Gold Rush

[Hook] Live from the 713 [Verse] I always felt like I was outta place In junior high I swear they thought I was from outer space Bland fashion I rarely had a lot of taste The butt of every joke I swear saved a lot of face I played a lot of Face' I played a lot of Pac' Shed tears when MTV reported when he was shot The second time The doctors reported flat line And it was ill I bet the whole world could feel the shock I would've given right leg to be in his spot And limp a mile in his shoes but in yo' socks One at the top Major fame was my ambition A broken heart And major pain was my ammunition Weighing My fragile life on that invisible scale Looking for heaven Trapped in an invisible Hell Illiterate to King's writing I was under the spell of Satan Yeah that's d-e-v-i-l I'm learnin' Meanwhile the second hand on the Quartz is turnin' The white dust in that flask on the stove is burnin' I saw them boys rocked up Some sang when locked up I was in church everyday Erick read the sermon That's my older brother Saw tears from grandmother When cops brought me home And they search but couldn't uncover The pot that would've had me in hot water Just a young lion in the jungle with no father But plenty worries Like how could I get the fastest Cuz' success is lookin' past us The dope boys are my pastors They told me,"Get off the block! Be a ball player or rapper." And I didn't wanna see the casket So I started making baskets But even I hit jays to get paid In society's eyes, I'm just a young black bastard A fatherless child under pressure with pipe dreams Get em' and bust em off of fame and nice things This dude in the mirror telling me ball out Even if I fall out It's the nemesis, I'm fighting This world told me I was king Then told me look but don't touch I guess it wasn't what it seems I'm caught up in this gold rush [Hook]