Yeah You don't know half of the shit that I seen You ain't been half of these places I been I put my faith and my trust in a dream Now I'm hoppin' in planes in pursuit for that C.R.E.A.M. (Hey) I get money legit and I'm glad that it's clean (Yeah) Got me a bag and I built me a team They used to laugh at the kid as a teen Now they call me a king like I dooried the queen They call me cousin, but we ain't relation My people reside in the Gomeroi nation Might put my mum on vacation to show that we made it I'm sorry for the complication (Hey) Now you see a Black man winnin' in a white man's system They don't want to see that shit, no way (Ayy, ayy) Rather make a Black man villain, so police come kill him With a badge and a gun every day, doot-doot-doot-doot (What can I say?) Tell me it is what it is I'm changin' this shit for my kids (Oh) Duffy's corner down to Lexo, we come from the ghetto And that's why we doin' it big (Sheesh) So fuck what you thought, I do this shit for my daughter Thank God we didn't abort Young and indigenous, you gonna witness a brother That's comin' through, kickin' down doors We livin' good (We livin' good) Count all my blessings, I learnt all my lessons From back in the hood (Back in the hood) Shouts to the ones that been doubtin' and never Believed that we would (Nah) I took my chances, and did everything That I knew and I could (That's right) Now we livin' cosy, we livin' blessed And we livin' good Right Right Yeah Yeah (I'll never go to jail, make me) Let me take you back in time when shit was bad and we was broke I spent most my time on benders, smokin' yarndi, sniffin' coke Put my family through the ropes so much, my mum could hardly cope Shit ain't a joke, man, I was so close to the end of losin' hope (Yeah) Lost so many friends to drugs, I swear that cut me deep Lost some friends to suicide and I still see them in my sleep (Sheesh) Sometimes I stop and think, man, will I ever be at peace? Another year, another funeral, another friend deceased Fuck's sake Got so much up on my plate But my daughter looks for guidance so I keep a poker face Hold the whole world on my shoulders, man, we pray for better days I hope Baiame sees my efforts that I put to better ways I still know that I'm a sinner, don't think that that'll change Where the fuck was Jesus Christ when I was scrapin' up for change? Been through so much shit, I'm glad we made it through the rain But if I had a second chance, I'd probably do this shit again I'm just sayin' So you seein' how we livin' now Fuck, you thought we'd be the same? Shit, it's different now Rather hear me talkin' like I was a criminal They don't wanna hear I'm proud, fuck it, I'ma scream it loud, ah Came a long way from addiction These days, it's good food and H2O in my system Made it out, they hate it now, success leads to confliction That's why I keep 'em so distant, 'cause people change in an instant I got no time for no fake shit, and I sure as hell don't take shit Loyalty over everything, I'm with the same ones that I came with Never settle for the same shit, we was never for the fame It's the love, it's the pain, it's the art, just the basics