F*ck rap, I’m a street legend, block love me with a deep reverenceI was birthed in a C-sectionHella cops and police presence, we got opps so we keep weaponsWe on y’all block while y’all eat breakfastA lot of shots, we broke street recordsWatch how you talk, I got reflexes, watchin’ your cheap necklaceThen we slide out the East exitBut every time we get to fuckin’ niggas up, TMZ catch itYeah, I still learn the street lessonsFrom the mastermind, first you master grind, then your team catch itThis time is for the money, I don’t need creditBut I’m the don ’cause the streets said it, lookF*ck rap, I’m a street legendBut I’m the don ’cause the streets said itBlock love me with a deep reverence (Yeah, woah)But I’m the don ’cause the streets said it (Yeah)And I got pressure on meSeven days a week, it’s game seven on meLife’ll test you out, you live through that, that’s testimonyGivin’ them hell, but how in the hell I got all these blessings on me?Most of the girls I know addicted to social mediaAll the time they put in, they could’ve wrote encyclopediasMama said it only takes one time to fuck up your whole WikipediaAnd as your son, I can see the type of light that you see me inAfter what happened to Nipsey, I reached out to KendrickIt wasn’t even no real issues there to begin withLack of communication and wrong informationFrom people fueled by their ego, it’s like mixin’ flames with dieselEnergy crazy, I realized that it’s a two-way streetWhat’s comin’ is goin’, if it don’t give you more, it drains youShould be a billionaire based on the time off I’m not takin’Probably why the shit with me get crazy and we lost a babyAnd everybody around me think I’m the oneBut we all just one of onesAnd I’m walkin’ out the crib, they ask me where I’m goin’I told them, “I’m goin on another ten year run”N*ggas is bangin’ over blocks that they don’t own, thinkin’ that’s home
Boy, you think that’s where you from? You don’t really know where you fromYou don’t how deep your roots is or what your ancestors had doneSo, God bless all of the sons and daughtersWho knew they histories so they knew where to take it fartherAnd all the ones that stuck with me like good barbersLookin’ at my life story, God’s a good authorNever was the loudest in the room, we move like ninjasAnd if it cost your peace of mind, it might be too expensiveSo I can’t give you everything that you want from me for free thoughGet you one shot in life, you might not be able to reloadSo advanced, I need all my advancesBro hit me up for cash like we didn’t have the same chancesMy dad hit me up like, “Why I don’t live in a mansion?”I’m tryna focus, but baby girl keep holdin’ my mind for ransomAnd that ain’t how it supposed to be, this man Hov got to a BAnd his name Shawn too, I almost felt like it was meDamn, I realized all my setbacks were inside of meIn high school I learned chemistry, biologyBut not how to cope with anxietyOr how I could feel like I’m by myself on an island with depression on all sides of me (Damn)With a Glock .17 right on the side of me (Hol’ up)Look, I ain’t think I had the thought of suicide in meUntil life showed me all these different sides of meToo many times I thought the reaper was outside for meAnd how the fuck it’s people that never met me that hate me?I wonder if they understand that I meditate dailyAnd feel like my life purpose is to give inspirationDespite the hit songs that there’s just no escapin’That I take care of my family and beat the odds that were deadlyYou hate that, that just reflects your lack of succession, bless ’emIf it ain’t Nipsey blue, it’s Detroit blueThis that Detroit 2, I’m bringin’ it back to the hood like D-Boys doGoneSo, the collaboration though, with Nipsey and who?Aw man, I’d probably say Payroll, look, or Tee GrizzleyMe and Big Sean talked about doin’ somethin’ recently, tooSo, you know, all of them, I’ma, I’ma tap in with all of DetroitF*ck rap, I’m a street legendBlock love me with a deep reverence