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Against the World

by 16RAHEEM

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1.
Blank 01:21
They was hating it's me versus the world I be dropping these diamonds n pearls I'm independent, better pay attention You gotta learn how to handle your business You gotta learn how ta hop over fences I knew dat I was the one from beginning I pull a three like I'm Anfernee Simons Smoke coming out of the car like a chimney I do not care for a doubter I'm winning When I say I got diamonds that's not in the pendent I might drop me a song then I let it go simmer This a big jump I done cut down sinning You broke the bend it ain't no way to mend it I gotta be real I cannot pretend it Go make your maker return em to sender I just got up I was tweaking was spending You was tryna convince me I'm crazy It'll never be the same my baby Ion know what else to say my baby But I ain't the one to blame my baby But you haven't been seeing me lately, no Really too pure for the hating, yeah None of that shit is gone phase me I put that shit on I rock it, Tracy McGrady I talk to a ghost, Patrick Swayze So many lost souls it amaze me I was at crossroads I went crazy I didn't crumble or fall no I got greater They was hating it's me versus the world I be dropping these diamonds n pearls I'm independent, better pay attention You gotta learn how to handle your business You gotta learn how ta hop over fences I knew dat I was the one from beginning I pull a three like I'm Anfernee Simons Smoke coming out of the car like a chimney I do not care for a doubter I'm winning When I say I got diamonds that's not in the pendent I might drop me a song then I let it go simmer This a big jump I done cut down sinning
2.
Memoirs 02:36
Talk to em God blessed me with talent, I'm looking for peace, I've been working on balance I cut off some snakes, it was hard, it was challenging Run it up dolo, I don't need a manager Greatest of all time, see me, don't matter, I know who I am, you can never combat it I gave out my love, but now I just be stacking I needed some love, made a call to my granny Kentrell he like blood, he like part of the family Feeling invisible, stick to the family Had stop showing love, they would take me for granted Finna drop me an album, cause I'm feeling sadder This anger inside me been hurting me sadly Said don't get too close, I might kill me a rapper My idols, try cross me so I don't like cameras Mo I don't like IG it's worst in my habits I used to be plugged, I was copping them daily Got plugs up in Belmont and plugs in the city Been sober a month, but I still might be feinding Nightmare five AM, I been vividly dreaming I see in her eyes, she be vividly scheming Plotting me falling, she hate when I'm winning I close the back door, but I'm plotting on spinning Said fuck everybody, I'm switching dimensions Gave my heart up to God, I don't trust any humans Got tired of living in constant confusion This shit be so fluky, it's all an illusion Bro sprite be diluted, my vision deluded Nobody was cheering, but I knew I'd do it Came up from bottom, them people look clueless I cut off some hoes for the love of the music Back as a student and I ain't been truant And this only beginning can't knock off my vision My hustle been different, I ran it all up to the top of the ceiling Then broke out the roof because I don't like chilling Ayy, for real Well every time I show love, they don't move the same But I can't even complain, cause I knew the game Fuck happen to real, we don't move the same And she doubted me, but it ain't nothing new My whole life I been dealing with people who joking and clowning me And then they came around, said they proud of me Yeah, uh, uh, uh, yeah, yeah I don't even wanna move at the same pace Thru the motions my groove is a straight race Feel like schoolboy Q with the blank face Why you even had lied, I thought I could've trusted you When you said you was a safe space I ain't even have room and I made space You turned me into a dog, I'm a great dame One of one, I can rap so spectacular Crazy part is, I do this shit naturally Number one, I don't care about who after me I love God and he made me a masterpiece Gave you my heart and you played with it, got it back Exactly why I don't trust anybody I stay to myself Fight my battles in silence Feel like I cannot fuck with nobody They solid as soap they gon' slip under pressure In the rain, they gon' fold in they ain't by me Got love for a lot, but I trust only few of em And ain't nobody stepping beside me, no Gave you my heart and you played with it, got it back Exactly why I don't trust anybody I stay to myself Fight my battles in silence Feel like I cannot fuck with nobody They solid as soap they gon' slip under pressure In the rain, they gon' fold in they ain't by me Got love for a lot, but I trust only few of em And ain't nobody stepping beside me, no
3.
