On The Come Up DVD

I didn't, I didn't get to kick it and, and, and hang out
And, and do all of that shit as a young nigga, nigga, 'cause I was grinding
But behind the scenes, nigga, I was on some, I was on some other shit
Niggas wanna go out do this, do this, do that
I wasn't doing that, nigga, I was tryna get it
Check

I came up stealing, my uncle came up drug dealing
It still feel like I came up wit' 'em
Them niggas that ain't never came up, I can't fuck wit' em
School of Hard Knocks, graded me a A-plus nigga
I came up drinking tap water
Even when they switched to alkaline, I was back on it
Came up while I was black-balled then fast forward
I came up on them same lessons as dad taught 'em

We never came up overthinking and idolizing
Before the water parks, we had sprinklers and fire hydrants
Came up with hip-hop as an anthem
Came up playing nigga-knocking manhunt
On a flip phone, no iPhone, it was not a Samsung
No Bleacher Report, we was kids just watching AND1
Mixtapes, came up passing CDs at the mall
Hit the corner, had to pick up half my CDs off the floor
Pick 'em back up then feed 'em to some more
Good Lord, yeah

I came up, all I know
Yo, I could never get a game up (for real)
Love the hustle, love the game
I got my name up (word)
Then got my change up
Now they say I changed up
But we the same us, yeah

I came up (what up?), all I know
Yo, I could never get a game up
Love the hustle, love the game
I got my name up (for real)
Then got my change up
Now they say I changed up (the real)
But we the same us

I came up seeing my pops have car trouble, we all struggle, bringing facts
I came up where they ask to borrow your bike but never bring it back
Thinking that it's on this summer
We came up watching On the Come Up
Niggas wouldn't put a ho before they brother
I came up with a caller ID and it cost to answer foreign numbers
Lauren London was New-New
Under covers was on the cover
As in we knew who was snitchin', already saw it coming
All or nothing

I came up stealing gas in my mama truck first when
QuikTrip and RaceTrac used to let you pump first
I came up on that Wyclef before high-def
I came up on that Nas, not Lil Nas X
I knew Akon before he accepted Tekashi's nonsense
I still remember Utopia, St. Nicholas Projects
Harlem behind it, BX finest
And never will I lie like he Islamic, one

I came up, all I know
Yo, I could never get a game up (for real)
Love the hustle, love the game
I got my name up (word)
Then got my change up
Now they say I changed up
But we the same us, yeah

I came up (what up?), all I know
Yo, I could never get a game up
Love the hustle, love the game
I got my name up (for real)
Then got my change up
Now they say I changed up (the real)
But we the same us

Ayo, I came up, all I know
Yo, I could never get a game up
Love the hustle, love the game
I got my name up
Then got my change up
Now they say I changed up
But we the same us