Apologies in advance, Mobbing Deep with the clan 290 to Dan, riotmen in my class Beatboxin', basqiat dreadlockin' The nerdy kid, he stuffed in lockers Tell em' be cool like a lozenge Niggas see you with the flodging They ready to pull your card, like uno out I could tell you, but this shit you know 'bout I'm talking 17 I thought I was the, told the, coldest Skipping class, get my ass a phone and office Left my job and gave they ass a one week notice Back at home I feel I'm Macaulay Culkin Knew this shit was good like I am Kobe, postin' Never left the luck, I got a four leaf clover Paranoid as when them boys will pull me over Stackin' up my paper like a loose leaf owner See me on Cobra, I felt like the culprit None of they shit come down, treat me like a toilet Tomahawk a hook and I 360 with the verses Soldier like the service, bus like I got service All they lines down, I'm around and they nervous Reachin' on the ground like the carpet, persian I come from a town where the topic: murder I feel like the crown on my conscious, curvin' it News like I'm Burgundy, hurtin' me so Worth to be perfectly hurt me and mo' His sound it might sell, if I ain't never grow I didn't fold when a label approach Lay down a lay, it's a-rest like Joes Stay in your lane like you payin' a toll Hate cause they ain't gonna pay what they owe Snakes in the grass, put the apes in the zoo Gorilla readin' corinthian callin' you realest like Christopher callin them Indian This is not that Presidential I should get a top-hat off experience Quiet like librarian, how they all silent around I'm like that guy in the town Die for the crown I keep my ear to the street I keep my eye to the clouds All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me, best me possibly Upset drunk on a cold night Should stop now but I won't lie Nigga I remember those days when I used to have no lights (no lights) That was back when... That was back when... Back when it was nothin' but a dream Food drive service, black churches kept my mother cookin' daily dinner, breakfast, even lunches for the team Pulled me to the side, told me she was savin' up a bucket full of green Hush plans boy, nothin's for the scene Get up off your ass and follow your passion Motivated from moments then it's back to the mattress Work patches back to back, me God be tragic All these asses, rack up thoughts, wreak havoc You, you follow the rules Develop misunderstandin' then swallow your jewels Dependin' on model there's never model your uniqueness, deep kiss the way you bottle your cool I remember the school high Ridiculous new ideas to my peers, fear you must be a musha Martin look wrist boy better woosa! My niggas reflectin' images [?] Lord, I've been at task I ask my last request on earth is not to let my selfish way shine through Don't believe in karma, only God but I know what goes round comes right back round for you Can I get a church? 1995 and 97 was the worst Started writin' to escape but I was livin' on a verse Only lookin' forward to the fifteen and the first Told my niggas I don't want to hit a forty with a forty in front of bodegas incarcerated or in a herse Systematically envisioned to imprison me in dirt By the age of 27 I'm just tryna dead a curse 15 I had a vivid conversation with myself And said self you can either kill you or kill a verse Now my verses have verses in burials Scriptures and carols through me when I'm blessed And I am my best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me, best me possibly All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me All I wanna do is be the best me, best me possibly