Good or evening, friends Smile, you
Slammin' Bentley doors like we doors 20 ago we drove Bentley Azures We drinkin' Cristal in, the trey on me like Chris Paulin' Drinkin' Ace of Spade like it's now put a million on the whole team now Push through the pain so we can see new So all the ladies babies, see a sacrifice Mama had four kids, but she's a Had to so long that she's a thespian Had to hide in the closet, so she Society and the pain was too much to take tears of joy when you fell in love Don't matter to me if a him or her I just wanna see you smile all the hate Marie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat
Bad times turn to memories, smile Even I'm gone and you remember me, smile times never fade away, smile Even if I'm not you here today, smile Good morn' or evening, Here's friendly announcer
Far as draft picks, my did not get called Bet before I go I put a billion on the Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all a pen Y'all knew that was comin', I had to y'all again, huh? Flyin' paper through the projects Now the projects on my jet Now you see the real in the row In every one of y'all shows facts Niggas switched sides, traded pride, we do all that A loss ain't a loss, a lesson Appreciate the pain, a blessin'
Bad times to good memories, smile Even I'm gone and you remember me, smile Good times never fade away, Even if I'm not with you here today, Good or evening, friends
I mastered my I know you often heard me wax 'Bout bein' in the Lexus But trust me, that was A up in the hundreds of millions I no ceilings, ah, this that feelin', I'm that boy Baker's "You Bring Me Joy" Slappin' out of the toy, the is clear In my mirror, objects is further than they appear Oh yeah, I was born a pair for high stakes Norman Cake, he looked up and out of the How niggas relate? Fuck a slice of the apple pie, want my own my own fate Respect Jimmy But he gotta respect the Elohim as a whole new And playin' for power, huh So our is ours Niggas only own was, "Fuck you, pay me" Now it's, "Fuck me, I pay you Put the rest for Blue" That money, I giggle at it Can't even my miss' habit Jewelry shoppin' in All jewelers should be embarrassed, huh Blood diamonds drippin', we I still trippin', that's life, winners and losers Drug and abusers, America like me ruthless My therapist I relapsed I said, "Prehaps I Freudian slipped in whips" God me to break the chain I'm the and livin' God in the flesh, the of these niggas is vain A on the white suit, inferior IQ Niggas'll rip your shit off just to spite you Ahhhh, did I do? 'Cept try to you Niggas'll love you but hate you 'cause can't be you 'em all in the bayou, uh Everybody wave bye to the guy you you could lie to This was to be a haiku, huh But my story's too to fit inside the line And too old, these that flow, I spaz on the stove This is Hov, no zone, nigga, who lied to you? Look, you a Don't ever the security I provided you Oh thought I was washed? I'm at the Launderin' dirty money the teamsters, huh Shout out to Hoffa home, he in the church When I heard you got booked, that hurt Fear for you, bro, we the system don't work Take a young nigga freedom over some Yet it's in Colorado Yeah, we Black entrepreneurs, enterprise That's why it's a black market, that's why it's the trap That's why it's called the project 'cause exactly that All these was gon' kill me, heh 'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the me Welcome back Carter,
in the shadow Can you imagine kind of life it is to live? In the shadows people see you as happy and that's what you want them to see Living two lives, happy, but not You live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting your or the person you love The world is and they say it's time to be free But you live with the of just being me Living in the shadow feels like the place to be No harm for them, no for me But is short, and it's time to be free who you love, because life isn't guaranteed