Payroll

I move how I gotta move, cruise how I gotta cruise

Do what I gotta do, to get respect that's true

Never tryna lose but sometimes I get bruised

I get rude, patience through, temper on a short fuse

But at least I got my down cats havin' my back

I shout back, thanks for acting how y'all act

The kind of people that's gon' always stay the same

Let my pride be the guide to cash you guys the change

Some people give it fake, some people keep it real

So I'm gon' man up - tell y'all just how I feel

I might get famous and sign a multi-mil dollar deal

If that's the case then y'all the cats that will stay ill

I know the folks out my circle def gon' change

And their biz with me gonna come off strange

I write this check of respect like it ain't no thang

If I'm gon' eat then y'all gon' eat it's a fair exchange

If I ever get signed and become a celebrity

I think I'll have a chat with the label that's backing me

To tell them what I really need is not greed

But to stay humble, it's blood not dollars that I bleed

Plus I'm aware that the allure is out there

Willing to mentally claw me apart like a bear

So I must share my thoughts, and confess

Remind I'm blessed, or I'ma wind up messed up

You know the arrogant grade A asshole

Lowly citizen easily gettin' all rattled

Always on a paper chase tryna do battle

Through litigations, hoppin' on the psychotic saddle

Rather have a harsh winter without a jacket

Then sellin' out my soul tryna rap a little bit

With fortune as obsession I'd become pretentious

Endlessly fiend for green with a passion relentless

Some people give it fake, some people keep it real

So I'm gon' man up - tell y'all just how I feel

I might get famous and sign a multi-mil dollar deal

If that's the case then y'all the cats that will stay ill

I know the folks out my circle def gon' change

And their biz with me gonna come off strange

I write this check of respect like it ain't no thang