Everybody saying that I never could make it
And I kept praying that the Lord won't forsake me
Lost in the matrix, stuck in the basics
Got my name from a Nas cut with AZ (ayy, you dey hear me?)
Cut from the cloth as Jay-Z
No club rock but I rock for the ages
Couple said rap was not for the ladies (you dey hear me?)
But I rock from the rock of ages
Mama said her son was lost and crazy
And they told me hip-hop no go pay me (you dey hear me?)
And my senses couldn't have sensed it
Not photogenic, I was not for the lenses
My type of drive was not for the Benzes
Lot of them born with silver spoons, we ate with hands, like we never had spoons
Not like we never had spoons but boarding house, you know, secondary school (Floreat)
Not like I never could lose, but every time I do, it's a legendary move
I don't have nothing else to prove, and even if I did, I'll do it in a few
Tell me if you ready bro, let's go, me I full ground like ten toes (ayy)
You been dey one side dey chop egg rolls, two seconds, everywhere explode (gbos)
Two seconds, everywhere explode (gbos), now I got tints on the windows (ayy)
Now I got wheels, baby, let's roll, I remember when I couldn't buy egg rolls (let's go)
Hmm, my ex-girlfriends wouldn't like this
Told them I'd make a life with my vices
How could I had known they would make me feel lifeless
Like I wasn't in my right mind yet, mindless (you dey hear me?)
And I don't let things go, like I should
Got money now, but I feel stifled
Knowing any time I could die too
Mindful, my mind's full (you dey hear me?)
Who to love, who you trust, who you was
Came a long way from lapping in buses
Now we're asking what's new to us
Haters are numerous, beef please, humour us
I see the light in the dark, it's illuminous
Now everybody wanna be cool with us, but who's with us? (Hear me)
That's what success does, tryna figure how we're winning, there's a concept for it
Press on forward, rest assured
Living in Naija, that's enough stress for us (you dey hear me?)
Then the pressure's on, the questions come
"Are you really the one, or your conscience wrong?"
Ask yourself before depression comes
Tell me if you ready bro, let's go, me I full ground like ten toes
You been dey one side dey chop egg rolls, two seconds, everywhere explode (gbos)
Two seconds, everywhere explode (gbos), now I got tints on the windows
Now I got wheels, baby, let's roll, I remember when I couldn't buy egg rolls (let's go)