Play with me, made me to a beast, should have played your part Evil world, way too many snakes, gotta play it smart You a fish, bitch I been legit, only hang with sharks Silent killer, I just hit her spot, we ain't playin' darts Cupid missed, cause I got it tucked, you can't hit the heart Superstitious, music turn to life, I imitate the art Eighth a zip, cost a forty five, we ain't blowin' carts Pray that I'm forgiven, way I'm livin' like it's no tomorrow Bigger body, she wanna take a ride, but ain't no handlebars In my city, I'm the chosen one, I done set the bar Been betrayed, they done stabbed my back, and they gave me scars This ain't nothing normal, you can tell I come from outer space How we gon' compete, I ain't competing, we don't gotta race Can't go back, I might get depressed, back at my starter place I do magic with the post, I'm one like Penny Hardaway Turn off my feelings, I run up a check, knowledge I'm having worth more than pates Cut off a snake, now I'm makin' a mess, music gone speak, I don't say I'm the best Put away most, and I play with the rest, I gotta run it all up to invest Smokin' this wood, and she lay on my chest, really been stressed, but I know that I'm blessed Promise I trust, but I'm closin' the backdoor, know how they coming I'm playin' it safe Focus on you while you watchin' my move, better find you a hustle this shit ain't a race She disrespecting' me, that shit was it for me I had to put the lil' girl in her place I told the plug, bring me twenty eight, I'ma go get the green, gotta stop at the chase Re up come through every twenty three hours, I see the progress, I'm gettin' more prouder You say you colder than us, I doubt it, me versus me, now the world is ours Sober as fuck but I'm high as the towers This shit ain't simple, can't tell you the powers Love no hoe, I know it's sour, I'm motivated by every doubter The way I been swipin' the debit, you think it's credit, come from the heart, I don't need no edit Ain't got a problem with me, I said it, you can ask about my team, I bled it I got wants and needs, might take plane flights overseas, yeah, box exotic G's I got them off when I quit the weed, yeah, I gotta keep it P, too many times, my heart my sleeve Never again, they never a win, if they keep playin' with me This shit irregular how it be breakin' down this shit, this shit it go for like twenty a G Valentines day but I'm up in the studio, I gotta keep all the focus on me, one
4.
Stribb on the beat Yeah, yeah, One I got some days I don't feel no emotions, some days when I cry (cry) You not a real one I see that shit up in your eye (I can see that shit up in your eye) How many albums you drop in a year, I just told them it's five (five) I just be taking the pain to the heart and I tell them I'm fine I know they switching on me, I could already tell, I've been seeing them signs They never know how I'm coming, cause I switch the style up every time The way that you play with my heart, it was crazy, I swear that shit should be a crime You thinking it's music it's really some poetry, putting my heart in the line I never needed a label, no signing, I never needed a chain, no diamonds, no Everything perfect timing, I'm staying patient the way that I'm grinding up I just went and dropped me an album, I'm back in the studio, I'm making the music though I put her up on a pedestal, thought she was smart, but she really a goofy hoe Now I just playing it chess, I be playing my cards, I'm playing it Yu-Gi-Oh I stayed in my bag, I just played my role, I was real but they still wanna use me though I've been freestyling only been three minutes, but I'm getting my way through the track All this pressure on top of my shoulder, I'm putting some weight in my back I put the dope in the music, I'm making them addicted it's really like crack I was just flipping the packs, then I got sick of the trap I gave you my heart and then I went retrieved it, you know I'm taking it back Used to write down some poetry, now I just freestyle but this be the realest of rap Yeah, cause everything I say is facts, yeah, you know it come from the heart and the soul Feel like Jokic I move in the pick and roll, ain't the joker but I ain't been frowning though You gotta laugh at the pain sometimes, yeah, that be the way to grow Me and my twin, we sticking together, we getting the M's like Wayans bros But I said this one girl was my twin, but I can't lie, I don't see her as one of the real Felt like you lying, I wanted to squeal, feel like D Savage, I pop a shroom like a pill I got scars, way back in the day, ain't heal, I shoot the lyrics like Stainless Steel Bitch, I'm the one, I'm the king of the hill Yeah, I been working these jobs till I get me a rap check, I get the money and buy me some outfits I don't fuck with nobody except for the four, I'm the realest alive, I'm just letting you know I be chasing the bread like Texas toast, bitch, I'm a humble beast, don't let me boast Way back in the day, I was rapping with Beaust, until he switched to the coast I got bape on my jacket, irregular coat, spent nights I was looking down, losing my hope I had trapped in the snow, yeah, that winter was cold, lost that weight, got back on the road I had given my trust, you weren't real, so you sold it, I lose my top in the booth can't control it Play with my trust, bitch, you know that you owe me, different focus, I feel like I'm Kobe But she hit my line and she told me, come over, that was my baby ain't talking bout stroller Why you worried about bitches, you ain't having no motion I told her, you hurt me, don't play my emotion I wear my heart on my sleeve like emojis This world, it really get colder and colder, I just be eating these beats till I'm bloated Your love ain't pure, I know that it's molded
5.
4:44 A.M. 03:45
Fight my battles, you ain't see me hurting I been wanting to quit, but keep going Show go on no, I can't close the curtain They switching up, they wasn't from me for certain See my gift and I can see the purpose Used to be a joke, a Eddie Murphy I put my head down cause I'm steady working You in the dark you be forever lurking You don't wanna see me win You be hurting me cause I know you don't wanna see me grin Put my heart into expression You see pain from how I been I need time for me to chill cause I been living on the edge I keep challenging myself I put my soul up to the test I put money to the music then I play with all the rest They had crossed me, I couldn't even take it hard for me to digest How you feel when everybody leeching tired of the pests I got photographic memory, I can't forget your face I can't go back where I started, I know that shit not my place I got older, I got in this music industry with greats They hurt me when my idols had really turned into some snakes They had crossed me, they a snake me out this life of being betrayed I had put my heart in music, I can't take it to the grave They not nothing like my soul, I cut them off, it's like a shave You got jump into the dark and it was hard, was feeling brave Really hurt me that I took you to the places that was close to me I can feel you slipping, move away so you not close to me We not on the same time, I'm growing and you staying down I been getting more serious, tighten up, you playing around Still remember 2017 like it was yesterday Do you know the feeling, everything you living seeming fake Woke up in your arm, I had some nightmares, I'm not comfortable Fuck it out the bed, I run it up till I got multiples All I do is put my pain away until it spin around I know that the people talking all my word and getting around I was rolling leaf, was poppin' psych was hurting, sitting around God came around and found me lost, and guide me to me feeling proud I was at your house, won't say too much but I slept on the ground Ever been so hurt inside, you can't even feel the pain from out Try hard not to reminisce, cause I know my life harder now Only time I'm ever feeling love is when my mama smile I turned 20, spent it with my granny, then went hit the stu Then I chilled and spent it with some family in the others stu Ever been through pain and kept a smile cause I'm the living proof Everybody still won't watch me eating, it's a petting zoo They don't even know what I went through to get this level too Yeah I felt the pain, when they don't love you, they be killing you Ever heard somebody that you love, they tryna hurt themselves Swear I'm scarred forever, what I heard, no it will never heal Fuck em if they doubting, this for me don't care who's showing love Long nights and long days, we pray for this, I gave my bro a hug Told him if you need me, hit my line for game that I can preach He don't know I need it more than him, but I won't ever reach Everyone I love, except like four or three turns to at leech They get to a point where you like fuck it, you won't even screech I had sobered up, got off the weed, it kept my thinking deep Pray to God I wake up having visions when I fall asleep I'm stressing about my life no I'm not counting sheep, yeah I swear it been a while since a tear leaked Ever been so hurt that you just try to cry But nothing coming out your eye, that shit be staying dry I be wanting to give up, but don't want to die Just for you I put my heart up on that line I said that I love you like a million times But it don't mean nothing if you won't never try
6.
Cut em' off 03:22
Fell asleep on the couch and now it's 5am, I'm wide awake I can't lie, I'm livin', I'm just grateful for them brighter days You know they be snakes, I play it smart, know they got hateful ways Used to skip my class, but nowadays I miss them simple days I can't visit bro, up at his school, cause now I hate that place Fight internal battles like I'm tryna pray five times a day I know when I die, I face it all, I don't just fly away She play with my heart, she squeeze and tear it like it's made of clay Told bro come outside, we finna slide, I'm like a block away Gotta watch my sin away, it's time to pray I can't lie, way back in the beginning, I was lead astray Lost some people around me, focus up, cause they ain't fit the frame When it come to music, you can see, no, I can't hide the pain Ask me to express it in real life, but I cannot explain One thing that'll make me feel alive when I be switching lanes It's a dirty game, yeah it's a shame, they say it never change Pray to God that I ain't livin' wrong No time for problems, I just cut them off I speak my mind, I fight my demons off You don't lead, so you no type of boss I think we cut up from a different cloth My heart was metal, but you made it soft I was winning, but you made me lost It cost to be alive, so I just paid the cost Gave my bro my scale, so I just taught him workin' in and out Gave my bro a plug, I told him he gon' cop them big amounts Hit the other plug for the qp, this all go to the face He threw extra in the bags too, cause I'm his favorite play Every time I catch my feelings comin', I want run away Every time you wanna get into it, I want run away Seems like every time you felt my love, you want try run away It be grown man, try backdoor me, I was underage I can't do the beefin', I'm not crashin' out, yeah Cause I just use my pain as somethin' to rap about Life I seen is crazy, sometimes I think shit is not real Used to rap with, bro, he got killed I smoked with bro, he got killed I hoop with bro he got killed This shit give you a dark feel Dude got licked by someone, he call brother, I say no deal I know people laced, they ain't look back cause it's a tall hill My dreams so damn vivid, gotta tell myself it's not real I still see your face around my room, but you are not here I been changed my life I'm choosing the peace, but I did not heal I still see your face around my room, but you are not here I been changed my life I'm choosing the peace, but I did not heal It be shit I wanna say in music, but I fight feels Restless, I'm so anxious, I be ragin', I can't sit still You bring war and peace, I still had loved it I don't know why This shit ain't the same, look at the clock, with days that go by Pray to God that I ain't livin' wrong No time for problems, I just cut them off I speak my mind, I fight my demons off You don't lead, so you no type of boss I think we cut up from a different cloth My heart was metal, but you made it soft I was winning, but you made me lost It cost to be alive, so I just paid the cost
7.
Yeah, yeah, cold summer the winter's get hotter Went through pain and It's hurting my body Used to want her, she didn't even bother When I hurt her, it killed me inside I've been battling devils and demons One of them jealousy, one of them pride I'm so real, I'ma give you a reason Outside in the cold, I was freezing I should've knew that they was gonna leave Mama tried to warn me I ain't believe Some so real, I really ain't seen it But you know that love leave with the seasons Done with in and out my life (in and out) Do me favor, pick a side (side) Before I failed, I was trying (I was trying) Lately everything feel a little different Cause I don't know who really wimme But they know that I'm really living That's why they never be out of my business The haters be watching, I never a get it You can have you the bitches who badder than Megan I've been in my lane, ain't been broke in a minute That shit all for the gimmicks, it's all for attention Don't say that you got me, you didn't I'm the coldest one ever invented Never hated, I never resented And I bet that still mad that I'm winning And I bet they be sad when I'm grinning And I ain't even lavish living I think I love too hard, I'm tripping, I think I love too hard, I'm tripping They don't appreciate what I be giving On my knee be repenting from all of this sinning What's the point of the winning, we don't love how we living I been knew I'm a artist, I been having visions This song off the dome it ain't written You know I been sick, I been taking prescriptions You know how they say the ungrateful, gon' get it You know what they say, the snakes be winning Way you hate Ion know how you living Why you hating on me, that's a sickness They ain't know that's the real epidemic They ain't know that's the realer pandemic Out the mud, we gon' get how we living If they slow, they'll never get it Big backwood, it gon' blow like a chimney I ain't no loser, but I ain't been winning But you gotta stay down for the chicken Go get him, he wasn't around for the wishing Go getter, I stack it up if it's printed We on our way up, why the fuck is you tripping? In the music, I ain't been stuck in a minute But in life if I feel like I been stuck for a minute This some real pain, I hope they feel it Put it in the music, I hope they feel it Yeah, this like the alphabet You know A before the F You know one before the six You know cash before the bitch I got a stash in case I don't get rich I don't gotta jump over the fence I might just hit my plug say bring me some zips If I need to take me a risk And you know the tables will turn And you know that paper don't stick You know it's a lesson learned Never gamble with all your chips I done changed her life since she knew I exist Way before I was ever one six I go let out the pain in the music Then I go use it, exotic shrooms this ain't no regular trip
8.
