Longevity

[Verse 1]
I'm pressin' the issue
Depression a little
Had to do this for Kobe
When it thunders, he dribbles
This is way more than rhyming
This is more than a riddle
Gotta do this for Malcolm too
In our hearts, in the middle
This is way more than what the fuck it look like
Why the fuck every other headline never look right
I'm a clever morherfucker but I'm deeper than bars
My lifes fucked even though I be with the stars
When you pick at a scab then you bleed out the scar
You think I'm in the lab but I ain't leavin' my car
I'm feedin' families, man
To feed my family, man
I'm shipping orders and you know I do the handling, man
Y'all understanding me, man?
This ain't a fantasy, man
This life shit, it ain't fair, it ain't no vanity man

[Chorus]
I grew up not believing what anyone's telling me
I was 14 with no bike but a nigga was peddling
10 toes and don't fold what my old head had said to me
So I tell my story right, I do this shit for longevity
I do this shit for longevity

[Verse 2]
I need a shot before I do this, can you make it a double?
I lost a sense of direction when we lost Nipsey Hussle
Was at the Mayan ruins bumpin' him just a week prior
Then wrote a song, my hood would kill me, got the dates, ain't a liar
That's the night right before
Couldn't be more than 12 hours
Getting food with my bros
When' I heard that this coward
Shitty cuz had a problem
And he wasn't a scrapper
So he took an idol, brother, father, mogul and rapper
He took a leader of truth
I'm 'bout to scream in the booth
Nip I gotta say thanks and pledge allegiance to you
Life had me down to my last
Living some ways I ain't want to
If it wasn't for Victory Lap
I'd probably be gone too

[Chorus]
I grew up not believing what anyone's telling me
I was 14 with no bike but a nigga was peddling
10 toes and don't fold what my old head had said to me
So I tell my story right, I do this shit for longevity
I do this shit for longevity
I do this shit for longevity
I do this shit for longevity