9 Lives

Real niggas don't hate on others, they elevate each other
So when I make it to the top I gotta take my brothers
Same mud same goals, but we got different mothers
Free my nigga [ssshhh] imma see you in a couple summers
Still in these streets I'm still tryna clock these undercovers
Yesterday I was in the bando tryna chase a comma
Now it's penthouse five star suite in my Versace runners
Cigars on the balcony, like shit don't you love the come up

Gave this shit my heart all from the start I must remain
Imma take it far shoot for the stars I gotta aim
He won't take the charge because his heart ain't in the game
Born and raised against the grain
Boy I'm everything you ain't

Sending off drugs in a Uber
Young niggas trapping and they're shooters
I lost It all like 5 times and made it back like 5 times, the way I risk my freedom you would think I got like 9 lives

Morally there's just some things I won't do as a man
Imma leave you there if you're opposite from where I stand
No premeditation first we execute and then we plan
And if you jumped off the porch then I know you'll understand

Please don't do me favours nigga, I don't wanna owe you nothing
He ain't outside no more because that nigga knows we're coming
I cleaned that nigga for his shine because his nose was running
Thinking he could go behind my back and try pull over something

This shit took years
For success to come over night
And years
For this shit to start taking flight
And years
Of me being constant on my grind
And all them tears you gotta save them for another time

Me and the plug got a strong level of respect
Chuck me a corner and he knows I'm gonna pay the debt
I did this shit all on my own it turned me to a vet
The feds just did a sweep
But you know I wasn't swept

I've lost every job I've had but I've never lost the trap
No it didn't hold me back matter fact it kept my shit in tact
Truth is I don't owe you that
Like a fiend I need the crack
Cuz that shit was always there for me like it had my back

I was in detention day dreaming bout getting rich
Didn't know that getting rich would've cost me all of this
Didn't know I'd lose friends
Didn't know I'd need a
Didn't know I'd ever have to question someone's trust again

Didn't know they'd show you love but most of them would be pretenders
Didn't know they'd help you out just to help their own agendas
Didn't know they'd be there when champagnes were popping endless
Didn't know they wouldn't be around in them cold Decembers

You should appreciate my rap cuz I don't have to do this
Right now I need the trap way more than I need this music
I ain't made a penny off this shit but you keep asking for it
So you best make sure I blow cuz I been grafting for it