[Intro]
My momma told me that imma be something, and honestly I ain’t believe her
I was chubby kid up to no good
I got mud on my hoodies, and dirt on adidas
I went from rapping, to hooping, to trooping, then back to the rapping
I picked up the pieces to make me a master
The past was so bad that they pass, I got Jesus or Revis at defense
I had to kill all my demons and dance with the devil get to the peak or the zenith
Whatever you call it, I had to get smarter
The bar getting harder, the flow getting meaner
People was hating ‘till we get it popping
And now they want in, but I’m too busy locked in
I run up the stock, now they calling me Stockton
I’m running your pockets, you wish you could beat us
[Verse 1]
I think it’s really about time
I’ll show ‘em that I be about mine
Can’t keep up the cadence, cause MC the greatest, you best be degraded to outline
From now we gone get rich or die trying
I turn 50 cent to a house sign
Man I’m too dedicated, I’m too educated, I get to the plate and I outshine
I can’t help but think in elementary teachers were testing me, pressing bout what we gone be
And when I said imma be rapping instead of a bachelor, they were just laughing at me
Attending the college but still be a problem
He ripping the stages, he came from the bottom
Don’t know how to solve ‘em
They don’t know what caught ‘em
I battled the beat, now they tasseling me
Tell me now, who said you better than me?
(No)
Oh you be all in them streets?
(So)
It’s getting scurry, we reign, ain’t no flurry, I’m Curry, my three like a free
(Throw)
I turn my beast into beast mode, laid the vocals and beats tho’
Feel like Russell Vitale, don’t go to nobody
You bet against me, you get repo’d
I don’t need no opinion or co-sign, I’ve been building my throne on my own dime
Even Cena can’t see me, I should be on TV, I’ll bet they’ll be calling me showtime
I been feeling the pressure, like Cole before signing
I’ll be making diamonds in no time
Got full off the ramen before all the rhyming
Who knew that this road be a gold mine
[Hook]
I’ve been balling every day
Hauling all the weight
They gone keep on calling, I can’t ever fall away
I’ve been balling every day
Brawl or hit the brake
They gone keep on falling, I can’t ever fall away
I’ve been balling every day
Hauling all the weight
They gone keep on calling, I can’t ever fall away
I’ve been balling every day
Brawl or hit the brake
They gone keep on falling, I can’t ever fall away
[Verse 2]
On my own, there’s just nothing to it
I don’t need nobody if I got the music
I’m losing my mind, I can’t find me a new one
The school of hard knocks, I wish I was a truant
I got some oldies that outdo your new hits
I might drop ‘em all with this song just to prove it
Abusing the beat, got ‘em singing the blues
And I kick it in forces, that’s just how we do it
Check the byline, there’s a fine line ‘tween the guidelines we abide by
Till the sun done, that’s my lifeline, when the stress come, y’all go bye bye
Bring the bright lights, imma shut it down
From the floor up, coming underground
Name a player matching up to me, if we see some game, we gone hunt it down
I ain’t really with the runaround
They be talking tough until I run ‘em down
Mini Hova when we pick and roll up
When the game is over we gone run the town
Man you out of bounds coming round here
Tired of telling ‘em it’s our year
Never soured under limelight
Never cowardice to my fears
Ball like my name is John Stock, or Malone, got em on lock
Crowd favorite, they gone let you hear it when them double zeros hit the shot clock
Make ‘em sleep, then I let it spray
All net, then we celebrate
Long nights, working in the lab, we done paved a way to a better day
[Hook]
I’ve been balling every day
Hauling all the weight
They gone keep on calling, I can’t ever fall away
I’ve been balling every day
Brawl or hit the brake
They gone keep on falling, I can’t ever fall away
I’ve been balling every day
Hauling all the weight
They gone keep on calling, I can’t ever fall away
I’ve been balling every day
Brawl or hit the brake
They gone keep on falling, I can’t ever fall away
