West Side Story

West side
Best kind
Came from zero
Hometown hero

I'm just a youngin' from the edge of the west side
Through the roughest moments we had way more than enough so we can get by
Grind so I'll have r-é-u-s-s-i
I'd rather go hammer and get a tech than squeezing hammers letting TEC's fly
I chose to throw different kinds of projectiles
While weathering the storm, waiting for the bus by the Best Buy
I'm very confident to reach the top, so I guess I
Can't, look down to haters as I'm tryna keep my head high
The seeker of proof, the reader of truth
I'm shaking up courts, striking me pen, heating up booths
Where I'm from? They snatching your kicks if they seeing that's new
I guess I'm thankful that at my size I couldn't easily find shoes, yeah
They recognize me when they see me walk through
Family sees me grow and say I ain't believing that's you
Magic carpeted my way into the game and that's true
They had to let a lad in without the need of a boo
Been a long time coming
You wasn't there with us when we was down, stop fronting
I'm handing the rock to see what my status amounts
And if they rush more opps, better start running
They don't want war again, stop ducking
The story spoken, you can read and it's real
Nowadays it's all cap, we ain't believing them tales
Youngin's in my city idolize and need me as well
How would I look if I actually had to leave and then failed?

From the west side
With my day ones that's the best kind
Took concentration but I came from zero
Hometown hero
My God I thought I would be
Stuck on this block
And now I'm off living my best life
But I'm still from the west side

I've come way to far with my men
To let any negative energy mess with my plans
Divinity complex when mentioning my stance
Going crazy with the mic like Dennis in last dance
Thinking you can outdo me? 'Gon be a long night
IPhone X, they light it up if it's on sight
Come alive at night just like a porch light
Real one, written all over me like it's Off-White
And we don't mess with you fraud types
Squad full of tigers and in our eyes
Y'all zebras if we talk stripes
Ask 'em what they know about that park life
From chase down blocks in a game
To chasing dude down the block and it's all ice
I'm tryna get it so that my momma can sit and say "It's alright"
And I've been gone from the west so long that I thought I
Really heard these young boys saying
My name don't ring bells like tryna call twice
Look I got zero intentions of turning has-been at all
The scorching heat of the failure is what ignited his fall
Another "shoulda coulda" story being rapped at the mall
And when he turns into a ghost, who are you gonna call?
In a city that's hella deep in size
My book full of secrets I pray that you never see inside
Lot of voices speak but you hearing the energy in mine
Jacob Mbayo, just tryna leave 'em a legacy behind
What's up

From the west side
With my day ones that's the best kind
Took concentration but I came from zero
Hometown hero
My God I thought I would be
Stuck on this block
And now I'm off living my best life
But I'm still from the west side