Love Like This

I was 18, first time I ever rapped
I was saying back then I'd put my city on the map
What the fuck is hip-hop? I didn't even know
Wanna make shit pop? Only one way to grow, is to know
Why the hell you even doing this
I had to answer that while I was pursuing this
Too many cats want the money and the fame
Jeffrey Epstein, y'all are just abusing this
Back then I didn't know it was the right path
Time passed, and even kicked my ass
Make sure you read the terms and conditions
And my prediction, it's gonna be a sacrifice, it won't entice
A long game of cat and mice, and rolling dice (What else?)
And failure, setback, major comeback, fine print
No emotion, only business, I'm split
Between being a pussy and a real copout
Never touch the sky you heard 'em say
Or be a full-time college dropout
With no more parties in L.A.

I ain't never been in love like this
I ain't never been in love like this
Cuz it's rap homie
I ain't never had a voice like this
I ain't never made a choice like this
So it's a wrap homie
I ain't never been in love like this
I ain't never been in love like this
Cuz it's rap homie
I ain't never had a voice like this
I ain't never made a choice like this
So it's a wrap homie

Sixth grade, remember the name
Taking math at the high school, 50 Cent on my iTunes
Verses on the paper they would crumple and tear
From corporate ambience to the rumble and snare
Take a basic math equation, deriving the roots
Minus b plus-minus the square-root of b-squared minus 4ac
Over 2a, the details of my methods know the real from the fake
You the one homie, yeah, Black Panther you Lebron homie
Black Mamba you the Don homie, yeah
TMC I just begun homie
I am the one homie
You the one homie, yeah, Black Panther you Lebron homie
Black Mamba you the don homie, yeah
TMC I just begun homie
I am the one homie

I ain't never been in love like this
I ain't never been in love like this
Cuz it's rap homie
I ain't never had a voice like this
I ain't never made a choice like this
So it's a wrap homie
I ain't never been in love like this
I ain't never been in love like this
Cuz it's rap homie
I ain't never had a voice like this
I ain't never made a choice like this
So it's a wrap homie

The first thing that I found was a Logic mixtape, yeah
Crazy shit, it was all a mistake
I ain't ever heard music this great, Young Sinatra
Years later I'm Young Mufasa
Fell in love with the lyricism, colorful prism
Behind my bars I am imprisoned, fatal collision
God made a blueprint and mailed it to me
So without a third eye you could never see my vision
19 was a formative year
Showing off is a form of fear
Oh you don't know what you wanna do
Or who you wanna be
Oh so that's why you became an engineer
I never wanna take the safe way, that's what they say
A desk job for a pay day
I weighed the risk and reward, you could feel the outcome
It only works if they buy my album
Never signing my name by an X like Malcolm
I have a dream, but how come?
Why rap? The answer I had to undress
Context is the N on your compass
Or the end of your fantasy, from what I can see
These are the questions that I conceived
Deliberate for 9 months like a pregnant wife
In 9 years I'll deliver you a better life

I ain't never been in love like this
I ain't never been in love like this
Cuz it's rap homie
I ain't never had a voice like this
I ain't never made a choice like this
So it's a wrap for real
I ain't never been in love like this
I ain't never been in love like this
Cuz it's rap homie
I ain't never had a voice like this
I ain't never made a choice like this
So it's a wrap for real

So it's a wrap for real
So it's a wrap for real