Duval (Free)

Duval
The artists here
We have a level of passion
That not many people get to reach
When I create music
And cultivate my craft
I feel free
I feel free

You know it's real, when you call out of work
To work on your dreams
The whole world got problems
But I'm working on me
It might sound selfish
But you don't know what I've seen
Gotta remove the negativity
That's hurting my dreams
Do you
Know what's it like to not have shit
To be broke as fuck
And still chasing yo passion
I just spend every day
Getting high while sorting
Out my priorities
My dreams are of high importance
I treat em that way, too
So, pardon my French
Cause if you try to hinder me
And my dreams, I'm going ten
Yeah
And I don't mean like Ben
I'm antisocial
And I don't really like friends
Why do people take advantage
Of someone good
And I don't wanna hear the excuse
That you came from the hood
Cause I did too
Grew up in a house in GP
Me and the whole family
Right there on Robert street

I went to Raines high school
Around the way from Moncrief
And even if you ain't from here
You might know what that mean
Damn,
My city has a bad reputation
But we also got the best artists
Who know how to make it
Cause we know firsthand
What it's like to struggle
I grew up in the hood
So mad props to my mother
For raising me to be
Someone who wants to excel
Who looked around at her surroundings
And saw it was hell

I knew
I had to do something great, be somebody
That would make my moms smile
And look down proudly
I just wanna be free
Live life with no hiccups
Y'all been sleep on Empress
Now it's time to get up
I used to put others first
Then I had time switch up
The way I was doing things
Ain't got time to get fucked
Ima change ya mindset
The game ain't mines yet
But gimme a couple years, or three
And I promise that it will be
I'ma do music
Til the day that it kills me
That level of drive
Is something that appeals me
Whatever your passion is
I know that you can feel me
I just wanna make it
And still be the real me
My dreams are something
That I never ran away from
Cause I knew that I'd make it
Despite where I came from
And Ima be a Viking
Til the day I'm done
I bleed cardinal red, & silver gray
Ichibon, we number one

I went to Raines high school
Around the way from Moncrief
And even if you ain't from here
You might know what that mean
Damn
My city has a bad reputation
But we also got the best artists
Who know how to make it
Cause we know firsthand
What it's like to struggle
I grew up in the hood
So mad props to my mother
For raising me to be
Someone who wants to excel
Who looked around at her surroundings
And saw it was hell

But I believe in me
So, it's fuck how you feel
Cause life ain't always guaranteed
Growing up in J. Ville
We went from losing it all
To proving it all
And I'm the best rapper
Coming out of Duval
When I was a kid
I knew that I was talented
And that passion never died
It was present tense
Ever since- I was seven
Got fame off my name, no connections
The Vikings took state
Never settle for second

I went to Raines high school
Around the way from Moncrief
And even if you ain't from here
You might know what that mean
Damn
My city has a bad reputation
But we also got the best artists
Who know how to make it
Cause we know firsthand
What it's like to struggle
I grew up in the hood
So mad props to my mother
For raising me to be
Someone who wants to excel
Who looked around at her surroundings
And saw it was hell

And saw it was hell
And saw it was hell
And saw it was hell
And saw it was hell