Above Me

I know they don't like when you come up from nothing
This youngin rose out of the street
I was walking on 183rd with my brother KARIF!
Hoping I can get a piece
Robbing the corner stores nothing to eat
Hitting 'em just to to commit robberies
Can't live in peace
We need a piece
Finding true love in a wraith lottery, uh

Everything I see is bankroll, uh
Everything I see is Money, uh
Everybody says that they love me, uh
Street life blinding boulevard island
I know the world is above me, uh, uh
Girl lives above me, uh, uh
I feel it coming, yeah, yeah
I feel it coming, yeah, yeah

Aye I feel it coming, you won't see me running
My stride can't compete with my pride
And you won't catch me out on the street with a key
Just KARIF!, that's the G, gotta stick wit my guys
Remember the time I left brodie behind
Only had him a hoodie, it's colder inside
Wanted some ice on his wrist but it's ice on my heart
They be calling my phone, no reply

All of the hating, they know it come from a dark place
I just hope and I pray we can stop it
All of the dreams that we chasing cannot be attained
Why they say it like it's other options
It's a struggle but we got each other
Them obstacles, we know they really ain't problems
The cost of us not having options
Often detach you from using your conscious

A conscious decision of being dishonest
Faking an image and seeking responses
Hop in a wraith while I'm paying for college
Trying to hustle, I'm not being modest
Pocket the bible, wait that's a wallet
Crossing me out as if I was godless
Check me but they wearing crosses
I just wanted to solve all the problems
Mom, I did it but they don't acknowledge
Imma pick up the book like scholar
Gotta stack up the money, Insha Allah
Wanna take everything that I make and create a good place for the next generation
On the same team, why you hating
lost in the money like it was a maze and
What you gon do with the green when you make it
That's a cool whip a nice chain but what's next
Brothers is starving you wearing baguettes
No open doors how you come in correct
When they teach you 'bout passing a spliff not a test
School of hard knocks we was banging instead
They ain't let us in, out on the door we was drumming
Now I'm getting clout and I feel it coming
Chasers right after me pushing and shoving
It's Bazz

Everything I see is bankroll, uh
Everything I see is Money, uh
Everybody says that they love me, yuh
Street life blinding boulevard island
I know the world is above me, uh
Girl lives above me, uh
I feel it coming, yeah, yeah
I feel it coming, yeah, yeah

Everything I see is bankroll, uh
Everything I see is Money, uh
Everybody says that they love me, yuh
Street life blinding boulevard island
I know the world is above me, uh
Girl lives above me, uh
I feel it coming, yeah, yeah
I feel it coming, yeah, yeah

All of the pain in the world that we cause every day I just hope we can solve it
The time that we wasted cannot be replaced and I know that's a whole different problem
And I know all the anger we choose to release is the cause of us switching our topics
The cause of us not having options
The effect of losing our causes

No cause and effect only gauze and a stretch if you come where i'm from it ain't safe
Getting this karma together the sooner the better the bigger the change we could make
It's bigger than you and it's bigger than me and It feel like it's coming I don't wanna wait
Know it above me, my brothers they love me, they worried 'bout money and more sunny days, Aye