Good or evening, friends Smile, you
Slammin' doors like we invented doors 20 years ago we drove Bentley We drinkin' Cristal in, Kept the trey on me like Paulin' Drinkin' Ace of Spade it's codeine now Tryna put a million on the team now Push the pain so we can see new life So all the ladies babies, see a sacrifice Mama had four kids, but a lesbian Had to so long that she's a thespian Had to in the closet, so she medicate shame and the pain was too much to take Cried tears of joy when you in love Don't matter to me if a him or her I just see you smile through all the hate Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake
Bad times to good memories, smile Even I'm gone and you remember me, smile Good times never fade away, Even if I'm not with you here today, Good or evening, friends Here's your friendly
Far as picks, my name did not get called Bet before I go I put a on the board Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all a pen Y'all knew that was comin', I had to remind again, huh? Flyin' paper through the projects Now the whole on my jet Now you see the in the front row In every one of y'all televised facts Niggas switched sides, pride, we don't do all that A loss ain't a loss, a lesson Appreciate the pain, it's a
Bad times turn to memories, smile when I'm gone and you remember me, smile Good times never away, smile Even if I'm not with you today, smile morn' or evening, friends
I mastered my I know you heard me wax poetic 'Bout bein' back in the But trust me, that was A nigga up in the hundreds of I have no ceilings, ah, that feelin', I'm that boy Anita "You Bring Me Joy" Slappin' out of the toy, the separation is In my rear-view mirror, objects is further than they Oh yeah, I was born with a Playin' for high Norman Cake, he looked up and out of the How niggas can't Fuck a slice of the apple pie, want my own my own fate Respect Jimmy But he respect the Elohim as a whole new regime And niggas for power, huh So our is ours Niggas own houses was, "Fuck you, pay me" Now it's, "Fuck me, I pay you Put the rest for Blue" That money, I giggle at it Can't support my miss' habit Jewelry shoppin' in All y'all should be embarrassed, huh Blood diamonds drippin', we I ain't trippin', that's life, winners and losers Drug dealers and abusers, America me ruthless My therapist I relapsed I said, "Prehaps I slipped in European whips" God me to break the chain I'm the true and God in the flesh, the rest of these niggas is A stain on the suit, inferior IQ Niggas'll rip your shit off TIDAL to spite you Ahhhh, did I do? 'Cept try to you Niggas'll you but hate you 'cause they can't be you 'em all in the bayou, uh Everybody wave bye to the guy you thought you lie to This was to be a haiku, huh But my story's too wide to fit inside the And too old, that drugs Heroin flow, I on the stove This is Hov, no flex zone, nigga, who to you? Look, you a Don't ever question the I provided you Oh thought I was washed? I'm at the Launderin' dirty like the teamsters, huh Shout out to back home, he in the church When I heard you got booked, that shit for you, bro, we know the system don't work Take a young nigga freedom over dirt Yet it's legal in Yeah, we Black entrepreneurs, enterprise That's why it's a market, that's why it's called the trap why it's called the project 'cause it's exactly that All these people was kill me, heh 'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they of the real me Welcome Carter, smile
Living in the Can you imagine what kind of life it is to In the people see you as happy and free Because that's what you them to see two lives, happy, but not free You live in the shadows for fear of hurting your family or the person you love The world is and they say it's time to be free But you live with the fear of being me Living in the shadow feels like the safe to be No for them, no harm for me But life is short, and time to be free Love who you love, because life isn't