Текст песни
Asking me why I did what I did is like asking the Pharoah why he built pyramids
For the power to pay someone's rent
For the power to change the life that we're in
Fate shaped by a Pen
When your peers start asking you for jobs, that's when you win
When your business pays the mortgage that's a win
From the confines of a nine to five
You work to stay alive, us we work to thrive
Life is my office, Cut the nine to jive
Now you're on to something, the alternative to a nine to five is owning one
You impressed by a check; I want to be the one who writes it
My only fear is fear, Combat that nightly
Y'all rock brands like you got shares in them
But you never rocked your friends, and that's not fair to them
Babies heir to phlegm generations of smoke
Knowledge adds value to the soul
But the rap songs tell the same tale told old as negroes with zeroes
Vices and low prices as heroes
Liberate the mind, through these lines
We don't fall in line, we redefine
One step for hip hop, one step for mankind
Like stepping on a landmine
Liberate the mind, through these lines
We don't fall in line, we redefine
One step for hip hop, one step for mankind
Like stepping on a landmine
They're rapping about opps
But the true opps is the system that put your family on this block
The same system that made you prey for the cops
The same systems that inspired self-destructive thoughts
It's a war outside and inside
We can't afford a lost, Black monopoly talk
I'm thinking assets, Cut the liabilities off
Social media detox, it's time for fasting
Knowledge adds value to the soul it's time to cash in
Tried to mask the whole in your growth with the latest fashion
Last time I checked price tags Don't come with happiness
Most of it is surface level you can have that shit