Play My Position

I see greatness in reflections
Found a way outta sections
Shackled in corrections
Never lack at intersections

Cold winters tucking heaters
Stomach shot leaking liters
Getting left from millimeters
Caught f's and misdemeanors

Flip switches auto repeaters
Light to dark meeting reapers
Death's cousin is a sleeper
My bed feels six feet deeper

Paralyzed by a haunting
The inner city is daunting
Nigga stripped down for flaunting
Why are these streets so taunting

Make it out is a promise
Get to a mil like I'm Adonis
White sand in Saint Thomas
Native goddess like Pocahontas

Shoot for stars like comets
Apostle like Nas street prophet
Feel the gospel from my novel
I moved weight through parcel

Or in vehicles full throttle
Popped corks on Spade bottles
Risk yielding the reward
So enter the booth and record

My tongue's a liquid sword
Dreaming reality I walk toward
Some can't see the vision
And can't understand the decision

I get selfish with my timing
Pyramids of Giza I'm climbing
Cause I remember sleepless nights
Cases I had to fight

Pray darkness becomes light
Consumed by terrors and frights
I've come for my placement
Built foundation like a basement

Niggas writing statements
A few shots sent as payments
I've lived life with sacrifice
I rise like Christ in afterlife

Ascending to the heavens
I'm a God in human presence
You can't stop destiny written
Born different miracle stricken

Never count me out
You know I'm gonna go get it
Through the wire and sacrifice
Niggas will never be me

They'll never be half as nice
Took chances rolled that dice
The right timing is a moment
And I ain't gonna waste it

I've been to the darkest places
Empty shell cases
And these pine box spaces
But I gotta live for the better

Out the eye of stormy weather
Focused on being clever
Diamonds require pressure
So the pressure's applied

I've seen my closest die
But a nigga still gotta rise
Stacking that paper high
Build up from the bottom

I'm from the Apple that's rotten
But my hustle is never stopping
It hurts when niggas switching
I continue to play my position

I'm back better than ever
Go for more and never lesser
Hiding bank rolls in my dresser
I had no choice to move clever

My blood brother's a fiend
Bit hands that helped him eat
My Pops tried to intervene
But that damage was complete

Get the fuck outta my face
Can't sit with me and say grace
I'm starting not to show love
Failing is what I'm scared of

Tying to keep my head above
Murkiest of treacherous waters
I want flowers before the doves
Flying over my casket at alters

Praise me while I'm alive
Not only when I'm resting high
I want everyone to thrive
But I see demons in people's eyes

I feel loved only for benefits
Pocket watching for dead presidents
Wanting a life of decadence
Talent gotta match excellence

Never count me out
You know I'm gonna go get it
Through the wire and sacrifice
Niggas will never be me

They'll never be half as nice
Took chances rolled that dice
The right timing is a moment
And I ain't gonna waste it

I've been to the darkest places
Empty shell cases
And these pine box spaces
But I gotta live for the better

Out the eye of stormy weather
Focused on being clever
Diamonds require pressure
So the pressure's applied

I've seen my closest die
But a nigga still gotta rise
Stacking that paper high
Build up from the bottom

I'm from the Apple that's rotten
But my hustle is never stopping
It hurts when niggas switching
I continue to play my position

I'm trying to create wealth
All for my son's inheritance
But I gotta move with stealth
And keep a heater for malevolence

Who's out here playing fair
Lay in bed and say my prayer
Weapons formed doesn't prosper
Niggas better step proper

Or hollows adjust your posture
Battling anger I still foster
My old ways keep calling
I feel like I'm free falling

Back deep in the abyss
Reminisce cases dismissed
Is it worth what I'll miss
Got my mind in a twist

Dirt under my cuticles
Why can't life be beautiful
I get too real with these songs
Do right to justify wrongs

It's never that simple
Seen niggas popped like a pimple
Every action is a ripple
And I got caught in the middle

Yo are you ready to ride
Are you prepared to die
This ain't the time to hide
Motto's an eye for eye

Whether it's you or I
I'm gonna up the spark
Lift your spirit to the sky
Flashes light up the dark

Fuck what niggas talking
We in the renties stalking
I wake up in cold sweats
Nightmares filled with regrets

Memory pendant baguettes
Loved ones are silhouettes
Of a past I wish to remember
My heart's colder than December