[Intro: Bekon & Kid Capri]
It was always me versus the world
Until I found it's me versus me
Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
Just remember what happens on earth
Stays on earth!
We gon' put it in reverse!
[Talking: J Lyles]
This for my homie that's real close to me
He said something been stressin' em out so...
I decided to put it on a track for em
Oh J Lyles!
Oh J Lyles!
Oh J Lyles!
[Verse: J Lyles]
I know a nigga stressin cuz he know what he want
But he don't wanna disappoint his fam by takin' the jump
He havin premonitions, bout droppin out of a college he never thought of attendin' but mama would never fall in the idea
I mean the fact her youngest son is a legend...
He can never spread his wings, he feel he wasting on lessons...
His time because he know that he ain't never been in to lines and pencils unless it meant that he was writing a sentence
I meant to mention that this nigga was ambitious as ever
He claims respect, he never asks because he know niggas never, respect a nigga that ain't sure he raw, he does something clever
He never say he raw, he spit and tell a nigga remember...
He don't wanna be a star because he is that already
He don't worry bout the rankings cuz he been rappin heavy
He bumpin' his old music, gettin' niggas to listen...
But he don't never get exposure so he patiently wishin...
Prayin' for uprise, while others on down fall...
But he prays for them so he knows a nigga just can't fall..
That's what his girl said, she his number one vision....
But they share a goal in common, gettin money and livin'/ a satisfactory life of passion, they dissin strife from every
Single angle, their vision is intertwined, already grindin heavy
For the children on plot, Jerrod, and lil baby Georgia
And Nina, lil Rashad / got the "kids gotta eat" type mindset...
So whatever they gotta the children is mighty blessed
The guy be steppin in shoes that's needed to climb the steps
To the best, ay kids, yo daddy is a legend..
Yo daddy is a blessin' and yo mama is a queen
So all that you represent is lying right in between
It's no excuses for you when you go follow yo dreams
Cuz some people rooting for you and others is worrying
If they worry, they against you, it's as simple as that
Cuz worry's the start of doubt and that's the simplest fact
He's like "lemme tell you this, cuz no one told me before
You a star and you can reach bout any goal you adore"..
My nigga trynna build a legacy, a certain illusion..
He got a brother that be tellin' em his purpose is music
And he believe it cuz he see it every time he decides
To close his eyes, it's a vision that just can't be denied so he's discernin'... to rap as if his life was depending on it...
Rappin' to save a life, my nigga writes like he penned a sonnet
Yet scrappin' up fixed deposits, but soon he'll rinse the wallet
Cuz he made a promise to him that he wouldn't get involved in..
The bull that gets promoted in the media hype..
He been readying himself to reach the tedious heights
He wrote a proclamation, pinned it to the right of his cubicle, quote, "i'll never sell my soul no matter how far the music go"...
This nigga crazy, really thinkin he a legend and what not, he sittin'
At bus stops and spittin for locals, even they think he loco
He just trynna be vocal, he think rappin' in the city soon'll turn
Into global.. and it kills him how the process of it's slow as a snail, marketin major gon' to waste, he been promoting himself..
My homie stressed, but surely knows he can't extract from the dream... cuz he been seein' all the signs that been impacting
The scheme... so he keeps at it, writing til' his eyes
Wanna sleep, repeatedly under pressure by demise
Of his dreams, but you wanna know a really
Funny thing bout my g? the homie that i'm
Talkin' bout is actually... *gunshot*
[Outro: Bekon]
It was always me, me, me, me, me
