
Date of issue: 12.05.2016
Record label: HHV
Song language: English
Story of Me |
Still here |
Somehow |
Man, it took me 15 years to understand my worth |
It was 1988 when Marley planned my birth |
Had to get my feet up out of the sand and surf |
Never thought that my rap lines would span the earth |
But they did, went to every corner of the globe |
It’s time to reveal, since y’all really wanna probe |
I went from Brownsville kid, gone to King’s County |
To Queenstown, sitting in a sauna in a robe |
And since then, never took a day off from the pen |
I understood hard work would pay off in the end |
Yeah for as long as my body is strong |
I’mma give it all I got, try to body a song |
I’mma give it all I got, try to rip that show |
And yo, understand I got to get that dough |
And so, cause I know how to spit that flow |
Sold out three nights in a row, like Tic-Tac-Toe |
In the fast lane, kick back slow, no need to rush |
We royalty, bow down at the feet of us |
The anticipation, it’s like |
Standing on the corner in the cold and you can see the bus |
It’s finally here, our arrival |
Raised in the ghetto, singing songs called survival |
We stand, united by the beat, man |
Tight plan, right hand on the Bible |
Try to let you know |
Just want to let you see |
The real is all I know |
Real is what I be |
Time is now for y’all |
Now is now for me |
Life is beautiful |
This the story of me |
Just try to make history |
Gotta make history (history) |
Ain’t no mystery |
Gotta make history (history) |
Know my history |
Gotta make history (history) |
Can’t shake destiny |
Just gotta make history, yeah, yeah, yeah |
I almost had the nineties by the throat |
I was just that close to getting money by the boatload |
Instead of hoping what I wrote flowed |
I could have said: «Whoop, there it is» |
But it would have felt so wrong to do that song |
Try to prove I belong in a crew that strong |
Listen, understand, this is preordain |
This is written by God then we all came |
Could have signed with Def Jam but Lyor changed |
Changed his mind at the strangest time |
He was still destined to sign a dangerous mind |
Another cat with the grind the same as mine |
Another son born on the fourth would come |
He was of course the one with that course to run |
And like a ham sandwich on the softest bun |
I refuse to eat it, I will not be defeated |
Here to stay and get a lot completed |
This what I got to offer, what I got is needed |
Confident but I’m not conceited and I swear |
The same mistakes I made will not be repeated |
I choose to keep paying up dues |
Life try to beat me up like scuffed shoes |
It was hard, doctor called me off guard |
Same place I was born, got the rough news |
We rise, we fall and pray |
For better days |
Why shoot we for the stars |
And prayed for better aim? |
The world, the pain remained |
It never change |
Long as the sun will show |
The cold is still the same |
Just try to make history |
Gotta make history |
Ain’t no mystery |
Gotta make history (history) |
Know my history |
Gotta make history (history) |
Can’t shake destiny |
Just gotta make history, yeah, yeah, yeah |
We rise, we fall and pray |
For better days |
Why shoot we for the stars |
And prayed for better aim? |
The world, the pain remained |
It never change |
Long as the sun will show |
The cold is still the same |
Just try to make history |
Gotta make history (history) |
Ain’t no mystery |
Gotta make history (history) |
Know my history |
Gotta make history (history) |
Can’t shake destiny |
Just gotta make history, yeah, yeah, yeah |
The story of me, never would have knew me without it |
And they won’t make a movie about it |
I mean, I guess they could but truly I doubt it |
Mad friends watching Ralph McDaniels, knew me and shout it |
Oh snap, that’s Duval, he live in my building |
Life in the PJ’s, living and building |
Whether you in Seflo or living in Tilden |
Trying to escape men, women and children |
A product of the same and when I got into the game |
Initially my moms was really shocked and ashamed |
She was like: «Boy you got a Bachelor’s» |
And I was like: «Why they call it a b. |
s?» |
Bullshit walks as far is what I was taught |
Yet I ain’t had one job interview and she stressed |
The story of me, born from the story of us |
Studio bound, the story of us |
My Honda’s in the shop, no warranty |
I need a new regulator, no Warren G |
But I’mma get by, do or die |
And then I left URI |
I looked around and then came the yellow tape |
I decided to sit on chrome and accelerate |
And after that, I knew they wanted me gone and singing a |
Swan song but I decided to let 'em wait |
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