How I’m Living

Look at how I’m living now

Heavy on my neck, every diamond got a different sound

I seen love turn fake, I don’t even take it personal now

Too much paper round me, I can’t let no pretty face blur me out

Woke up with a new glow, woke up on some blessed shit

Honor over everything, pain stamped on my chest and shit

We was in the fire for real, I was built for the pressure

They was laughing at the vision, now the team applying pressure

Ask me how I’m feeling now, how I’m feeling now

Came from sleeping cold, now it’s marble floors and city views

Ask me how I’m feeling now, how I’m feeling now

I done turned that hunger into money, what it did to you?

Back when winter hit, I had no heat, just a sheet and faith

Now it’s lobby lights, penthouse heights, and expensive plates

Same ones used to doubt me got opinions every time I’m up

Same ones silent every time I score and run the numbers up

Mama still praying for me, know her son done seen some sins

Courtroom stress, paid the suit, walked out clean again

Ain’t no love in this game, gotta read through every grin

They won’t clap when you building, they just watch and wait to see you bend

I was in the mud, now the wool coats thick in every season

Used to starve through nights, now we eating just because we breathing

Room costs four figures, steak cut like a celebration

Hard times gave me scars, but that pain became the motivation

Look at how I’m living now

Heavy on my neck, every diamond got a different sound

I seen love turn fake, I don’t even take it personal now

Too much paper round me, I can’t let no pretty face blur me out

Woke up with a new glow, woke up on some blessed shit

Honor over everything, pain stamped on my chest and shit

We was in the fire for real, I was built for the pressure

They was laughing at the vision, now the team applying pressure

I’m the one for real, I ain’t gotta sell it, they can see the proof

Made it out the dark, now every step expensive when I hit the booth

They was hoping I would drown, get swallowed by the trench life

Now I back out blues on bad days just to get my head right

Used to move too wild, now I’m careful, got too much to lose

Money from the art, every word turned into revenue

Neck froze, wrist lit, but the mind sharper than ever too

Had to learn when pressure hit, stay solid, never let it move

Old heads taught me keep composure when the room get tense

How to stack it, how to clean it, how to grow it and make it stretch

Came from crumbs, now it’s large amounts touching every account

Haters sick, can’t believe I came this far from where I started out

Funny how they talk when you down, then freeze when you rise

Funny how they vanish when it’s dark, then pop out for the shine

I took every cold night, every loss, every scar

Turned it to a roadmap, now I’m way too far