If They Are Real

In my life
But Jah open my eyes

So many fake people
Closing in, in my life, oh
But Jah open my eyes

God bless the people keeping it real with me
To the people who saw me do the ordeal with me
I would've tapped into the realm of that which killed Whitney (kai!)
I would have tapped into the realm of that which killed Whitney
But I crawled out of my shadows trying to perceive light
'Cause I believe there must have been something that I did right

I realize that I became the better version
Of the version everybody thought was a better version, shit
And rap is the reason to kill
It's murder the bars, murder the tender
Then, I will murder the bills, yeah-yeah
He's more illuminated than the mason

Wearing that sultana, holy water in the basin
Olùṣọ ń ṣọ mi, Olùṣọ Agùntàn ń ṣọ mi
That is why I got to run it like I'm sonic
Ko má funny, yeah
Amazing grace for me
Amazing grace

So many fake people
Closing in, in my life, oh
But Jah open my eyes
If they are real, o ṣé Ba' mi
So many fake people

Closing in, in my life, oh
But Jah open my eyes
If they are real, o ṣé
I got to see
Yeah, if they are real, o ṣé
If they are real, o ṣé, yeah-eh, ah

I just want to live, I no come to kill
I just want to give to the poor and the rich
I just want to live my life to the peak
I just want to live my life to the fullest
Ye, mama, ye, some people dem-a aiye
Some people dem-a fine boy, some people fly away
For Naija where we dey, some people face the pain
Some people dem-a japa, some people dem-a stay, ah

Oya, pariwo, wọn sọ'le ọlá d'ariwo
Oya, pariwo, wọn sọ'le ọlá d'aworo
In the time of Mary Slessor, they no fit slice us
They no fit tell us what to do, they no fit see us, ah

Nowadays, I'm on my gangsta shit with my gangsta flow
I thought you were a tough guy
Where'd your gangsta go?
I guess life took a motherfucking gangsta toll
But we survived that, so welcome to the gangsta fold
I've had gangsta classes, I took gangsta notes

And I still got shocked by some gangsta volts
But I became the thunder from the blunder with gangsta bolts
Revenge, dressed in an all-black gangsta coat
With some men at the back, yelling gangsta quotes
I'm dangerous now, when the world wouldn't let peace reign
They cut you 'til you open, and you start to bleed rain
Hmm-mm, and you start to bleed rain (chai)

With so many fake people (so many fake)
Closing in, in my life, oh (closing in)
But Jah open my eyes (la mi lójú)
If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh

I got to see
If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh
If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh, ah
I got to see
If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh
If they are real, o ṣé, eh-eh, ah
I just want to live...