25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir
Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir
25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir
Judge 'em by the way they...
I ain't wear no braces, got this from my father
I ain't catch no cases, I learned what they taught us
I applied the pressure, I applied the pressure
(25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir
Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir)
Beat 'em like they owe me for a fortune
Love 'em like we share the same blood
I can't give yo homie not a portion, cuz we just ain't from the same hood
(25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir)
Oh no we ain't from the same, from the same hood
(Judge them by the way they handle pressure, yessir)
(Yeah)
Come and gather round this campfire, it's been a long day of work
As we slowly build this empire, don't forget the shit that come first
I'm talking family, know I been traveling, don't need a referee to blow a whistle
I call my mama, she make me the calmest, she know its my destiny to be a victor
Lost for like 40 days, complained for like 40 nights
All of these actors remind me of Sidney like Poitier
This rap shit is Dolemite
The cap for the soda types, let's see what happen by shaking the bottle
I led em to pastures but this is what matter
I ain't wear no braces, got this from my father
I ain't catch no cases, I learned what they taught us
I applied the pressure, I applied the pressure
(25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir
Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir)
Beat 'em like they owe me for a fortune
Love 'em like we share the same blood
I can't give yo homie not a portion, cuz we just ain't from the same hood
(Yea, yea, yea)
No no we ain't from the same, from the same hood
25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir
Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir
25 Lighters on my dresser, yessir
Judge 'em by the way they handle pressure, yessir
And so we waited
Not yet knowing much about the hands of fate
We filled our time with light banter
Some of us friends of many years, others friends of a few days
We talked about our past, our homes
We traded stories about what we had heard of the promised land
We wondered, but did not speak of, what was in store for us