Sometimes when you compromise who you are to appease others
You slowly feel yourself beginnin' to die inside
It's been an amazing journey (An amazing journey)
And I suffered (I suffered)
Now I'm all the way up (All the way up)
All the way up (All the way up)
I'm all the way up
This is my testimony
Al-?amdu l-illahi rabbi l-?alamin
You don't take a chance, you ain't got a chance, you makin' a plan to lose (Ooh)
Don't need a security blanket or safety harness, abandoned school
Took an advance and paid it back and made an advance and moved
I know how to stand and greet a man whenever he walk in the room
Unlimited bands come on command, ain't changin' my attitude (Uh-uh)
Lil' Ton, you know that I love you forever, could never be mad at you (For real)
You ain't wanna win, as bad as I want you to win, I had to school you
Tan FN inside the bag, I bought you to blast and shoot (Boom)
King B, I bought you a chain, they makin' it rain on you (Rain on you)
I know that you gotta go hard, when they talked about you, I prayed for you (Prayed for you)
I had my heart scarred by the woman that I used to call my mama (I did)
Know if I fuck with you, I'm goin' to war with God behind you (Today)
I vented to you on whom I was talkin' about on "Fly Again" (Fly Again)
My wing got bruised, healin' my wounds, I done got fly again (Fly again)
Now all you hoes a thing of the past, I could supply ten (Yeah)
Metric ton loads comin' in from the island (Shoot)
That bitch you with, she flawed as hell, focused on ass shots (For what?)
The bitch I'm with, with the cartel, focused on stash spots (Ooh)
A lot of diamonds, I'm 'bout divin', BreadWinner chain glisten (Boom)
Chicago jail, went straight to the cell with all of the gang members (Gang members)
Now my auntie off Green Street, she one of them gang members (Gang members, auntie get it)
Mama Duck, I love you to death, you one of them gang members (Gang members)
You know when you're a real nigga, you ain't gon' never really get the respect you deserve out here
But for y'all, I rock a lot of pretty feathers
Ta-ta-tatted real bad with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
I'm not worried about your man, tell your dude, "Back, back"
Shawty bad, ass fat, hol' up, can I take you shopping?
Tatted real bad with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
Tatted real bad with a cartel swag
Tell your dude, "Back, back," and I know you see me watchin'
Seen you starin' at me (Why?)
But you afraid to be for me
Makin' your parents happy (Why not?)
Made 'em believe, Major League
Check my batting average
I worked my way to bricks from crumbs
You know that ain't average
I took the diamonds out of my teeth
But my earrings is dancin' (Bling-blaow, bling-blaow)
I cut off my hoes, I got a new thang
And that bitch make me happy (I love you)
And I know she see me watchin' (I love you)
Loft chillin' on the carpet (Yeah)
Finished prayer, I went to talkin'
Funny how we do the same things
I was just sayin' the same thing
Heard about how your last boyfriend did you but he was buster
You was into athletes back then, you needed a hustler
I was fat as hell, I got in shape, I'm flexin' my muscles
I'm the world's sexiest gangsta, that won't ever change (Won't ever change)
I'm up a rank, I'm a sex symbol, I can't be restrained (Can't be restrained)
Only the generals gon' understand (Only the generals' gon' understand)
I suffer from king's disease
Everybody got a problem with me just bein' me
I'm tryna find out when the lion cared about the opinion of sheeps
I wanna welcome y'all to the Only the Generals gon' understand
For those of y'all that don't know me
Fun fact about Kevin Gates
I talk to myself (I do)
All geniuses talk to themselves
Ta-ta-tatted real bad with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass, and I know you see me watchin' (Yeah)
I ain't worried 'bout your man, tell your dude, "Back, back"
Shawty bad, ass fat, baby, can I take you shopping?
I said I'm tatted real bad with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
I'm tatted real bad with a cartel swag
Tell your dude, "Back, back," and I know you see me watchin'
I don't know why I got this fetish for
I like to pleasure whores in the fitting room of designer stores (True indeed)
In public while we shopping, I'ma touch all on your body, Lord
I want you, I can't hide it, if you with me, don't need no bodyguard
Took you in the dressing room, told you, "Get on your knees, put your hands behind your back"
I spit in your mouth and put the dick dead in your face, you heard? (Man, real life)
Now stick your tongue out while I pull your hair, ayy
Bae, can I take you shopping?
You know why, you know why I get this fetish for
To pleasure whores in the fitting room of the designer stores (True indeed)
I bust your ass in Saks, you remember that? (True indeed)
I know you see me watchin' (Watchin')
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