I Give You Me

[Intro] Light another one Turn me all the way up on this one Need you to feel me on this one I give my heart Never short nothing I give you... [Verse 1] Here's to the life, here's to the fame Here's to the nights, here's to the pain Here's to the light, here's to the rain I paint the picture, here's to the frame Here's to the times, they said we would be nothing Lessons of humble, disguised in defeat The triumph of struggle, adorned with conceit Calm of the wonder, cool in the heat One parent mothers, nights with no heat When we had nothing, your words were the treats Eat 'em like "emmm", spit 'em back "ahhh" Never knew no one, never knew nothing Never knew nothing but hustle, so hustle What the boy did, came from a bridge Learned in a veil, time would unveil Beautiful minds, blocked by a veil Caged in a hell, freed by a word I built the board, you scraped your nails Some scream insanity, some say prevail I built the cross, you struck the nail [Hook] I gave you me, I gave you me Grit all the pain, I gave you me Never short nothing, I give you me They gave you lies, I had the truth They spoke of pride, I showed the proof Let it be written if this should live on I gave you me, not a thought put beyond [Verse 2] So here's to the life, here's to the fame Here's to the nights, here's to the pain Here's to the light, here's to the rain I paint the picture, here's to the frame So cheers to the lies, cheers to the fake Cheers to this game, that we solemnly play Bless every rapper who claims he's the greatest And pray their reflection reflects their derangement Spittin' broke bars, Kit-Kats? Be a shame if you didn't say that shit's wack Need a Nike to the neck, chin check How they run the game, n' ain't left the bench yet? Want to talk bricks, only dealt dimes Want to talk bad bitches, never dick dimes If the shoe fits shit, rock the kick right But know a thick sock, don't mean it fit right So when the reals gone, whatcha gonna do? Standing in this bullshit, the scent seeps through Look around, see the real motherfuckers gone That's why I put my soul, in these motherfucking songs [Hook] [Verse 3] This where we're at, witness the times Witness my strength, see their demise Fists in the air, symbol of power Here's where the weak come get fucking devoured I give my soul, signed and delivered Fed by the street, felt up the river Felt on those corners, felt on those blocks Where lions would cower, smoother than fox Come out what your wearing, whip on them blocks Stripped and it's hocked, pigeons and pots Bubbled the crack, birth to the 80's Fed to the children, nursed all the babies Formula fucked, and then you ask why we crazy Government lust put the lighters to rocks Choked by they smoke, then we're killed by the cops Protect and serve? Or to cage and to herd We're thrown to wolves, survival obscure Stacked all the odds, then ask why we mob Ask why we kill, ask where's the love Look in the mirror, you made this us [Outro] I gave you me, pen is the thought Ink is the mind, never run dry Never enough Let it be written if this should live on I gave you me, not a thought put beyond