Twenty years ago we drove
We drinkin' Cristal in, yeah
Drinkin' Ace of Spade like it's codeine now
Tryna put a million on the whole team now
So all the ladies havin' ba bies,
Mama had four kids, but she's a lesbian
Had to hide in the closet,
So ciety shame and the pain
Cried tears of joy when you fell in love
Don't matter to me if it's a him or her
I just wanna see you smile
Marie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake
as draft picks, my name did not get called
Bet before I go, I put a billion on the board
Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen
Y'all knew that was comin',
I had to remind y'all again, huh?
Now the whole project's on my jet
Now you see the real in the front row
Niggas switched sides, traded pride,
A loss ain't a loss, it's a lesson
Appreciate the pain, it's a blessin'
I know you often heard me
'Bout bein' back in the Lex us
But trust me, that was nothin'
A nigga up in the hundreds of millions
I have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin',
Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy"
In my rear- view mirror, objects
is further than they appear
Oh yeah, I was born with a pair
he looked up and out of the Lear
Fuck a slice of the apple pie,
But he gotta re spect the Elo
him as a whole new regime
And niggas playin' for power, huh
Ours was, "Fuck you, pay me"
Now it's, "Fuck payin' me,
Put the rest away for Blue"
That blood money, I giggle at it
Jewelry shoppin' in Paris
All y'all jewelers should be embarrassed,
Blood diamonds drippin', we cute
I still ain't trippin', that's life,
s, America like me ruthless
My therapist said I relapsed
I said, "Prehaps I Freudian
slipped in European whips"
God sen t me to break the chain
the rest of these niggas is vain
A stain on the white suit,
Niggas'll rip your shit off
Niggas'll love you but hate you 'cause
Dump 'em all in the bayou, uh
Everybody wave bye to the guy
you thought you can lie to
This was meant to be a haiku, huh
And too old, these that drugs
Heroin flow, I spaz on the stove
This is Hov, no flex zone,
the security I provided you
Oh y'all thought I was washed?
Launderin' dirty money like
Shout out to Hoffa back home,
we know the system don't work
Take a young nigga freedom
Yet it's legal in Colorado
That's why it's a black market,
that's why it's called the trap
That's why it's called the project
All these people was gon' kill me,
'Cause the more I reveal me,
the more they 'fraid of the real me
Welcome back Carter, smile
Can you imagine what kind
In the shadows people see
Living two lives, happy, but not free
You live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting
your family or the person you love
The world is changing and they
But you live with the fear
Living in the shadow feels
like the safe place to be
No harm for them, no harm for me
But life is short, and it's time to be free
because life isn't guaranteed
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