Proud 03:05
Yeah, I got some pain, gotta put it in raps I gotta keep it a buck, keep a stack I gotta put my heart up in the track They hear the song, say the real is back I keep the peace, no hatin' around One of one, but I blend in with the crowd Bitch, I'm the plug, I walk in smelling loud Hated on me, you should really be proud Cut em off, cut em off, they was all toxic They ain't wanna see me win Everything true up on this side, I keep it real to the end I don't fold when I'm under that pressure I don't break, I don't bend It was a pain that I went through, my heart still didn't mend I got my brothers, not needin' a friend Stay with me till the end It was sometimes I type the text, but I can never hit send Every time that I get up in my feelings, I run it up and go spend Yeah, I been hurt, but see me and I'm keepin' on a grin All this pressure on my shoulder, I'm the one that they depend on Everyday I just pray, I'm just prayin' that we live long This shit be runnin' through my veins, everyday I put a fit on They stayin' close to me, I know it's just cause they wanna get on I say, fuck em all if you doubtin' me, everybody getting shit on They was words you said out your mouth, but nowadays you gettin' spit on I was so sad, I switched it up, because I was hurtin', I was livin' wrong I was dealin' with all these little people so I had to be the big one And the numbers gon' speak for they damn self I had the cameras handheld, I used it, put all the pain in music I came up without a hand out, I came up and I'm the man now Yeah, a five star and I'm a stand out, you felt the truth and then you ran out I been runnin' out the racks, I'm makin' all this music, pullin' these bands out Hatin' in private, but you really fanned out Readin' these people, I know how to scan now Yeah, yeah, uh, I did a lot, but no hatin', yeah I did a lot, but no fakin', I ain't not tradin' no places I came up until I really stand proud I reminisce on the days we was tweakin', we was really on some dumb shit Brodie tell me that the people be hatin' now all they do is make assumptions And bro said that they really been jealous and they been really tryna kill em all He said, stay right where you at, you gotta dream, better not get involved I tried to call and got no ring, so now I'm feelin' like I'm Chris Paul Yeah, they countin' me out, now I'm pissed off Yeah, they was countin' me out, now I'm big dawg You not as real as you say, your talking be cheap, so you really ripped off You do not wanna be saved, so you got some problems and I cannot fix y'all I always came through for my people I always stayed true, I ain't evil Told them, remain you, it's no sequel Why you tryna be them, they can't be you It was some dark nights, I remember Swear last May was colder than December Swear this booth get hotter than some embers Golden child was born in September Yeah, I got some pain, gotta put in the raps I gotta keep it a buck, keep a stack I gotta put my heart up in the track They hear the song, say the real is back I keep the peace, no hatin' around One of one, but I blend in with the crowd Bitch, I'm the plug, I walk in smelling loud Hated on me, you should really be proud Cut em off, cut em off, they was all toxic They ain't wanna see me win Everything true up on this side, I keep it real to the end I don't fold when I'm under that pressure I don't break, I don't bend It was a pain that I went through, my heart still didn't mend I got my brothers, not needin' a friend Stay with me till the end It was sometimes I type the text, but I can never hit send Every time that I get up in my feelings, I run it up and go spend Yeah, I been hurt, but see me and I'm keepin' on a grin
9.
