And Then...
(专辑: Intellectual Property: #SOI2 - 2016)
I
always felt I
was misunderstood, I
would die for my mother, I
would shoot for my hoods I
would starve for my sons, eat with the
wolves Even though I
strive for greatest it's all to the
good And I
love my niggas like I
love my fam And I'm turning atheist but it's just God's plan And I'm probably just a
mortal, but not just a
man I'm a
spirit, I'm a
will, impossible force fam Psssh And I
swam with a
tail coming from my dad's nuts Call it sperm but a
nigga made it fuck it I
have guts 'Cause I
beat ninety million potential people to the
clutch So I'm here on Earth and I
only deserve such And I
decided at age eight, growing up in Watts Purposely losing my glasses So mom would buy [?] Short kid, but big homie saw my heart 'Cause I
did what it took respect my one-man march A
then I
went to public school, really saw hate Whites blacks and Mexicans didn't affiliate Some us grew better, when niggas started getting the
next door neighbor's daughters preggers Little half black and Filipino babies popping up Worked at McDonald's for a
week (quit), I
don't do mopping up Some blew us, some got redder Some of us just specialised and got cheddar And everybody went to college I
was in the
studio Had a
deal with Delicious Vinyl Paul Stewart put me on [?] San Fran introduced him to Paul Brought him upstairs then did ya mama a
capella no song Crashed my shit drunk driving juvenile hall, now we gone Pharcyde got that deal, shooting "They Keep Running Away" video when I
got home Yeah, true Hey, but that's called a
missed opportunity Now I'm in the
cypher slaying niggas in unity First show ever, wow crowd not booing me Think if he paid me, on the
low I
would do this for free Then I
dropped my first record, 'bout to do the
second (Teedra gets pregnant) Execs pressuring me to release "Ghetto Fabulous" Dr. Dre produced it that's to they advantages Garnett sabotaged me, so scandalous Label moved on, don't give a
fuck about my damages Not returning my calls, one way to handle this Money getting low, so goodbye Los Angeles C-c-c-c-'cause in LA if you broke, the
streets start talking you a
crackhead you smoke Gave all my material wealth away Baby mama got the
Lexus I
hopped on the
plane Nowhere to stay getting saved by a
female Thanks to DJ Scrap hooked up with C.L Saw Russell Simmons said "I heard you moved to NY Coulda at least got ya gold did they even try?" Damn, I
gotta start over get hot Took a
year, but thanks a
case laying doo-wop David Banner was with me when I
told [?], "That's enough dog release me out this production deal" One down, one clown to go Get rid of Priority so a
nigga can grow In psychology class they teach you life as steps Though I
accomplished the
first mentally can't get to the
next So after Soul On Ice, did Rasassination 1998 fighting a
bad situation Ran into Doc, chilling with big bro Listen to final mixes of The
Eminem Show [?], then he gave me a
bar Said "If you stay on that label you will never be a
star" Five album contract, fuck three mo' Y2K, too slow, they killed Van Gogh A
year later the
label come with the
absurd The
Dre song my single, but they ain't never heard it Fuck that verdict Coke and a
smile, said "If you ain't do it first we ain't putting you out" And that's how the
Goldyn Chyld got aborted Snatched my masters moved to New York kid Made a
hunnid grand, won't do another bid State time nigga but it is what it is And I
got out on parole, fuck-fucked up again Did the
BET Awards [?] and went back in Not my first rodeo, feeling like it's corny yo [?] the
only people there for me though And I'm thinking how to get to the
next chapter Well my career's been shitty But I'm the
best rapper 'Cause I
ain't taking minimum wage Fellas can't be lawyers, no military I'm overage Nowadays only garbage rappers get paid But I'm most happy in the
booth and onstage Think of my favourite hip-hop moments, like Rhyme & Reason movie premiere and I
was on it Chilling with Nas the
day he dropped "Ether", for D&D, same night I
saw Jay Z
When Big L
took me to After-Hours in Harlem With Big Pun who at the
time who I'm loving the
bardom When The
Lox and Canibus rhymed at Maria Davis Anger management took my twins backstage Just literally had 'em onstage while [?] performing All-access passes, Snoop was like "Oh cause you got two Ras Kass'" Then Xzibit made a
beat, banging on the
wall to Ras and Tash spitting star-studded crowd My lil niggas ripped it to say the
least Then Jeff from [?] pulled out a
twenty apiece Said "Freestyles is dope but youngsters get paid for what you do" You will never hear words spoken more true Watch how my niggas grew now they taller than you I
just pray they a
better father than you Ras And the
story begins where it ends, 'cause I
lost a
lot of fam that's why I
don't have a
lot of friends And now I
understand got to finish what I
started Much more to a T
than being a
rap artist Cathartic but the
fathers from executing [?] Y'all respect the
hottest and reward what's retarded But I'ma play the
game get the
fame and win regardless Make my final album say "Fuck y'all corny ass niggas" and retire for trill with like five hunnid mill Create some schools like Oprah, 'cause I'm trying to build And that's when I'm in my sixties trying to chill Become a
archeologist, 'cause I
am the
reel Hahaha Yo, Cee Cee, fuck this song man, let's move on