[00:12.19]No I don 't respond with answers that fit a script[00:14.587]So the repitition will make a nigga flip[00:16.459]We in the game of smokin mirrors[00:18.147]Those engineering a bigger spliff[00:19.460]Blowin circles out they mouth gettin praise but the shit is shift[00:22.336]I never lived a myth if I said it I did it[00:25.771]Never alleged word to dead I gripped da fif[00:27.925]I made my housing tenament a strip[00:29.986]Movin 'medicine in nicks[00:31.179]When I seen 'em comin 'I jetted from them pricks[00:33.735]And still to this day though she clean I wish my mommy never sniffed[00:37.115]But the hurt is makin 'me betta with this gift[00:39.363]I 'm live with this ink[00:40.923]U could die in a blink an[00:42.488]Ya 'll got the nerve to ask me why do I drink an[00:45.491]Mother****ers sometimes I cry when I 'm think 'n[00:48.179]Ya 'll ain 't there when them tears bein 'dried by the sink[00:51.239]It was cold in the winter[00:52.610]My community centers who gave me dinner[00:54.426]I aind mind my table chairs gave me splinters[00:56.735]Set up to be a loser but was made to be a winner[00:59.804]If they paint hip hop I bet my face be in the picture[01:02.678]If they wrote a rap bible bet my name be in the scriptures[01:05.610]If shorty say I 'm her idol bet her face be in my zipper[01:08.928]I came a long way from the staples in my skrilla[01:11.618]Stains on my pants hardly had a cut[01:13.738]The ladies ain 't wanna dance so house parties would suck[01:16.550]All my friends on the wall I 'm in the hall with a cup[01:19.870]Nah I ain 't complain 'n just tellin 'ya 'll what it is[01:23.806]So if ya 'll goin thru it now just know that anotha kid[01:25.922]Made somethin 'outta nothin 'well I 'm frontin 'I was never nothin '[01:29.676]Older ladies used to tell my mother ain 't he somethin '[01:33.178]I look at a lot of u cats an laugh[01:35.742]Cause I 'm the shit man an ya 'll ain 't even passin 'gas[01:38.676]When I spit I 'm the definition of mastered craft[01:42.546]An all ya 'll ask about is aftermath[01:48.421]Mother****er move on[01:53.481]I gotta give my own interview[01:59.170]Since niggas that do my interviews[02:06.46]Focus on wutevas miniscule[02:07.42]An paint me as a cynical[02:11.401]But the canvas will limit you[02:13.393]You can 't go beyond what there 's no limit to[02:16.273]If I think hip hop is dead I think it 's bein 'revived[02:19.705]An that comes from me bein 'inside[02:21.522]Where the demons get by see 'em goodbye[02:23.523]If I 'm vehement heres why[02:24.961]Come from hearin 'it seein 've-nom-ous lies[02:26.893]So the beast in me cries cause when it 's all u hear[02:29.961] shit can over-bear just when the over in air[02:32.525]So I try to think straight cause when u stare in the rear[02:35.775]Rest in peace stewart shakir nigga yea[02:38.359]I 'm on anotha label not that other label[02:41.623]That mean it 's no longer my problem it 's theirs[02:44.497]Some say it 's a conspirc '[02:46.559]I say if erybodys on the thrown that 's just more motive to kill the heir[02:49.684]Ask me bout pump it up an I 'm a think u sheep[02:53.498]Oh u must not know I 'm deep[02:54.434]I 'm so off of music so ya 'll can soundscan every week[02:58.183]Me I just got my lil man every week[03:01.00]Jersey city loves me despite ya 'll beliefs[03:03.621]Cause they was baby steppin 'I showed 'em how 2leep[03:07.309]Ask me about swagg I 'm a change tha topic[03:10.745]To lyrics an than brag[03:12.373]Plus look at u like a fag[03:14.370]I luv erybody don 't ask bout who I beef with[03:15.635]They burnt tha bridge but they was standin 'underneath it[03:18.621]I 'm on my grind benjamin huntin '[03:21.125]Was old since I was young call me benjamin button[03:23.558]Stop using slang just 4u 2be cool[03:26.121]Cause I go back 2when it was cool 2be u[03:29.125]I 'm a hero no I mean I 'm hiro from heroes[03:32.873]Ya 'll chase zeros[03:34.309]Mahfukka I just got finished hatin 'me feelin 'like a zero[03:37.933]They played de niro never been there