Diamond in A Rough (Radio Edit)

When I'm alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall and think about All of my blessings wiping tears as they fall No need to complain I could be way worse off I'm From the bottom The mud Toledo ohio Born and raised my roots are in the Midwest I'm just a glass city kid A face of black excellence I have plenty testimonies Bout how I dropped to my knees But I can't flex too much it'll aggravate my enemies So I smile on bad days Knowing this too shall pass My faith is my substance I stand ten on that My day one Came last one As for sleep I lost none Sophisticated Never imitated Always gone shine They tried to take my soul Make me lose control But all that heat and pressure LadyVice The diamond exposed Shining like a Sipping Clase Azul Putting some smoke in the air I Tried to Kill 'em with kindness But they kept poking the bear Lyrical Substance My tongue a tell no lie I Put it off for so long now It's my time to shine Like a I want all the chips and salsa and dead presidents The pettiness and the beefing is irrelevant Money power respect and nothing less The Simple-minded playing checkers While I'm playing chess The devil told me I couldn't My family said that I shouldn't But I never had doubts I knew that God would do it Stop playing with me there's an anointing on me I'm shielded by the most high So There's no limits on me Preaching the parts of the Bible that only speak bout my sins Not the smartest in the world but they call them hypocrites The more dirt you threw the more I was blessed And every stone thrown Foundation built it Now Jokes on you cause God blocked it I bloomed through the concrete Black excellence Shining like a Sipping Clase Azul Putting some smoke in the air I Tried to Kill 'em with kindness but they kept poking the bear Lyrical Substance My tongue a tell no lie I Put it off for so long now It's my time to shine Like a