I say run up the money, stack the blues Pop shrooms take steps on the moon I'm hurt inside, I can't even hide This way won't be helping soon My pain worth way more than money Guess I'm richest in the room My faith worth way more than money Guess I'm richest in the room Old ones they come back around You know that's how losers move How you say you love me But you doubted me, I'm too confused We don't gotta take it far If that's cool with you I don't know if you stay tomorrow So can't stay true to you I'm still with them apes, Gorillas sticking like we super glue Went through pain and made me realer Right after it made me blew In the booth I leave up out my body I go other places Everything that try to make me quit Use as motivation I've been geeked I'm high off life You look at my sober face I can't show emotion You look at me, that's my poker face If my brother down, I cannot eat I gotta save a plate Feel like Ja Morant They turned on me after I made mistakes Your talk cheap, you saving face Ran in the dirt like stolen base Ran for the money and ran in the treadmill At first I was overweight I know the shit that I rapping be real I know that you don't relate Rapping for eight hours out of that 24 I just went that Kobe way I'm trying to kill my pain, yeah So I'm on the road today Now I'm trying to kill these beats, yeah So I'm on the roll today You took my heart away, yeah But I can't throw my soul away I went and walk through that dark I ain't even know the way
10.
On My Own 02:00
I'm stuck in her head But I got a different one stuck in my head Fresh out the bank, bread stuck to the bread Stack up the twenties and hundreds of bread Put it all up to the music to spend Serve only brothers, don't fuck with the fed I tell my boy how to count up the bread Uh, yeah, uh He do a math on the O's I'm in the studio, I'ma pass on the hoes But I need a loyal one stick to the code She know the lyrics, a lot of my songs If she stay down, I'ma throw her a bone Three years ago, I was all on my own Two years ago, I was feeling alone Hop in the booth, you can call it a throne Cut off the snakes, I've been all in my zone I reminisce when I thought I was on Worked through the pain like a bot I'm a drone It's March 11, I swear to God That my whole life been way different since one year ago Don't got to speak what I already know Cover my pain, cause it's not for the show Sometimes I just cut off emotion I was hurting, but I wasn't loafing I'm the truth, what is more to expose me I make hit, ain't no buster, I'm posey You been up in my business, you nosy But I'm one of one, you never clone me Gave it everything, feel like you owe me Independent, you never control me They leave me all alone, they dispose me Moving up, I'm way better than old me I want blues, I ain't talking bout Sony They just hate on the kid like I'm Brodie I'm with my twin like I'm Zack and he Cody With my soldier, he Rex and I'm Cody Start with nothing, I really was lonely Knock the speaker, my music be goated Yeah, yeah I'm stuck in her head But I got a different one stuck in my head Fresh out the bank, bread stuck to the bread Stack up the twenties and hundreds of bread Put it all up to the music to spend Serve only brothers, don't fuck with the fed I tell my boy how to count up the bread Uh, yeah, uh He do a math on the O's I'm in the studio, I'ma pass on the hoes But I need a loyal one stick to the code She know the lyrics, a lot of my songs If she stay down, I'ma throw her a bone Three years ago, I was all on my own Two years ago, I was feeling alone
11.
