Hard work pays off what they told me I'm just tryna pay off what they shown me I know a couple niggas that still owe me But I don't hold no grudges, that's the old me Village boy living life in the big city Riding round centre it get hot, piffy I like getting high cause i forget my sorrows I get fly, walking's overrated And we get by, through God and motivation I was boxed in a room patiently waiting, Mentally located in the book of Job They say freedom is pricey But I'll pay the price, just to be free What it takes to be me, they could never understand Raised by my traumas and my ambition My mind a deadly weapon I don't need no ammunition Deep in the slums find me with an unknown Everybody wanna be a star of their own Are you real or a clone Do you mob for your zone Do you mob for your zone Do you ride for your bros If the pressure turns up Is you gon rise or fold Is you gon rise or fold We gon kick down doors We grew up in the coke era Plastic bags full of money, blowing on cheddar, We was young, living wild, tryna do better More money more problems so we stuck together They told me if we get it right then we rich forever I been in storms, like an umbrella You know my team we gon get it like the mob fellas If I gotta do the job, do it with pleasure Big thinking got me rolling in a AMG Taking risks, tryna move my business overseas It's like they hating cause I stay busy getting ps, You never helped feel the aura of my enemies Friends turned fake, move snake over jealousy She love me like slow jams, weed, sex and ecstasy I'm tryna get away from what's killing me Before they put me in a box, protect my family Deep in the slums find me with an unknown Everybody wanna be a star of their own Are you real or a clone Do you mob for your zone Do you mob for your zone Do you ride for your bros If the pressure turns up Is you gon rise or fold Is you gon rise or fold We gon kick down doors