I had high expectations Got used to them high-yield bonds and grew impatient Got tired of five-year terms and maturation, nothin' to gain, waitin' 'Til it's private planes without propellers when I vacation Fresh off of doin' that bid and these niggas hating 'Cause I ain't got conditions of parole or probation When they ask me how'd I do it, I say, "Insider trading" Martha Stewart, then I laugh in these niggas' faces Just know I'm throwin' cash at any further cases And that's me ridin' past in that spaceship I'm actually one that would rather remain faceless But can't because nothin' in my character's baseless, face this Some may never have to take that trip Surrender your body to the game then the matrix But gangster is makeshift You organize the block, we make the shifts We make shit out of ourselves and still turn my back on my mama My father, my sister, my brother A few women claimin' that they love me My baby mama and my son didn't show up When I realized I ain't tell 'em I was leaving When the bailiff threw me in the cuffs, fuck Then he whispered in my ear, "This too shall pass" Now I'm shackled by my frame to the floor of a bus with some strangers Cliqued up with some demons, got into it with some lifers Learned to communicate with angels Ready to poke a nigga eye out Avoided a bunch of liars, stayed sharper than my banger Feelin' like I could've been born in a manger Fell in love with my anger Back of my mind, I'm thinkin', "Damn, I should've worked at Chrysler Then went and bought the coke with the buyout" Now my whole life in a duffel bag, ridin' out Probably could've been president If I ain't grow up a Detroit resident Infatuated with guns, gettin' funds off dice shootin' Gamblin', hoopin' and illegal medicines Feelin' one with the most high and it's evident Bullets never lie, it's a heaven-sent So I'm back on the block 'cause she my one and only friend And commandin' my four elements: Money, power, respect and the concrete Rocky Rhodes What up, Weight? Cuzzo Yeah, it's ConCreatures Drug Zone Under the pale moonlight, you niggas never danced with the Devil State Troopers behind you while you slam on your pedal Gettin' in that Regal, hand on your metal, magnum special Sandwich bag full of pebbles, and it's max if they catch you It's real life shit, this ain't Hansel & Gretel In my kitchen, Pyrex right next to the kettle Open the cabinet, Farina right next to the pet milk With my strap on, the sink full of dishes and residue Phone tapped I think, and my minutes is hella low Who in the hell'd think that that kid'd be sellin' dope? From petty thief, misdemeanors to federal Seventeen in the clink for some weed in my leather coat Never seen in the spee so the Ds will never know Where we keepin' the Ps and them keys of perico Desert Eag' in my jeans, lemon squeeze, I'll let it blow If you ready to leave, here the keys to Heaven go I'm knowin' that the time has been something That's precious because, I won't get it back So I can use the pressure to guide the transformation That is happening, you know 'Cause that's what the pressure is there for, to transform you And in my, and in my recognition In how precious the time is, it's gon' take Because I'm in this gestational period, I can build myself I'm countin' guap like a packed casino In the coffee shop, whippin' cream up to cappuccino Hubba rocks got the fiends runnin' back with singles Chasin' a high they ain't seen since sellin' crack was legal Face it, no probation, out on bail Fresh outta jail, no laces in my number twelves So anxious to blaze up this blill I been savin' since county jail Put on my street clothes Took off my county blues, put on my Free Throws Kicked off my shower shoes, then threw my piece on Cut off my wristband, then threw my freeze on Screw my earring in and threw my ring on Put on my C-frames, turn on my minute phone Cut on my Nextel, threw my D fitted on They call me King James Jones, it's writ in stone All my ConCreatures gettin' it on On the hill Tippin' over scales to provide for the fam Posted on the concrete, makin' all the sales Cakin' off the regs, breakin' off the pills This for every convict wakin' up in jail Makin' up his bed, openin' his mail Readin' "Dear John" letters, family members dead A witness disappeared, another court date appearance While awaiting trial hearings Don't talk me to death My aunties Lynette and Marsha accept the charges A neph' had to call 'em collect They're my ConCreature reps and they love me to death Even though they say my head hard as a brick And the preacher hopin' that this Fed charge don't stick To my black ass, p-p-pedal down the foothill Wheelies on the front on the Dyno with the black mask Black mags, rhinos in my black mag, black flag Red rag representin' brick slabs, Six Flags Seven, Six or Pick Ave, big bag, get cash Sellin' niggas brick slabs, big hash, 710s and nick bags McNabb, Eagle with the clip stashed Whiplash quick-fast, miss me with the riff-raff Snitch-ass, kiss-ass dick-suckin' bitch mad His bad, ConCreatures, Westside On the hill Tippin' over scales to provide for the fam Posted on the concrete, makin' all the sales Cakin' off the regs, breakin' off the pills This for every convict wakin' up in jail This is a (Jail) this is a 24 karat gold faucet, heheheh Money, money, money! I had to be purposeful in my absence I had to give definition to what my shape would be You know, when I'm transforming myself Chh, when I came up, it was- it was like Uh, what they call it? Sensory overload It was surreal, you know, like Colors were just brighter, like I had never seen before Like I had never seen the color of leaves on a tree or something Like I had never seen sunlight reflecting off the paint of a car You know, and just knowing that, you know, you are alive And this is actually happening, and where you just woke up You know-is really and truly behind you