Ego

Every street nigga that dies aint a legend
Every lit nigga that raps aint top sellin
Everybody that's workin hard aint a boss
But everybody on this green earth done took a loss
Every single mother don't struggle, she independent
Every nigga that flip work don't make a million
So don't let ya ego tell you you'll make a killin
When everybody else in the world thought they'd be winnin

Hard work beats talent
When talented doesn't work hard
Instead of glorifying that drill
That Keith Cozart
Why don't we listen to Beethoven
Peep some Mozart
Everybody else chose their preference
The hood chose ours
No such thing as losses
Man just lessons
It's best to just roll with the punches
Just accept it
Just got paid
And don't know where the hell my check went
No wonder why my woes
Committed to transgressions
Worked my ass off
So my bills get paid
Why my 9 to 5 job
Make me feel this way
Put in maximum effort
Getting minimum wage
They took the chains off our ankles
Yet we still enslaved
I got 99 problems
And my bills are one
I'm tryna stack this cheddar
Leave my children some
Put a few good assets in my will or some
I'm tryna be an icon like Will Smith son
Look

Every street nigga that dies aint a legend
Every lit nigga that raps aint top sellin
Everybody that's workin hard aint a boss
But everybody on this green earth done took a loss
Every single mother don't struggle, she independent
Every nigga that flip work don't make a million
So don't let ya ego tell you you'll make a killin
When everybody else in the world thought they'd be winning

Keepin my head high
Ignoring all the fuck shit
And forget taking advice from people that can't function
Cause misery loves company
Luckily
I'll be just fine with a down ass wifey
Who could put up with me
With her head on straight
You know, Someone to comfort me
And a few good guys in my circle that's living sucker free
Who's loyalty ain't in question
See
I made my mistakes
Turned my messes into my message
Been thru shit
That shoulda cost me my life
Resilience was being tested
But this is natural selection
Where only the strong survive
Where ones that loved me was there
And was down to ride
Wasn't using drugs back then
Just dope with pride
Where niggas actin funny for money
Like Kevin Hart
All jokes aside
Was just a young dumb kid
With an ego
But here's the key tho
I plan on becoming
The next neighborhood hero
But

Every street nigga that dies aint a legend
Every lit nigga that raps aint top sellin
Everybody that's workin hard aint a boss
But everybody on this green earth done took a loss
Every single mother don't struggle, she independent
Every nigga that flip work don't make a million
So don't let ya ego tell you you'll make a killin
When everybody else in the world thought they'd be winnin