journey these steps tyrone briggs s career advise you adjust your lens if the picture ain t clear hold up wait for it watch me get my cake on it black cloud on my head that mean that i m brainstorming i came from the bottom mom dad had to hustle for rent if i scuffed my kicks they would kick my ass for that money they spent everything that i went through i jot if not than i ought a get lynched so these rap nigga s never take no shots coach got them all warming the bench take a look at the way i go hard go hard without having to force it the way i set mics on fire you ll think that pepsi endorsed it of coarse i ll put on for the city show the world that i m devoted intern they d rather body than to second that emotion kill my vibe guess that these niggas wanna keep me in the hood where they hate from afar never show love bunch of niggas giving fake daps fake hugs in the cut with a dutch ask if you smoke bud putting dust in the blunt tell you smoke that smoke that put you in a v put it right under the seat while they re working wit police tell you hold that hold that i ain t gotta say shorty claiming you re her boo is fucking every other dude that s a known fact know that we talk with vanity we talk but can it be reason they seem to depart humanity speak as we peeps thats retard insanity real recognize real we far from family feet my hands on they throat they necks either i break it or show me respect i was kicked to the curb showed me neglect until i hitchhiked my way to the road of success keeping my promise put on for my set indeed i m a problem they know i m a threat with this music all true shit trying to go from criminal to legit doing everything they said that i couldn t trying to show that they new shits bull shit it s s i n y east coast shit show them how the brother from east coast get paying my dues came out of the blue like a gat popping flag dropping east coast crip i get critiques from the public they always think that i m on but the city won t appreciate nothing until i made it gone how could you appreciate jesus if you were raised on qurans how could you appreciate jordan if you was raised on lebron we re i m two different cultures different time zone i was raised in the era wu got on big pac really died in my time zone jigga nas kept it alive in my time zone my zones pretty evident married this broad we call the game imma carry the torch my comps irrelevant feel like it s heaven sent feel like god s saying it s practically yours watch how i spit it how i live it i live it to the limit ain t nobody gonna twist it how i twist shit up ain t no competition with the rapping i treat it like a wet napkin how i rip shit up ain t nobody really gonna spit like us lames they ain t really try to change in the game til i came in the door kid spitting out that raw if this rapping was a race nigga eat my dust fall back watch a nigga heat shit up ride with a nigga to s i ain t no lie that i shine on a nigga when i rhyme you can bring og in his prime he ain t fucking with that tah nigga nah imma go get the pump you don t want the kid to go pop that trunk coming at the id get smoked like a blunt imma get em for they goods when i blow past one 