New Year (feat. Johnny Franchino)

Let me take it back, to the days of the braids & the wave caps Eating Captain Crunch, watching PBS on the TV Going down the street just to kick it with all the homies Never keeping track of time so the streetlights had did that for me I was a young mind with an old soul Ambitious & witty - always ready to hit the road Trynna' make something outta nothing 'cause nothing was ever given man So you know I had to go & get it then Trying to multiply my dividends & subtract the distractions Ain't have no time for fake kickin' it, 'cause I'm checkin' bags & I know that they mad Because they think I came up over night But I been pursuing this my whole life Now that I'm finally making a name you wanna be friends again But I'm rocking with people who been here from the beginning So raise a glass too the past because we made it out living in the present With our pockets holding big amounts 'cause we just wanna ball New times, new life, and new chances Gotta make it out of the bottom just how we planned 'cause it's a New year (New Year!) Ain't no time for romancing the past So I want everyone to raise a glass (Cheers!) New times, new life, and new chances Ain't no time for staying complacent 'cause it's a New year (New Year!) Don't let the doubt cloud your judgement If you want it then you gotta work for it & obtain it in a New Year May your life be, old friends & new wine Clear nights & sun shine, new year's a new time Bold truth where none lie, new yachts for boat rides New cruises, new whips, new dreams for wise eyes, look here Life's a short ride So we live on while some quit, that's the truth - right... Traveling mercies, Murcielago's in Turkey Twirling pasta, Campagna, Salerno for anniversary My fellow pilgrims, my fellow travelers New chapter's are now enacted 'cause we prepared for the here & after Turn pain to champagne, we raising glasses So if I die tonight then chin-chin - I'm raising after Raising in the Son, may your movements never falter May your old debts never cost you May your old foes never taunt you, may your old bones never haunt you May Yahweh's hand remain on you - cheers! Curtains close as the bottle pours, let's toast up We counting down all them long nights and cold cuts Straight fire, the beats & bars be hulked up It's BC so all wins get chalked up Stayed flaming since Johnny Storm and Top Rank was it And now we built up an empire, we out making it Through all the blood, sweat & sacrifice we crafted life These false kings and plastic thrones ain't half as nice It's all brick over here, steel and rabid wolves We added onto the pack - Ha! I wish you would Step up to the self-made, gladiate Success is sweet when it's life - lemons to lemonade So squad up and lets chin-chin for new fam And chin music, chin-chin for new clouds, we're space bound Reflecting moments that transpired - we leveled up It's Beat Council, we're on fire New times, new life, and new chances Gotta make it out of the bottom just how we planned 'cause it's a New year (New Year!) Ain't no time for romancing the past So I want everyone to raise a glass (Cheers!) New times, new life, and new chances Ain't no time for staying complacent 'cause it's a New year (New Year!) Don't let the doubt cloud your judgement If you want it then you gotta work for it & obtain it in a New Year Turned a dream into a business, we stay busy with the business Got rappers on my hit list, nothing personal just business Busy body, I don't ever sleep, 7 songs every week Wavy like the seven seas, was rapping back at seventeen Since I've grown, I'm a formidable foe I smell victory right under my nose so I suppose That we don't stop 'til we hit every coast And they can't try to Budden cuz we aint average Joes - Oh man... They don't get me but they never have, I'll be known on every ave Gotta keep it real, I told my squad to take off every mask Only real around me, I demand it - I don't ever ask And I play action fake friends I just let em pass... So here we are, it's the top of the year I told them that I got my armor on, there's nothing to fear I need some armor all, I'm wiping it clear A clean slate for my drive, destination is near, your devastation is here New times, new life, and new chances Gotta make it out of the bottom just how we planned 'cause it's a New year (New Year!) Ain't no time for romancing the past So I want everyone to raise a glass (Cheers!) New times, new life, and new chances Ain't no time for staying complacent 'cause it's a New year (New Year!) Don't let the doubt cloud your judgement If you want it then you gotta work for it & obtain it in a New Year