23

About to paint my picture, see it vivid

I'm 23 today, I'm really ballin' on 'em different

They told me I got dreams, but that don't mean that you're gonna live it

I know you hear my songs, and that don't mean that you're gonna get it, right?

So I put my feelings under scope

Yeah, now I got myself and I can never let that go

Still love the way the beat is hittin' me with metronomes

Got me feelin' a way that I ain't never felt before

(Aight)

They was talkin, had me lookin' like it's silly me

But then I reached a 100K and told 'em, really, G?

I put my all up in this shit, that's how it really be

So give a fuck if you don't listen, know your shawty feelin' me

Got me readin' books, tellin' me how not to be selfish

I got damage on my heart and, baby girl, I can't help it

Try to figure out how we done gonna put it in motion

After this, I get a rest while my album is loading

(That's a nice lil' verse)

(Let me come up with a hook)

'Cause I too had my days where they counted me out

And I too had my ways, dealin' with doubt

Guess I knew it would work, even up in the drought

They call me 40 the rapper, I'm just a guy from the South

Shit, I too had my days where they counted me out

And I too had my days where they filled me with doubt

But I knew this would work, look how we playin' it now

You wanna call me a name, call me the proud of the South