Going Nowhere

[Backgroud: L.E.X] I ain't going nowhere [Vocals: Martin Luther King Jr.] We hold these truths to be self evident That all men are created equal [Verse: L.E.X] We all created equal, but we don't act the same Definitely don't rap the same, or adapt the same Remember taking my stepdad to his first Packer game He deserved it, he the one who convinced me I don't have to change And I ain't going nowhere, my city won't let me leave Wonder if I had a record deal would Reggie Brown play my CD Talking to my mom about money like being rich a fantasy He spent WHAT on just a necklace, if I had that I wouldn't have to dream Feel like a nerd in class sitting, trying to get A's and B's When I'm better than them can't get hotter 'less you cremated me I said "Teacha teacha convince me that I need ya Prove to me these thousands on college will make us leadas I got some people thinking my education will feed us I got some people thinking it's smarter to bag the weed up Tell me that this class of 300 not make believas But I'm sure you don't care if I fail your job is just the speaka" I'm warning you, don't be scared of people with the stardom Cause if you take the money away you'd see those stars dumb Be terrified of hungry people reaching from the bottom Pockets like you're racking up in pool empty and don't got none This for my mama, she ain't raise no Obama Nor did she raise a snake some of y'all living with anacondas I'm about to add money, then divide up all the commas Multiply love, subtract hate and drama, that's my problem Trying to get in my will like an inner tube, or between my music like interludes I'll have you stuffed like Thanksgiving food, and share with my family your revenue Tryna make my cake and eat it too, what chef you know won't eat his food Bout to spin these rappers like DJ Clue, and shock them all like Pikachu That's pokey mon, want to bury me so I'm lowkey now When I take my shot, of success, ain't nobody gone rebound Ain't nobody gone slow me down, I'm going rounds with the oldies now They dreading me stop asking how much ya makin' you don't know me mon You don't know me, shout out to the homies Who get pushed back, like postponing And keep going, my competition only The image in my vision when I'm brushing in the morning And I can keep going, make waves when I'm flowing Big fish in the water, you're an anchovy Smoothing out the surface call me Zamboni They trying to change my name make me a slave like Toby Plan, understand, comprehend, make a plan 'fore your chance, quickly ends, in the stance, you began Oh yea and, listen man, if just bands, make her dance Then she can, find new men, while your hands, in your pants This is Hip-Hop, y'all just wish wash I'm a mixture of the kid Pac, with the cleanness Will Smith got Jazzy as Jill Scott, and funky as gym socks Key to success skip that man I just pick locks In the hood, patience is a must But it's hard being patient when you tired of taking the bus Nobody said it'd be easy and I'm glad because it's tough But I know I'll shine when I'm found cause I'm a diamond in the rough L.E.X [Backgroud: L.E.X] I ain't going nowhere