[00:06.76] Came a long way to make it here [00:09.55] Gotta thank God that I made it here [00:11.79] Have a good time, the whole town show up [00:14.59] Money coming fast, hope it never slow up [00:17.13] I came a long way to make it here [00:20.01] Gotta thank God that I made it here [00:23.06] Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up [00:25.79] Stood solid, never let niggas ho us [00:28.47] I came a long way to make it here [00:31.29] Gotta thank God that I made it here [00:33.94] Show your credentials, who you akin to? (that's it) [00:36.40] Boy, who you done beat up? What you done been through? (uh-huh) [00:39.01] Hit you on your records, you sounding very high (uh-huh) [00:41.89] But what you done did the nigga can verify (uh) [00:44.51] No corroboration, ain't no conversation [00:47.52] Just a bunch of a cap mixed with a lot of hating [00:50.00] Went from hand to hand at the serving station [00:52.83] To making a hundred and fifty grand just off day training [00:55.55] And man, we know you ain't did the shit you said there [00:58.00] Where I come from, you end up a dead man [01:00.62] Playing 'round, where a nigga die for staying down [01:03.62] The neighborhood we can't build it faster than they tear it down [01:06.55] Black man fire, and homie, I hear sirens [01:09.02] White police firing, homie, and they silent [01:11.57] Then they expect me not to be violent, it's a lose-lose [01:14.50] Tryna unlearn what I been taught since elementary school, damn [01:18.29] Have a good time, the whole town show up [01:20.76] Money coming fast, hope it never slow up [01:23.48] I came a long way to make it here [01:26.19] Gotta thank God that I made it here [01:29.05] Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up [01:31.74] Stood solid, never let niggas ho us [01:34.44] I came a long way to make it here [01:37.04] Gotta thank God that I made it here [01:40.14] Body took a minute but we got it in (21) [01:42.58] Lost a couple M's, lost a couple friends (on God) [01:45.64] Gotta take some losses if you wanna win [01:47.61] Disrespect, it's damn near mandatory that we gotta spin (brrt) [01:50.67] Tryna hibernate, we give his nest the kin (21) [01:53.42] Encore, fuck it, hit they block again (On God) [01:56.02] I embrace the struggle 'cause I understand [01:58.74] Fell in love with hard times, they turned me to a fucking man (21) [02:01.66] Living by the code, I don't talk to police (never) [02:04.67] Stand up when I'm pissing, can't no nigga ho me (pussy) [02:07.59] Rapping like I'm preaching, all my bars holy [02:09.88] You flexing for the 'Gram, that is not your Rollie (21) [02:12.72] Pockets overweight and all my opps bony (facts) [02:15.52] Sucker shit or hater shit, I'm not condoning (never) [02:18.38] See it in your eyes, all your love phony (21) [02:21.28] Stabbed me in my back and then he tried to bro me (21) [02:24.00] Have a good time, the whole town show up [02:26.80] Money coming fast, hope it never slow up [02:29.66] I came a long way to make it here [02:32.23] Gotta thank God that I made it here [02:35.06] Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up [02:37.82] Stood solid, never let niggas ho us [02:40.65] I came a long way to make it here [02:43.15] Gotta thank God that I made it here [02:46.38] Research information (I am) [02:49.27] I'm bending knees searching for my life's purpose (amen) [02:51.96] Think you can pray your way up out of misfortune? (no) [02:54.37] You're mistaken and most churches is exortion [02:56.96] What the Bible say 'bout faith without work? Huh (damn) [02:59.62] You can still do everything right and get murked, huh [03:02.21] Think to support education they ain't learn (uh-huh) [03:04.75] Still hate, got 'em killing and they turnt (go) [03:07.54] Seen so many futures and families set on the mantle (like who?) [03:10.58] Like Bankroll Fresh and the king Doe B [03:16.15] Dead soul summer, camouflage back in the day [03:18.39] Then there was Dolla, Lil Snupe, triple X, and Mac Dre [03:21.52] Man, every day a blessing, learned that shit from hustle [03:24.38] Don't take that shit for granted, do yourself some damage [03:27.13] In a mansion with expensive granite tryna understand it [03:30.08] Have a good time, the whole town show up [03:33.25] Money coming fast, hope it never slow up [03:35.83] I came a long way to make it here [03:38.67] Gotta thank God that I made it here [03:41.27] Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up [03:44.15] Stood solid, never let niggas ho us [03:46.86] I came a long way to make it here [03:49.66] Gotta thank God that I made it here [03:53.25] I did the prayer 'fore Ciara ever did that prayer [03:57.06] I said, "Lord, send me a nigga that don't hit me [03:58.52] In the eye on Friday, and got a job, and can read" [04:01.99] And I got one [04:03.13] I met my husband [04:04.45] And he wasn't gon' let me, he wasn't gon' let me fuckin' sell dope [04:07.84] And at the time I was a check forger for the [04:09.48] Rest of the league got on the check forgin' game [04:11.53] And he was just a Christian nigga, he wanted everything to go right [04:15.02] Fucked around and [04:15.94] I fell in love with him and got a job at McDonald's [04:18.60] Road for four dollars and twenty-seven cents an hour [04:21.09] I'm like, "Who the fuck do this shit?" [04:22.67] This is whacker than a motherfucker [04:24.42] "Is this what Jesus told you niggas to do [04:26.43] To work for four dollars and twenty-five [04:27.72] Cents an hour and y'all ain't stealin' shit?" [04:30.01] So you know me, I started stealin' from McDonald's, nigga [04:32.59] As I ring you up, I rung you out [04:35.11] Fuck y'all laughing at? [04:36.54]