i payed my dues with effort i still lose count counting my blessings sold dubs at my gigs pain is the essence now i m making hits taking them hits made me a weapon uh i never had a pot to piss in now i piss in a pot of gold and watch it glisten in a race with my own race that s not the mission that s why i d rather link wstrn than cop a smith every time that top was missing i went missing came back and left the old me my friends miss him how am i gonna stay the same tryna make a difference tryna make a living then make a killing and live killing shit i mind my business cuh my mind s on my businesses kicked out of business studies studied my businesses it s kind of crucial what ms simmons did i ve got away with words a way with words cause i m a lyricist mumma needs a new stove so i do stove could have got sectioned i had to do road and now i ve got some new dough off a new flow couple diamonds i can kill one bird with two stones i used to wake up in the am cold showers while i hear my nana praying amen counting money watching boondocks then i put it in my shoebox still tryna put my crew on ring the alarm ring the alarm everybody run when the po po come all i see is a smoking gun whoa yeah ring the alarm ring the alarm everybody wanna be all in so i mma stay up till the morning comes whoa yeah how am i going to sign a deal with ya even deal with ya if you don t deal with me properly what s the deal with ya i was taught to be real with ya so i m real with ya though i m in tommy hilfiger still a real nigga yeah my plan a was my plan b i only planned my a levels for my family and now i m with a bad bitch and some bad breed youts even though i can t change them i can teach the things we used to do for figures now i do a one show and that s a new four figures i can go forever and a few more minutes i m just tryna paint pictures i don t do this for the image i do this for the broke niggas not the lose a little hope and it s over they re some joke niggas i don t dodge my old women cause there s nothing wrong with gold diggers when you dig for gold with your own niggas shining from the ground up we was grinding told the mandem watch cause it s timing the top is like a dm i mma slide in and bring my people through i ve got pride in my lions  i used to wake up in the am cold showers while i hear my nana praying amen counting money watching boondocks then i put it in my shoebox still tryna put my crew on ring the alarm ring the alarm everybody run when the po po come all i see is a smoking gun whoa yeah ring the alarm ring the alarm everybody wanna be all in so i mma stay up till the morning comes whoa yeah don t tell me about no hard knock life when you ve had a good dream the alarm s not nice heart on my sleeve but my garms weren t nice i would talk to myself and ask for advice like how am i gonna get this dough and was it really worth my time do i say yes or no do i let shit slide or do i get involved and everything changed when i went with the flow yeah i used to wake up in the am cold showers while i hear my nana praying amen counting money watching boondocks then i put it in my shoebox still tryna put my crew on ring the alarm ring the alarm everybody run when the po po come all i see is a smoking gun whoa yeah