[Intro]
Yeah
Look at us now
Ha
Talk our talk
[Chorus]
Look at us now, they gotta respect it (yeah)
Came from the side they never expected (never)
Turned every doubt to a check I collected
I really lived every word in this sentence
Look at us now, we up and it’s evident (it’s up)
Used to be hurt, now the wins are my medicine
Turned every loss to a lesson, a reference
Look at us now, I’m done bein’ hesitant
[Verse 1]
Used to get curved, now they circle the block
Same ones that laughed tryna pick up a spot
Back when my phone never rang, I had plots
Now I got options, I’m choosin’ my shots
Mama was stressin’ on rent every month
I told her chill, imma triple it up
Turned every “maybe” to “countin’ it up”
Turned every “later” to “this ain’t enough”
Used to get played in the back of the class
Now I get paid when I’m talkin’ my past
They used to say that my dream was a joke
Funny how comedy turned into cash
I remember nights I was stuck in my head
Questionin’ if I’d be better off dead
Now I just tuck all those thoughts in the bed
Wake up and thank all the pain that I bled (real)
[Chorus]
Look at us now, they gotta respect it (uh)
Came from the side they never expected (never)
Turned every doubt to a check I collected
I really lived every word in this sentence
Look at us now, we up and it’s evident (woah)
Used to be hurt, now the wins are my medicine
Turned every loss to a lesson, a reference
Look at us now, I’m done bein’ hesitant
[Verse 2]
They used to clown how I dressed, how I talked
Now they just copy the step when I walk
They used to say I was “too deep to pop”
Now they repeat every line that I drop
I had to grind when the love wasn’t there
Built all this value from out of despair
Turned all my trauma to commas to share
Fed all my demons then told ’em “prepare”
I do this here for the kid that was quiet
Scrollin’ through life while he chokin’ on silence
Thinkin’ that nobody care if he dyin’
I’m here to prove you can turn that to diamonds
Used to get high just to feel like I’m free
Now I get high off the fact we can breathe
Whole lotta weight on my soul, I was weak
Now I lift burdens like part of my routine (yeah)
[Chorus]
Look at us now, they gotta respect it (respect)
Came from the side they never expected (yeah)
Turned every doubt to a check I collected
I really lived every word in this sentence
Look at us now, we up and it’s evident
Used to be hurt, now the wins are my medicine (my medicine)
Turned every loss to a lesson, a reference
Look at us now, I’m done bein’ hesitant
[Bridge]
Talk our shit ’cause we earned that
Whole clip of pain, yeah we burned that (skrrt)
Whole life they tried to return us
Now we the page that they turn back (look)
This for the days they ignored us
This for the nights we was hopeless
Now every “can’t” is a chorus
Singin’ our name in their focus (hey)
[Chorus]
Look at us now, they gotta respect it
Came from the side they never expected
Turned every doubt to a check I collected
I really lived every word in this sentence
Look at us now, we up and it’s evident
Used to be hurt, now the wins are my medicine
Turned every loss to a lesson, a reference
Look at us now, I’m done bein’ hesitant (look at us now)