Everybody knows in the
studio we're chilling.
Who's the engineer?
What's his name, yo?
Killin'.
You must try.
Check it out as we flow it.
I'm putting food on the table,
see so many
MC's come, so many
MC's go
They couldn't rock the mics,
still they tried to do a show
But over the years I've
progressed and grown
Tryna say you helped me out,
kid I did it on my own
Yo how I'm gonna keep you open
for the next few minutes
I got something on my mind
so people let's get in it
Since way back in the day back then
Flippin' lyrical, as a kid knows nothing
Not even spiritual, no dir ection
Dark complexion, always broke,
no joke I tried to spark cigarettes, but couldn't smoke
Lived in
AJC, didn't parade in other areas
Took a long time for all these peeps
to take me serious
Hip -hop from special ed, 2K,
RSDs,
MCs could hold a mic
Same way I wish I fleshed,
try rhyming with my brother
Ain't nothing but dream
s for the schemes
But this world ain't what it all seems
Early teens, still rhyming,
but what will it amount to?
Sometimes you stand up,
no one wants to count you
I used to wish I was a twin,
it was a clone
Cause then I wouldn't feel I was on my own,
where is bone?
I'm on my own,
tryna live my life the way I wanna live it
Making ill music, answer y 'all,
I wanna give it
So these records get made,
regardless of the labels
No matter what it takes,
I'm putting food on the table
See so many
MC's come, so many
MC's go
They couldn't rock the mic
still, they tried to do a show
But over the years I've pro
gressed and grown
Trying to say you helped me out kid,
I did it on my own
Hip -hop is indispensable,
I've always something sensible to say
But it wasn't like that back in the day
I used to think hip -hop was
about getting props
Earning money, mad fame,
and climbing to the top
But rappers got a choice,
God bless me with a voice for me
To demonstrate, reach out,
and educate all these people like me
When I was younger,
always had my own views
Never stopped to wonder about
any other perspective
My only objective was to
be the damn hardest
And do this regardless
And now I got my vision
I know who I be
I'm from the streets
But I speak in telligently
Ayo, I gots to make dough
And live my life
I wanna have the best for my kids
And take care of my wife
When that time comes
I can't be living alone
It's painful when you feel
you're on your own
World is boring
I'm on my own trying to live my life
The way I wanna live it
Making ill music and to y
'all I wanna give it
So these records get made,
regardless of the labels
No matter what it takes,
I'm putting food on the table
See so many
MC's come, so many
MC's go
They couldn't rock the mics
till they tried to do a show
But over the years I've pro
gressed and grown
Tryna say you helped me out,
kid I did it on my own
I recall these people bad
mouthin' out
But they the ones who run to the
store when concerts drop the album
Never did I know I'd come this far
But like any other young kid
I also wished on a star
Now I'm par with my
DJ
ST
Knew each other since 82, 83
No
PhD, no uni degrees
But when it comes from the soul
Yo, can we please
Was a boy, now a man
Was old, now older
Still young,
with a good head on my shoulders, y 'all
I ain't a king, but I sit on my throne
I'm on my own tryna live my life
the way I wanna live it
Making ill music and to y
I wanna give it
So these records get made,
regardless of the labels
No matter what it takes,
I'm putting food on the table
Seen so many
MCs, so many
MCs go
They couldn't rock the mic,
still they tried
to do a show
But over the years I've pro
gressed and grow
Tryna say you help me out,
kid I did it on my own
And I'm on my own trying to live
my life the way I want to live it
Cause we making ill music and to y 'all
I want to give this song to...