I've Been up I've Been Down

Somebody very dear to me just attempted to kill herself

It showed me we don't fear death, we fear fear itself

Ever since '98 in hip hop my presence been felt

Couple dollars, couple models, couple of bitch niggas under my belt

Thorough nigga, I'ma hold you to it if we hand shake

My plan B is to complete plan A

Grind has been my strategy like it's in my anatomy

I should get a tat on me that say "Why"

Why, why would you let some dollars dictate ya

Me, I brush my shoulders off, polish off haters

If you play me I will spray a potato, later for fakers

I put 'em in the news of the major paper

My rollercoaster of a career

Hope it's been real for you because it's been weird for me

I feel like

They can take away the cause, they can take away the cash

But I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in me

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck, yeah

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck, yeah

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck

They can take away the cause, they can take away the cash

But I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in me

I just want momma to be happy

Is that too motherfucking much to ask?

Damn near 'bout to cry in this bitch

King of the jungle, I hate lions but I fuck with a lioness, bitch

If you don't straighten your ass out right now

I will find you and iron you, bitch

Grind has been my strategy like it's in my anatomy

I should get a tat on me that say "Why"

Why, why would you let losses make you act like a faggot

I'm fly and you act like a maggot

Money comes, money goes, I used to wear funny clothes

Hammer pants, my momma used to wipe my runny nose

My real family, all I care about is her

I'm feeling like

They can take away the cause, they can take away the cash

But I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in me

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck, yeah

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck, yeah

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck

They can take away the cause, they can take away the cash

But I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in me

Then I watched my daddy hit my momma

Listen to my momma tryna calm us

Yeah I don't understand the problem that we have

Who gives a shit about dollars when

You gotta go visit your father in rehab

He said "Greg Ryan Marcus, long as I'm

Getting high your momma gon' be sad

And only I can fix this so I'ma turn this all around, I promise"

As we sat, he said "I'm down right now in life, you know I'ma be back"

And when he got back home it was like it was heaven sent

Cause I was only 11 at the time and

He's been clean and sober ever since

He gave me this advice, "You at a huge advantage

Long as you know there's rules in life and a view for the planet

Rather you the man or you the mechanic

People treat money like oxygen, when they

Got it then they take it for granted

But then lose it and panic, so spoken G"

I look at him like Superman

And y'all little niggas ain't even close to me

So if he can fall, so can we

They can take away the cause, they can take away the cash

But I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in me

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck, yeah

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck, yeah

I've been up, I've been down

I don't give a fuck

They can take away the cause, they can take away the cash

But I bet you that they can't take the realness that's in me