From the Start

Yea I came
Then I saw
Never fold

Alright
Ayo my life is like a movie
The bad guy lose
The good guy win
A weak nigga pretend
Listen
My cousin just put Noreaga in the CD changer
I watched him empty his pockets nothing but creased up paper
A bunch of fives and ones, I asked him how he made it
He said use eyes don't touch, that's how you meet ya maker
Fast forward years later we crashed our ways to getting it
Totaled up from the whip, but mine ain't come from settlements
Jersey kid in the Lo, a runner for my brethren
I got pulled on Ferry the cops found no evidence
Older incidents molded me I came out a veteran
Don't lil homie me brody, that shake up my temperament
I came out of them trenches places that you never can
Bro showed me his plays, the game was sold separately
Loyalty Life my label, CEO my epithet
Independent no major ourselves what we invested in, yea

Yea I came
Then I saw
Never fold
Never fall
Been the same it's engraved on my heart
Learned my ways just from playing my part
Tattoo paint in my veins in my arms
I was made from the pain from these scars
I can't change been this way from the start
I can't change been this way from the start

It's a war going on outside nobody safe from
Don't matter if you wear durags or lace fronts
Don't matter if you get handcuffed or wear a badge
All that matters if you ain't them they on yo ass
The enemy been upon us hiding by a mask
We blind to the past cause we emotionally react
My thoughts became broader figured out the business is wicked
So I became more Shawn Carter than jigga my nigga
Started out with my brothers breaking bricks for riches
Partnered with my brother this time used the bricks for building
Hit them like they hit us, infiltrating they system
Kill them old ways of thinking and take what they won't give us
I ain't concerned about ya billboard galore
Y'all gave them power
My powers in my listeners hearts
I gotta a 10 year old son my mission different from y'all
That's why I preach bout ownership in damn near every song
You don't like it turn me off nigga

Yea I came
Then I saw
Never fold
Never fall
Been the same it's engraved on my heart
Learned my ways just from playing my part
Tattoo paint in my veins in my arms
I was made from the pain from these scars
I can't change been this way from the start
I can't change been this way from the start