Concrete Rose

And I feel like if you walked by a street
And you was walking on concrete
And you saw a rose growing out of concrete
Even if it had messed up petals
And it was a little, you know to the side
You would marvel at just seeing a rose grow through concrete

Concrete rose, a nigga grew from the dirt
These nigga talk about it but I really put in work
Deserve more than pennies for my thoughts cuz my worth
Is something that can never be captured in a verse
Still give you bars you be captioning these words
They killing niggas in the street of course I'm concerned
Tell the young guys it's only real if it's earned
You can never take an L if good or bad you still learn
Sit back, kick my feet up, drink vimto
These guys wanna test my life it's simple
One guy tried to spot me like pimple
Dat guy ate five like ocho cinco
Talent wise March madness we are different brackets
I kick ball and write rhymes this is more than rapping
This is sound mixed with intelligence and action
I'm my biggest fan I don't care if man are clapping
Every beat and riddim I'm cheffing up and slapping
These other guys bars like bald niggas they be cappin
They swing and miss I'm more meticulous I'm jabbing
Sweet science, hit and don't get hit, I'm clay Cassius
So class, like panenka from pirlo
Type of guy to deep nipsey, race like a turtle
Long term habits marathon not a sprint
These niggas asthmatic the way they run out of wind
The vision long term, when I get it it's forever
These bars filled with cheek and class, I'm so clever
Consistency the key, I'm consistently getting better
A real nigga still walks the same in anyway weather
If it rain these niggas limping like a pimp named slick back
Only if you watched the boondocks then you get that
Real nigga cut from the cloth of Riley freeman
These gyals wanna get saved like David seaman (no way)
Vision clear like when she put it in my face
You got time on your hands I got no time to waste
A great never became great by playing it safe
Never let another nigga be the master of my fate
If you ain't a real one then we can not relate
Man's that talk talk talk is just something that I hate
She so dumb, she heard me sing said I sound like drake
Baby girl you don't know sound then we cannot date
She ain't got the sauce she can only be my mate
If she got a man, it get sticky like tape
These bars so nice can't critique me to face
Talk behind my back jealousy can't relate
Care about what he said sorry can't relate
Shawty bend her back she get the oh my days
Got some money now but I'm tryna stay paid
Tryna have m's for mine when I'm in my grave
Always come prepared, spend time on the plan
You see me lost in thought that's just who I am
Put 2 and 2 together like kaka at Milan
She gave me more head than Italy got from zidane
Bad man off ya top like a confiscated hat
Everything I write is all truth and no cap
Bang you in your face when man feels mean
1 2 combo jabbing like covid vaccine
Everything I am everything I'm becoming
Put my faith in god, the faith went running
Gods got a plan, I asked him to he tell me
He knows what's bout to happen yet he still he won't help me
The milk remains spilt no point shedding tears
Everything I am is everything they fear
Concrete rose a nigga grew from the dirt
These niggas talk about it but I really put in work
And now it's back to work
Nigga

So why is it that when you see some ghetto kid
Grow out of all the dirtiest circumstances
And he can talk, and he can sit across from you
Make you smile, make you cry, make you laugh
All you can talk about is my dirty rose, my dirty stems
And how i'm leaning crooked to the side
You can't even see that I came up out of that shit