Understand Me

[Hook x2] Had a long life, better understand Too many backstabbers, better watch your friends I ain’t start at the top, still had to climb So many relationships I had to decline Cause they dragged me down when I tried to get up Taking advantage of me, you know you pushing your luck Nobody’ll understand what I been through Even if I tried to put you in the same shoes [Verse 1] No I’m not a thug No I’m not a drug addict Everybody wanna live the life that is lavished Without any work involved You know, magic Nobody wanna work for it, just gotta have it Look up in the sky What do you see? You see me flying by Too care free Cause I been working hard Still working hard Too many motherfucking battle scars Raising the bar For all the niggas tryna rap And starting off like shit I did the same, but you gotta work for it Now I kill every track as if they killed my mom Folding every single nigga like origami Mechanical bull flow, nigga, take a ride If you can’t really do it, don’t even try I’m ready for the ball field, motherfucker Had so many homies that I’d treat just like a brother But they didn’t really feel the same mutually Oh I had to learn during puberty As I got older and learned from mistakes And trust nobody, especially today Every little moment, gotta keep my guard up They could've just poisoned me from the water Balling everyday like I’m in the NBA Too much on my mind, so you know a nigga gotta say Anything on the tip of my tongue And once it starts, my mouth is on the run 5 million degrees when I spit this flow Cause I spit that fire on every motherfucking foe Never run outta breath and I always work under stress And I always kill every motherfucker to try to be the best [Hook] [Verse 2] I tried my best in love But too many times it was fucked up Cause no matter how good I was… They’d rather have a nigga who’s locked Or lock ‘em up emotionally Or physically Not supposed to be that way but they don’t know any better So when good comes, they don’t show any better How many days ‘til we learn to treat loved ones the best? How many days do we earn until ain’t no more left? Kill for no reason Ridiculous As long as you black, people suspicious In this world we live in I’m still alive, but I’m still not living Temptations, hard not to give in Peer pressure, but gotta be independent Coming to me like I’m supposed to be the person to be The savior at the end of the street But never before was there a need to even look at me And know that I was the one to be The person who will resurrect hip hop Along with others who will keep that thought In mind, and not fall in the generation gap And only worry about tattoos and snapbacks Nigga, what the fuck is that? It ain’t really music, and that’s a fucking fact Get it together and really fucking rap with me Put hip-hop back on the fucking map with me If I do it alone or do it with a team It don’t matter cause I’ll be the best that I can be So nigga, you can just tag along But if you don’t, then really get outta my zone [Hook]