though[03:40.874]So before your next thought understand[03:43.497]Know it 's much more 2me than a man[03:45.937]Either that or move on[03:47.437]My rhymes reflection is scarface an prem 's soul[03:52.872]Before jordan was wearin 'four five[03:57.436]I just look like this I just seemed old[04:02.936]But I had to bleed the blood of a dirty mother****er[04:08.61]To suffer clean clothes an touch what a king holds[04:11.688]The real estate market is harsh everything goes[04:17.876]From folds to who u was doin 'everything for[04:20.122]But I cut 'em off an move on to the new checks[04:23.312]New friends chasin 'my new endz with new threats[04:25.753]Watchin 'my dreams fold like a stack of bills[04:28.687]In the pocket of who ain 't tryin 'to push up daffodils[04:32.58]But we the super group u could 'nthandle this shit[04:34.871]If u were standin 'before us carryin 'the pooper scoop[04:37.812]U dealt with shady shit I dealt with shady 's shit[04:40.750]But I 'm the only one can trully say I dealt with shady 's shit[04:43.310]I mean that with all respect to paul an sheck[04:46.184]But ryan an marshall is all u get[04:48.251]My flows superb I luv pauly rosenberg[04:50.61]What I say in a track those just words[04:52.311]Baby boy forgive me I 'm just street[04:54.559]Cause I can change into anything niggas want me to be[04:57.435]Like mystique I don 't gotta dig deep[05:00.689]To realize slim baught big proof a big jeep[05:03.625]Because he deserved it[05:05.183]How can I mourn the same way shady did[05:08.63]Over him when he knew him when he attended osbourne[05:11.559]Marshall I 'm sorry I knew it went left[05:15.123]I ain't into ****in' my family like i****t[05:19.59]If u remember ice used to be my lifes interest[05:22.687]Tell hailie my wife just had a princess[05:25.623]Since I made up with em there 's nothin 'else[05:29.121]That I can move on from so who wants some[05:32.314]Like a jar of grey poupon[05:34.440]U have to ask anybody in any car[05:37.186]Want it or move on[05:39.124]When fans picture my interviews[05:45.690]They think I 'm in a swimmin 'pool[05:50.934]With women who 've been abused[05:54.127]So they turn into strippers[05:55.750]Makin they livin 'in the nude[05:58.434]One in the middle blowin 'my inner tube[06:01.250]While the interviewers gettin ridiculed[06:02.879]Is this your vision cool[06:04.754]Let me give u a little jewel[06:06.687]Any dude who wanna sit n my tennis shoes is missin screwz[06:09.438]Don 't get it misconstrued[06:10.813]Don 't get tha shit confused[06:12.502]I 'm 2seconds from prison food I 'm a different dude[06:15.938]Pistol in my reach man[06:17.250]Still in long beach man[06:18.502]Hoping if my grind don 't help me get out my speech can[06:21.750]I been in the streets longer than yao mings wingspan[06:24.373]U can be mtv I 'll be cspan[06:26.814]I deal with politics bandanas and hollow tips[06:27.65]Half u rappers follow this[06:28.436]Role models can swallow dick[06:29.625]Was stressed out over cashflow[06:30.809]Hiphop used 2console my soul[06:32.249]Now it 's a bunch of assholes[06:33.749]Rap about and dance while I 'm targeting cops[06:35.689]Spit sum shit 4oscar grant hit tha seargent with shots[06:37.65]Make him a ghost like he part of tha lox[06:38.813]I won 't stop recordin 'till I 'm makin songs harder than pac 's[06:41.749]If it don 't happen at least a nyggah know he right there[06:45.249]Every memory under my dodger hats a nightmare[06:47.251]As a kid I had 2steal breakfast[06:49.189]An now tha best question u have 2ask me[06:51.749]Is this a real necklace[06:53.01]Wheres ya beat from dre ya feature from cube[06:53.251]These things leave people confused[06:53.439]Cause they know I leave speakers abused I eat tha eq 's[06:55.125]I eat thru tha beat what 's tha secret I think it 's tha shoes[06:57.500]Out in cali nyggahs blaze an stress[06:59.313]Waitin 'on detox 2save tha west[07:01.247]Even if tha shit is dope[07:03.62]It ain 't givin u nyggahs hope[07:05.129]Unless your signatures wrote on tha check from interscope nope