The Statement

Uh, what can I say I'm just trynna wake up to another day Believe me, I been looking for another way To put this down, I guess I got a lot to say What you got to say, uh I ain't just another n***a, add to figures They been trying to control me like some action figure But I built my own and found my own, I'm getting bigger But they cannot stand the heat, man they just trynna figure Woah Heard a lotta people talking down on me And its same people that I thought'd be proud of me I guess they cannot stand the fact: I got my own Made a new path, away from home They just ducking and diving, they trynna find some cover Like some couple of papers will finally give em cover And I ain't talking out my mouth, this s**t is from my mind Some self-made freedom is what I'm trynna find Good kid, mad city, uh, I live it live Ain't for the faint-hearted, they just took a dive They think they finally found their own, but that's not the truth They're really held on a leash, and that's that scary truth Yeah, I seen it all different now Trynna put it together this s**t is different now Man, they trynna fight it, they doubt it, it's different now Heard they trynna put me down, 'cause I am different now, I am different now Uh, how am I trynna do it? They be asking still This s**t is really powerful like God's will I done took a different route and they doubt my skill I guess I gotta show them that I'm bout to kill All these jokers be out here posing, mediocre But they talk down on me coz I'm a nonsmoker Naked girls is how they sell their visuals 'Cause they got no truth, kinda typical Whooo, it's getting kinda hot in here I done stayed more truthful than a lot in here Ain't trynna alter my values just to get more likes Somehow that's the pinnacle to more life I watch them jokers nowadays, they play hard to get Trynna steer the wealth, the charts in their favour I see they frightened, we coming hard, we gonna get What's ours, n***a, ain't nobody knock me over They know they outdated, but be holding on Holding onto worn-out dreams And dried-out streams And dimmed out beams And torn out seams And n***a I'd be damned if I ain't knock em over Uh, pay attention to this new agenda I just kept it real real without a crooked agenda I just had to put it down, man I ain't a coward Man, let em jokers know that they gonna feel my power, feel my power, woah