Cool I hope you see the signs I hope you recognize I hope you read the finer print I hope you know your lines I hope you ready for that action 'cause it's camera time I hope that you can handle yours the way I handle mine Now open up your mind It's time to take a ride Let go of what you thought you knew 'cause you been hypnotized Yeah you fell for the lies The twinkle in your eyes Real deep, real deep, real deep, how I roll Gotta watch just where I go Bundle up this world is cold Got a grip lock on my soul Got caps-lock on your flow Don't say none but we know That you not friend you foe Don't play 'round like we bros Don't play 'round like we bros We not the same got different goals, welcome to the pros You crossed the line you out of bounds, need to watch your toes When they can't score, they start to foul, but that's just how it goes, goes, goes, goes These days I demand respect Too scared to face me eye to eye It's why they talking out the side of they neck If I don't break it down, I'm gonna lose 'em A lot of things that they not gonna get The real supervillains working in labs Static up against Trapper and Specks Bad game of fetch, can't nobody catch Got the kids tryna rep the projects Build a car wash to clean the money Real gangsta's know how to study Start a church and start getting tithes like praise the Lord, you know Jesus coming Show of hands if you were surprised that 45 ain't paying nothing (Ooh, chill bro) Look 45 ain't pay, but 45 still paid God move in mysterious ways They still not hearing the wave Mask off, Rey Mysterio face Everyone ain't gonna believe this Pride slimmer than anemics Throw it up like bulimics Real crooks ain't sellin' dope I was around all hell and hope Thin line between jail and pros That shouldn't be possible We gave up hella food They gave us pot to smoke We tried to crack the code They gave us lots of coke Dirty Sprite I hear them screaming March Madness brackets gleamin' They split my heart in pieces The final for this season I gave up half of all my hope, I turned my back to freedom I gotta pay to save my business, stealing business evil These days I demand my chips God save 'em, we stuck in the street Lord willin' I get my peace, and don't gotta use my piece I bought a chain of to show I'm free and can't make sense of that They heard us speaking out the truth and then they censored that I hope you see the signs I hope you recognize I hope you read the finer print I hope you know your lines I hope you ready for that action 'cause it's camera time I hope that you can handle yours the way I handle mine Now open up your mind It's time to take a ride Let go of what you thought you knew 'cause you been hypnotized Yeah, you fell for the lies The twinkle in your eyes (Ooh) Look I was sleep in the projects Thank God I ain't die yet, huh I ain't no convict but they say I'm a prospect, huh You couldn't put fear in me until they took Denario, look Change the scenario, now I'm on your stereo And I'm back up in the booth, it ain't no photo ops Real slick when I'm showin' out My brother had to lay his bricks down so he could build a house He made a nuthin' outta something just from word of mouth This world is ludicrous, P