[00:02.39][Verse 1: Dame .A.] [00:10.26]That money stack tall but only partially my focus [00:12.96]So compassionate, struggle hard for me to cope with [00:15.64]Do a lot for others, not for credit or to soak in [00:18.24]But to have an impact on direction that they go in [00:20.92]Grounded by the roots, hooked to the soil [00:23.35]Recognize the rumble that we're in, yeah it's royal [00:26.16]Crabs in the barrel, wrapped up in foil [00:28.76]Kids grow up scars that are rubbed now with oil [00:31.35]And life done changed a bit but I can't grow apart [00:33.96]For those in my position that don't feel me, grow a heart [00:36.56]I grew up round love but we had a slower start [00:39.20]Hooping on the tree and fighting at the park [00:41.99]Luckily we had guidance, we was more blessed than others [00:44.58]We was the deepest family, nobody had more cousins [00:47.26]The street lights would flicker everybody running no huddle [00:50.70]Cause if you didn't make it everybody got in trouble [00:53.29][Hook: Dame A.] [00:53.96]I won't let that money define me [00:55.94]I let my struggles refine me [00:58.28]I know my angels behind me [01:00.97]Young, rich, and in the sticks tryna find peace [01:03.46]I ain't get high and I ain't sell **** [01:05.95]People ask "why?" I did it for my folks [01:08.59]Wanna slice the pie then you gotta have hope [01:11.13]Take the plan serious or watch it go in smoke [01:13.97]Watch it go in smoke, watch it go in smoke [01:19.20]Watch it go in smoke, watch it go in smoke [01:24.69][Verse 2: Lil Wayne] [01:25.20]Uh, chin to the clouds, all 10 on solid ground [01:27.38]Sipping purple Whitney Houston, never touch the Bobby Brown [01:30.08]When it comes to the crown, I done dreadlocked it down [01:32.86]Rest in peace my daddy Rabbit, he in Heaven hopping 'round [01:35.54]I been outchea on the grind, I want mine on time [01:38.07]Keep it a hundred, not even 99.9 [01:40.76]It's Lil Tunechi the best rapper alive [01:42.64]I rep five, invite your girl to my suite at the Loews, she left high [01:46.16]Oh my in a double R, I'm re-ready to die [01:48.64]My pockets fat as Precious but what's more precious than time [01:51.59]Cause life is too short, I got that from Too $hort [01:53.94]Couldn't ball, I was too short [01:55.46]But rich, like I play two sports [01:56.64]Flag red like scarlet [01:58.17]Keep my head in my wallet [01:59.50]Leave the BS in the toilet [02:00.81]Leave the BS on the Charmin [02:02.13]With TF on my garments [02:03.37]I wear Trukfit like Ralph Lauren [02:04.75]And I'm loyal to my soil [02:05.86]Straight from hell, I mean New Orleans [02:07.33]Tunechi [02:08.70][Hook: Dame .A.] [02:09.11]I won't let that money define me [02:10.50]I let my struggles refine me [02:12.67]I know my angels behind me [02:15.31]Young, rich, and in the sticks tryna find peace [02:18.01]I ain't get high and I ain't sell **** [02:20.24]People ask "why?" I did it for my folks [02:22.78]Wanna slice the pie then you gotta have hope [02:25.36]Take the plan serious or watch it go in smoke [02:28.21]Watch it go in smoke, watch it go in smoke [02:33.68]Watch it go in smoke, watch it go in smoke [02:38.83][Verse 3: Dame .A.] [02:39.05]They said you wanna make it so here's the keys to survival [02:41.70]Get you a work ethic, go about it maniacal [02:44.23]Carry your family, all the great ones on that Mariah flow [02:46.94]Come to the neighborhood, show a kid to throw a spiral [02:49.59]All about your time, that's the best thing to give [02:52.14]A message from the distance hardly ever stay in ear [02:54.84]Gotta keep a presence even with your relatives [02:57.24]Cause we all carry gifts like Santa and the deers [03:00.28]I come through with no security [03:02.52]I grew up in the slums ain't no fear in me [03:05.11]Now the lames come and go and no forgetting me [03:07.74]They in love with the life and I don't know Billie Jean [03:10.85]Look at my demeanor, see loyalty in my background [03:13.29]Love me cause I'm solid, not because I became a cash cow [03:15.98]Tryna make jobs for younglings, that's on the ave now [03:18.59]That's why I can't have a barbecue and don't have a pat down [03:20.87][Hook: Dame .A.] [03:21.68]I won't let that money define me [03:23.98]I let my struggles refine me [03:26.88]I know my angles behind me [03:29.36]Young, rich, and in the sticks tryna find peace [03:32.15]I ain't get high and I ain't sell **** [03:34.39]People ask "why?" I did it for my folks [03:37.24]Wanna slice the pie then you gotta have hope [03:39.77]Take the plan serious or watch it go in smoke [03:42.27]Watch it go in smoke, watch it go in smoke [03:45.13]Watch it go in smoke, watch it go in smoke