The Great Escape

The question is now, how are we making it
It's like 50 crabs in a barrel
One crab trying to get up
And another one pulls it down

Tryna hold me down
Ayy man, people got this messed up mentality
Tryna hold me down
They think that one person's success gon' stop them from succeeding
Tryna hold me down
But nah, it don't work like that, baby
It's the great escape

Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
They don't wanna see me get the crown
Rather see me sink and drown
Or come up missing and not be found
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
They don't wanna see me get the crown
Rather see me sink and drown
Or come up missing and not be found
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Hate to see another brother make it out the hood
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Try to say you changed when you start doing good
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Throw shade when they see you getting paid
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
No handouts, man we so self-made

Make it out the jungle, yeah that's my dream
Crabs in a barrel tryna kill my self-esteem
The pigs and the rats yeah they on the same team
Try to do you dirty when they see you riding clean
The lion is the king, that's what I'll strive for
See my family doing good is what I'll die for
Me against the world like Ohio
A dream delayed is not a denial

Get these crabs up off of me
Hating does not bother me
Nah they is not stopping me
Stomp 'em like God's property
Get these crabs up off of me
Hating does not bother me
Nah they is not stopping me
Stomp 'em like God's property

Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
They don't wanna see me get the crown
Rather see me sink and drown
Or come up missing and not be found
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
They don't wanna see me get the crown
Rather see me sink and drown
Or come up missing and not be found
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Hate to see another brother make it out the hood
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Try to say you changed when you start doing good
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Throw shade when they see you getting paid
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
No handouts, man we so self-made

It's the great escape
Monkey niggas tryna kill a nigga
Planet of the Apes
Got a date with destiny, they tryna make me late
You know I never wait, cause I make my fate
They see you on the rise try to cut you down to size
When the hate don't work, then they start telling lies
And jeopardize your eyes from the prize
Gotta stay hungry, never think you arrived

Get these crabs up off of me
Hating does not bother me
Nah they is not stopping me
Stomp 'em like God's property
Get these crabs up off of me
Hating does not bother me
Nah they is not stopping me
Stomp 'em like God's property

Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Tryna hold me down
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Tryna hold me down
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Tryna hold me down
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Tryna hold me down

These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
They don't wanna see me get the crown
Rather see me sink and drown
Or come up missing and not be found
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
They don't wanna see me get the crown
Rather see me sink and drown
Or come up missing and not be found
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Hate to see another brother make it out the hood
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Try to say you changed when you start doing good
Crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
Throw shade when they see you getting paid
These crabs in a barrel tryna hold me down
No handouts, man we so self-made

Aye we made it out
That's all that matters
Ain't nobody bout to stop us
Let's get it, Haaaa