I wrote this staring at the window of a plane (of a plane)
Thirty dollars and some change to my name (to my name)
A nigga getting flewed out 'cause I sang (shit)
Took a new rock to get some new thangs
I had to move out my momma's dope ass (ah)
See small wins are better than no gains
So I got me an apartment in the ghetto (in the ghetto)
One time for their free first month special
I want Impala with the 38 special
Broke with my partner, shit we used to take the Metro
We call it martyr then marginalize, we move smarter
Bruce Lee said, "Be water" so I'ms Aqua
In meetings with bigwigs that talk proper
They lowballing, all this shit just feel awkward
And although my situation is awful
I declined the offer, ain't fold to maintain my posture
And I'ma still prosper
Can't lie on my dick dawg (dick dawg)
Monkey on my back, nigga get lost (get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks they'll be pitfalls
Just don't quit y'all (just don't quit y'all)
Can't lie on my dick dawg (dick dawg)
Monkey on my back, nigga get lost (get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks they'll be pitfalls
Just don't quit y'all (just don't quit y'all)
Watching the MC's on TV, I'm in the hood with the boys
Like W.E.B. EBT government freebies
Shuffling faeces for minimum wage, putting pen to the page
So I can press up a couple of CD's
Take on E so effortfully, shit I'm only charging five
So instead of a dub, just put fifteen in the car, you drive
This really all it take to change starving artists lives
Shit, beggars can't be choosers, just gave me three I'd let it slide
I could be robbing but instead I pushing music out the trunk
So I can get a bite to eat, a couple of brews and then a blunt
Then get back to the lab, scribble these raps in a pad
This music is all I actually have, gotta practice the craft
'Til I perfect it, 36 million seconds
View my losses and lessons, I just call it progression
For years I fought with depressions and I still do
Shit'll only make you stronger if it don't kill you
So I'ma still prosper
Can't lie on my dick dawg (dick dawg)
Monkey on my back, nigga get lost (get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks they'll be pitfalls
Just don't quit y'all (just don't quit y'all)
Can't lie on my dick dawg (dick dawg)
Monkey on my back, nigga get lost (get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks they'll be pitfalls
Just don't quit y'all