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Quarter century older now as an only child/
A shining star to my parents, always the golden child/
The most humble upbringing you could think of/
Was middle-class, so I ain't have no mink rug, but water I would drink up/
Would sustain me in ways that I never knew/
'Til my brain grew way past tying a shoe/
The little things are what mattered, never ate off silver platters/
But my creators had made it their mission to make me fatter/
So my mind grew strong and my body too, I stayed outta trouble and outta the street/
But best you believe all the shit that I seen/
Done taught me a lot, I learned from my pops how to be a man/
He never could stand when I started comparing, been blessed to have both of my parents, most friends that I know don't/
Though roads got rocky too, they're both here with me and that's amazing B, they motivate me see/
So I'm trying to be the best son I can, wiser now, cookin' up a plan/
Cursive swervin', mind stay workin', plottin', schemin' -- that's for certain/
Murkin' all it's curtain calls with anything that I'm involved/
Call on Rio, problem solved, don't you doubt my power dog/
Driven 'til my body drained, never happen, I'm a king/
Bridges what I build and never burn, for me it's not a thing/
At the sound of my name, a choir of angels sing/
I don't be smokin' like Snoop or drinkin' frequent as Stark/
I do a little of both, but ain't no shade on their part/
They're both admired and loved and come with flaws like myself/
Cliché to note we ain't perfect, but guaranteed we're worth it/
We got ideas and verses sure to jump off the shelf/
To build a brand or an enterprise into massive wealth/
Slice'a heaven out this hell, keep on eaten before the bell tolls/
I suppose this is why I arose like Derrick/
Above the concrete beneath my feet/
A prodigy like McGrady, my legacy I am painting/
My color pallet amazing, so many hues in my blues/
Packed with more truth than the 45th and his views/
I'm droppin' gems like a scholar, you need a quote?, let me holla/
Digest this knowledge, you claiming you always hungry, so swallow/
Not the wisest, but know I'm not here to witness you drown/
Body found face down, we preventin' that now/
Use your mind, don't be blinded by jargon, them hungry wolves just starvin',
They wanna rip out your mind and leave the rest of your carcass/
Set up for arson, yet when flippin' the script/
They fail to admit, the metaphor is accurate as shit/
I fight back when I'm hit, givin' up ain't and option/
I am programmed to resist, rebellious nature I'm followin'/
Into forests so foreign, I'm tryin'a forge an enlightenment/
All this war that's been conjured is turning people to monsters/
I won't be idle in watchin' the degradation, I been patient, but now I'm done with the waitin'/
See, me and Satan had a conversation/
Told him I was who they feared most, leaned close, proposed a toast/
They choked