From Me To You

[Verse 1] From unsigned hype to unhype signed From Sha rhymes nice to Sha still rhymes? Back in the days it was Take these drugs and bag that dime Then hit these clubs and bag that dime To get that shine From small ass crimes To long ass grind I crossed that line Took all that time And forced my mind to switch From messing with girls that’s already taken To dealing with women, from smashing to dating I went from being impatient Dissed the Creator sometimes praying to Satan To realizing I was bitter and hating I went from wishing and waiting For things to happen now I snatch it and take it I went from wack to your favorite I went from attic to basement I mean mainstream to underground You can’t even place me inside a box when I rock Went from rapping real basic To making soul stirring, earth spinning classical statements It makes your skin twitch, spine tingle can’t even trace it Went from acting and faking And rocking shades on the stage To being passionate making people relate to my pain I went from hard to difficult Switched from spitting to bleeding I was rhyming for money now I view money as freedom I was nobody, now when you ask who could beat him The answer’s nobody now, later, ever I’m heated I was hot, flame scorching now I’m like the human torch I went from metaphoric orphan to a spiritual fortune good… God [Hook 4X] This goes out to you and you and you and you and you [Verse 2] I used to be a Young emcee wit an old soul Did a little pitching, swore that I had a dope flow Listening to Twista but they said I should go slow I was so close to blowing up but I got exposed though From kidding and playing To shifting the way that my shit was conveyed And then Cops stopped me on a trip to get paid Searched the whip, made us strip, I envisioned the cage Made it out, swear to Christ life was different that day Just imagine you’re a surgeon with a kid on your table And you lose ‘em by twist of fate from a simple mistake And it’s killing your faith In other words I’m missing my patience Went from improv to improving Been in the Matrix I was focused on radio play and getting fellatio To trying to change the globe and the college to prison ratio Used to smoke alone in my zone Sitting at home, writing hit records Now I write records that hit home I be Killing dudes with every bar thrown Composing stupid verses in a smart phone This is not a sermon or a long poem Sorry if it comes out in a harsh tone From shooting shots on the court off the bench To taking shots from a judge in the court on the bench I was aiming and squeezing and chasing the cheese as a Atheist heathen almost died started changing my reasoning Went to sleep, saw my wake in a dream and I started maybe believing facing my demons Now I’m thankful I’m breathing Lord [Hook]