Underneath us all Is a lifelong call Came from no-thin-ing To have e-very-thing You see the big car that I ride You don't see, to get there it took drive You don't see, all them tears that I cried Paint drippin wet, easy ride to get the 'vet, shit You just see a brilliant mind Think it's easy to find all the words that'll rhyme You ain't saw all the time that I grind Loggin' long hours, 'n givin up the pine Lookin' for the set path but I'm blind Them runway lights wasn't lined Couldn't lift off but I was tryin If I said I didn't crash I'd be lyin Shootin' for the stars tryin' to reach Orion Chartin' for them stars like a Mayan You see all the money and the cash You don't see, when I was down to my last You think I'm loaded, yeah, always stayin' strapped You don't see when I was strapped for the cash Contemplate turn the heat on myself 'n let it blast I was promised to finish first That bubble burst, how'd I end up last Robbin' on that sweet life Jolly Ranchers, Jolly Rogers Shit it wasn't all jolly with that bitter white flag on the mast Felt like givin up But I ain't given out Not now, not later, not ever I'm on the elevator Getting high from the haters You gon' pay me my respect Is it now or is it later Candy Bars, sellin' out the box Now straight pimpin', sellin out the box Duffel bag boy, duffel boy Get the bag boy, get the bag boy You a bad boy, you a bad boy Go 'n get the Juice, 'n that's love Rest in peace youngblood But there's other ways off the street You can say, that ya boy's got it made You can say, it's been straight lemonade You can say, it's all sunshine no shade You can say, all the roads they were paved But I know, it'was dirt roads in the day 'N I know, some days it was gray 'N I'll always remember, the hand I was gave 'N I'm takin them lemons to the grave I had to pay to get paid Had to make it wasn't made Had to make it wasn't made What'cha say, what'cha say, ayy I had to pay to get paid Had to make it wasn't made Had to make it wasn't made All day You see the big house on the hill You don't see that little shack that I grew up in the 'ville Take 'em back, take 'em back Yeah back before stacks, before we rolled 'Lacs Before Rolex, before da big mac We were eatin' big macs, we were smokin' those stacks Characters the only thing we didn't lack Take 'em back, take em' back Ascension started as a stairstep crack In a Riverdale trap Yeah back before these handsome stacks Things were kinda ugly I mean that hoods tryin' to hug me Fizzy drinks, 'n that shit wasn't bubby Just sayin It wan't always lovely Just sayin it wan't always sunny Just sayin We didn't always have this money