Coming Up (feat. Yasin Allah AKA Mmilk)

Up up Can you Overstand Down deeper From the underground I was under-appreciated Different content With a unique style And feeling down Down a couple bands I had under-planned No doe in hand Bills stacking and tuition due Tell me What was I supposed to do College junior at 18 I had big dreams But no avenues Also Under-estimated By my adversaries And I had a few I was really Clearly Barely making it Feeling counterfeit Trying to count my blessings Was I being tested? Going up Like my hands I was being arrested Walking down the stairs Of Douglas hall I was cuffed up With my head down 22 degree Outside In my boxers Squad car Seated down Bare-chested She staring at my sausage I was staring at a class A Felony With intent Let my problems Get ahead of me I was steadily Down Being clowned Somebody tell me What a brother gotta do To pay the rent Got a couple of jobs Just then my car Broke down too When you find Trying to make a living hard Do I choose the block Or give it all to God? Do I choose the bread Do I choose the rod Do I choose the church Do I choose the squad Yet and still Still hustling To pay the bills Try to fix my wheels Grandpa telling me to pray about it Instincts telling me to Keep it real When you Up up Everybody friends Down down No dough in hand Everybody be up up Feeling down But not giving up When you're down down On the downside Sometimes it's hard To see the upside Coming up is my destination Gotta put it down Just to make it Going up My roommate was a weed head Took a deal for 500 Bread/ Could have been a real Stand up guy Chose to be a real Snake instead Borrowed 500 From my mom To get a lawyer Gotta beat the odds Really borrowed from step-father At the time I didn't want him involved Kicked out of school with Nowhere to go Moved my whole apartment on the bus Now my girl Looking at other dudes I guess now She can't See a future With us She was in my bed When the police raided Under the circumstances I can't really blame her I was never Really faithful either Charma ain't a bitch It just returns the favor Up up Down down I'm a Product of the underground All I could do now Was throw sets Hope the college kids Would come around And rock with me If it hadn't been For my guys I would have lost it Got my own show at 22 Up up Create my own options The difference between me and them Is that mine Are true stories Too specific No contradictions Nobody could ever Write it for me When you Up up Everybody friends Down down No dough in hand Everybody be up up Feeling down But not giving up When you're down down On the downside Sometimes it's hard To see the upside Coming up is my destination Gotta put it down Just to make it Going up Beat the case Got motivated Wrote letters To be reinstated Got an interview with the VP Of the university And he said to me I can see your potential But you may not Be able to see it though That's the problem With talent When it's not applied It's invalid Yes You're gonna deal with racism The only way to win Is with discipline I believe You'll do great things That's why I've agreed To let you back in Kicked the door in With a different view No three year plan I'll be out in two Instead of following People's expectations I focused on What I loved to do Music, movies and video Short films and documentaries Spent all my time in the studio Got a gig working in TV That was really great I could feel the weight Lifted off my chest I can't celebrate Thinking about the way They do our people What almost took my future Is now totally legal Going up When you Up up Everybody friends Down down No dough in hand Everybody be up up Feeling down But not giving up When you're down down On the downside Sometimes it's hard To see the upside Coming up is my destination Gotta put it down Just to make it Going up