I put my heart and soul in this game, I'm feeling drained
Unappreciated, unalleviated
Tired of coming up short - f*** abbreviated!
Want my whole name spelled out, my whole fame felt out
No pain, no gain, I blow brains: Cobain
Throw flamed: Liu Kang
The coach ain't help out, so..
I call my own shots
I'm David Blaine, I'm breaking out of my own box
You stay the same. But homie if you change
Man, you change for the better..
That's why Martin King had a thing for Coretta
One year she seen all the dreams he was dreaming
This year, had a clue of all the schemes he was scheming
Still loved her just enough to put him with the cheating
Must go by and only see him for a weekend
I say a prayer, hope my girl ain't leaving
We all got angels, we all got demons
As you fall through the club
Bad b****** down to do all the above
Money comes fast so being hungry don't last
Look in the mirror you saw who you was
Cole World, it couldn't be more clearer
The time is now, couldn't be mo herer
My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras
Say hello to the real, I can be your hero
Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain't looking back
I know they gone feel it, like they tank on E
I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
Cuz can't nobody tell me what I ain't gone be no more
If you thinkin' I'ma fall, don't be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sideline
Up in 1st class, laugh even though it's not funny
See a white man wonder how the f*** I got money
While they sit in coach, hate to see me walk past em
Young black pants sag, headphones blasting
Nobody asking "how did he manage?"
"With all the odds against him, he used them
To his advantage!" Slang we be speaking
Probably sounding like Spanish
I f*** they heads up when a n**** show manners
So New York n***** thought it was funny calling it bammer
Laughing at the grammer cause they didn't understand us
Must've thought they slow, but little do they know
I came up in here to take advantage of that s*** you take for granted
Opportunity that I would kill for
Looking at rappers like "what the f*** you got a deal for?!"
When I was a**ed out with my funds
It's nice to know I had the whole world at my front door
[Hook]
Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain't looking back
I know they gone feel it, like they tank on E
I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
Cuz can't nobody tell me what I ain't gone be no more
If you thinkin' I'ma fall, don't be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sideline
I made it to the Roc, even though they tried to box me out
I got the key to the game, they tried to lock me out
But what they don't understand is this is all plan
It's a bigger picture and you can't photoshop me out
Some n**** ask me why Jay never shout me out
Like I'm supposed to give a f***
Don't you know that I be out in France
Where the fans throw they hands like Pepe El
Not cause my looks, cause my hooks could knock Rocky out
And my lines is designed from the heart
Young Simba been a line from the start
Dumb n****'s, ya'll been lyin from the start
My life's like a move, truly
And these n***** is dyin for the part
But, you'll never play me like LeBron vs. Jordan
Twenty years, wonder who they gone say was more importan'
Both changed the game, came through and made a lane
Who's to say that who's greater, all we know, they ain't the same
Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain't looking back
I know they gone feel it, like they tank on E
I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
Cuz can't nobody tell me what I ain't gone be no more
If you thinkin' I'ma fall, don't be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sideline
Unappreciated, unalleviated
Tired of coming up short - f*** abbreviated!
Want my whole name spelled out, my whole fame felt out
No pain, no gain, I blow brains: Cobain
Throw flamed: Liu Kang
The coach ain't help out, so..
I call my own shots
I'm David Blaine, I'm breaking out of my own box
You stay the same. But homie if you change
Man, you change for the better..
That's why Martin King had a thing for Coretta
One year she seen all the dreams he was dreaming
This year, had a clue of all the schemes he was scheming
Still loved her just enough to put him with the cheating
Must go by and only see him for a weekend
I say a prayer, hope my girl ain't leaving
We all got angels, we all got demons
As you fall through the club
Bad b****** down to do all the above
Money comes fast so being hungry don't last
Look in the mirror you saw who you was
Cole World, it couldn't be more clearer
The time is now, couldn't be mo herer
My reign gonna last like 3-4 eras
Say hello to the real, I can be your hero
Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain't looking back
I know they gone feel it, like they tank on E
I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
Cuz can't nobody tell me what I ain't gone be no more
If you thinkin' I'ma fall, don't be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sideline
Up in 1st class, laugh even though it's not funny
See a white man wonder how the f*** I got money
While they sit in coach, hate to see me walk past em
Young black pants sag, headphones blasting
Nobody asking "how did he manage?"
"With all the odds against him, he used them
To his advantage!" Slang we be speaking
Probably sounding like Spanish
I f*** they heads up when a n**** show manners
So New York n***** thought it was funny calling it bammer
Laughing at the grammer cause they didn't understand us
Must've thought they slow, but little do they know
I came up in here to take advantage of that s*** you take for granted
Opportunity that I would kill for
Looking at rappers like "what the f*** you got a deal for?!"
When I was a**ed out with my funds
It's nice to know I had the whole world at my front door
[Hook]
Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain't looking back
I know they gone feel it, like they tank on E
I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
Cuz can't nobody tell me what I ain't gone be no more
If you thinkin' I'ma fall, don't be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sideline
I made it to the Roc, even though they tried to box me out
I got the key to the game, they tried to lock me out
But what they don't understand is this is all plan
It's a bigger picture and you can't photoshop me out
Some n**** ask me why Jay never shout me out
Like I'm supposed to give a f***
Don't you know that I be out in France
Where the fans throw they hands like Pepe El
Not cause my looks, cause my hooks could knock Rocky out
And my lines is designed from the heart
Young Simba been a line from the start
Dumb n****'s, ya'll been lyin from the start
My life's like a move, truly
And these n***** is dyin for the part
But, you'll never play me like LeBron vs. Jordan
Twenty years, wonder who they gone say was more importan'
Both changed the game, came through and made a lane
Who's to say that who's greater, all we know, they ain't the same
Hey, I'ma put us all on the map
Gone and I ain't looking back
I know they gone feel it, like they tank on E
I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me
Cuz can't nobody tell me what I ain't gone be no more
If you thinkin' I'ma fall, don't be so sure
I wish somebody made guidelines
On how to get up off the sideline