let's get a ...for america, park in the...
young street poet can i borrow your ears
i'm poverty's grandson, mother hover's nephew
can't eat much cause the covers were ...
sway too much for a person to bare
no, we don't snatch purses, we persevere
i'm an animal, ... my own in the jungle
we work for the lions, don't work for the bears
yeah, we hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah
and i hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah

came from the ... aim for the moon
if i land with the stars will shine like the others
... like teenage kids in the closet
the job is to supply heat like the oven
so i figure while i'm doing that
might as well get these cats some jewels they could roll
and some substance
i hope you all enjoy my company
i know that you're ... to that southern ...

yeah, we hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah
and i hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah

all ears open, we are focused, got our eyes wide open
we stay woke enough to drive out open
rap game hopeless there's a couple dudes speaking about the things right open
nowadays they don't say a thing worth talking
they ... down but my sound won't poke them
speaking of the water yo all sleeping on the water
that's me, when i float, they compare me to oceans
family compare me to patrick henry,
you can hand me liberty or hand me the toaster
i need my dough plus the operas
... cosa nostra
from the rock lot we going through family ties
and i swear to god still got love for both of ya
you ...shine when they start promoting them
that's cause he rhyme better than most of them
now ... everywhere we go
... just pound what they ...
i show them what i got they get excited when i show them
then i leave my heart, get my money right, then i'm going

yeah, we hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah
and i hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah

flow hard show hard, in i go hard
...is the rap version of mozart
even know the ...i'm the mozart
folks don't have my dough i don't cry
... you need more proof that i go hard
shout out to ghetto ... too passion like the old ark
...

yeah, we hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah
and i hope y'all listening, we keep running
we hope y'all listening, keep shining
it's what i mention is, we keep grinding
and we hope y'all listening, ah.