the day I became I.T.
Can't understand how they got their hands out
Since poetry been bringin' them bands out
But you niggas been lame, that's why our relationship didn't stay the same
Day One!