Prince Akeem

(album: Keep Going - 2019)

[Mike Posner:]
David Banner, they
Good morning
This that alarm clock song
I made it for you to wake up to
Ah

You know I came to rip the scene apart
My whole life is a piece of art (Oh)
And this is just a brush stroke (Oh)
I made it in the biz they said was cutthroat (Oh)
I'm getting where I wanna be, but honestly
I can't even tell if that's really where I wanna be
I'm not a commodity, I am on a odyssey
Used to be a wannabe, now I'm what I wanted to be, woo
I'm a underdog, dawg, I'm Ralph Nadering
Following my intuition now and that's a major win
I'm Taylor Swift mixed with Ruth Bader Gins'
Liberation is the flavor that I'm savoring, it's mmm
Fake breasts and makeup, they don't turn me on
Life is a game and, yes, the journey's long
Growing my beard was just like me putting my jersey on
Coach K saw the light in me early on

[Mike Posner & Coach K:]
Oh, you don't believe?
Mike Posner, boy, is he talented, I mean
That's from '08
Yeah, he's so talented
What up, Nolan?
Jon, go get 'em, woo

[Mike Posner:]
We 'bout to take it to a new level
Even when I'm sad, I give 'em hell, I'm a Blue Devil
Her boyfriend wrote a book, I was unimpressed
I don't care about her man if it wasn't Hesse (Oh)
I might do Everest, you never know (Oh)
And change is like a metronome (Oh)
I never read The Untethered Soul (Oh)
I already got an untethered soul (Oh)
I wasted years tryna become better known (Oh)
Right when I gave that up is when I became better known (Oh)
Oh, this is that Michigan December flow
I got two lifetimes worth of ideas in my Evernote (Oh)
Old soul, Fender Rhodes (Oh)
Complimented outwardly now from my inner glow (Oh)
And since I've seen
I changed my look to see who really loves me
I'm Prince Akeem

[Wiz Khalifa:]
See, when I was coming up
I was always one of them niggas who did what the fuck I want
Smoking weed on TV wasn't even cool
Now that shit legal
So back then, from causing trouble to right now
I'm a motherfucking businessman, hahahahaha

Uh, too rich to ever fit in
You wait in front, I get in
You talk too much, I listen
You blind, I got the vision
The day I worked for myself, that was the best decision
You living check-to-check, I check to see what checks I'm getting
You get no respect until respect is given
I live with no regret, you regret where you living
Still got the yellow car, we in the house chilling
You think the air is on, I'm heir to the throne
So many diamonds, people stare when I put 'em on
But they don't walk up, my pockets thick like Ms. Parker
And I got the Benz parked, sparking up (Sparking up)
And I got a '64 that's hard as fuck (Hard as fuck)
But don't get in over your head
Supposed to be stacking instead of spending most of your bread (Bread)
Don't get in over your head
Supposed to be stacking instead of spending most of your bread (Bread)

[Billy Joel:]
It's just a half a mile away
Ooh, ooh, yeah
It's just a half a mile away
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh