I ain't really tryna make it big (big) I just wanna pay my momma crib (crib) I just want her out in the hills (hills) Driving foreign in a little whip (do it) Doing what it takes just to get it (get it) Yea I went to jail and got acquitted (got acquitted) Old girl hit my line wanna work it out but I'm just tryna get it how i live it look (I'm good) Caught up in the movement I was at the bottom where were you then (where were you then) Tryna push through it making it work you can keep your 2 cents Keep your 2 cents swerving the lane Bout that action serving up game Keep it a buck ain't feeling the fame But I need a guap so remember the name Switch the flow up with the drums (drums) Look around and ain't nobody colder (colder) Someone said love is a drug (drug) And for the past 3 years I've been sober (sober) Doing what it takes and i show up (show up) Tryna get a grip of the controlla (trolla) I've been supernova Messing with these little boulders Got em praying I don't blow up But my kids be on my shoulders like (kids be on my shoulders like) This is for the motherfuckers who've been saying I could never do it (I could never do it-do it) I've been steady hustlin plotting on a come up slowly gettin to it (slowly gettin to it) Give a little intro cause you never met a motherfucker quite like me (like me) Give a little demo memo special get it hype like me (me) I feel my insecurities acting up (acting up) So I need a girl to back it up (back it up) Drop it down low bring it up slow hit it one time then I make her pack it up (pack it up) Don't even think you matching up See the crown dismantled that was us (that was us) Tryna pull shit who this spittin too sick too quick for the simple mind I snatch it up (snatch it up) From a city eat you alive Beats you and I If you survive It's 9-5 Working everyday just to get you by Its either that or you chasing a high Chasing a vibe that you can't forget Simple minded people never can progress Tryna make it through it pushin through the stress Gotta give it all till I got none left Coming from the city of scandals Everybody don't handle Little flame of the candle but I don't quit Better not test don't stress representing the west and you we know we the best put it on quick And I'm on this p's and q's I got nothing to lose With something to prove Any weapon you choose Guaranteed to lose When I'm stepping in the ring tryna tighten the screws (got a few loose) Said that I'm bad with vision Tryna find my way since the last decision Everybody judge me like I'm bad intentioned Ain't nobody coming getting that attention Been a savage It's been automatic I've been causing damage You don't want the static I've been far from average Lyric acrobatics Tryna separate us from the mad fanatics (go)