Chose 01:54
I don't fold, stickin' code, heart was cold I'm on road I'm a pro, rappin' prose, I just go, cause I'm posed I'm not perfect, cause I lied, when I said I don't fold God knows, heart was cold, on my own, couple bros, yeah But you guided me, I know I'm chose I'm still lacking, I gotta get up to it Told her love me or leave me alone I can't feel like I'm hurt, cause I'm stuck to you And she think I'm for everyone, I don't want anyone Don't understand how you don't get me I need the medicine, everything's said and done I need to be moving around more healthy I made a song man that shit was so personal I can't even go back and listen to it I just thank God for my gift you don't know, bro he can take it away if he did choose it I done got out of the game, certified in my name, they all know how I speak fluent I was down bad and I made me a goal, I start working now, I just went right through it Yeah, this the xool music, I won't switch on the gang cause I'm true to it I was too stupid, life hit like a brick when it did do it Fuck anybody, I don't need a soul except me and who do love me I put away racks, but I ran up the stacks and got old and the new money Cracking the code, rapping alone, they say you lucky you found you a way Say I'm blessed, but I work every day, this ain't luck give me credit for words that I say This like a therapy, don't need to play, I told my brother don't worry, he need me Then I got a place that he really can stay But I need a place if I'm tryna get away I don't fold, sticking the code, heart was cold I'm on road I'm a pro, rappin' prose, I just go, cause I'm posed I'm not perfect, cause I lied, when I said I don't fold God know, heart was cold, on my own, couple bros, yeah
12.
Losing Pain 02:27
X-ray the music, you can see the pain They just wanna use me, I was clueless now I see the frame Drop another album, no, I can't be tamed On the E-Way, losing pain Cause I be going from lane to lane My heart the beat, it drum until it's flat And I ain't talking wings Woke up, I been tripping all because what I be seeing in dreams It some shit that's way too deep for me to even sing I put pressure on me, tightrope walking on a balance beam Maximize the profit, ain't no other option All they do is hate and gossip, I can't make em stop it All my haters watchin', gave out love, they blocked it I came out the pockets, they never gave me nothing I can't be the option, you know I'm the socket Hawk em Tyler lockett, I got bones up in my closet This vision, you can't block it Came up I'm who they was mocking Exotic strain, it's tropic I rolled too much, had to stop it Stop explicit talking, cause I know them people watching now I been working ever since I woke up, I ain't clocking out I was in the kitchen, cooking up, I whipped like ten of these She so fake, I can't believe, can't even get these bottom feeds One of one, can't duplicate, you came back around super late Go against me, choose your fate, CEO go sushi date Stu that be my habitat, I get green, Applejack Cinnamon, we pass it back, cause I got tests they have to pass She say I be whipping fast, told her she make me want crash If you gon' switch, then do it fast, I'm so blessed I got to last I'm a beast, I came from Kodiak, she wanna know my Zodiac How you trying to judge me, shawty, you don't even know me yet And you trying to judge me when you know me, you don't know me well All them people judge me, but it's crazy, they don't judge themselves They was telling lies right to my face when I ain't even care I knew I was solid when they crossed me, I wouldn't even dare Heart too pure, go on that shit, on my own, do not have help They never care about how I felt, till I got this title belt I can't do no stupid deals, cut them off, I shoot to kill My cousin down in Dallas, watching Kyrie while he shoot the pill We make movies, play the real, can't finesse or play the real The chosen one in crazy feel, pray this music pay the bill Fake love came, I know the feel, I can trap, I never steal I know that my Brodie real, cause he won't cross me for a bill
13.
Out of Town 01:43
I don't want revenge just want love and peace Tired of this fighting, battle wit my sheets Rapping 4 am I keep on choosing beats You wasn't in the field you never had your cleats They left me behind but that shit made a beast Always counted out but I was never least You can hear the pain it be inside the speech Miss my grandma love but she been way OT I miss this lil bit luv but she been way OT every time we link she take my energy I gotta keep it P I know u not for me Battles in my head I Live wit war and peace She keep hittin my line said I'm who she wan see I'm find ways to duck her I just want my peace This shit hit me different when I'm outta reach Gave my bro a hug cuz I know he won't leech Uh uh Every song I make is really good dope Coldest world I'm knowing that it's cut throat Four point nine gelato in that wood smoke You done hit the lotto if we kinfolk Realist one alive that's if you didn't know Can't believe this pain but I know God know Try me and I wack em feel like Jon Jones Summer nights we kicked it in that condo I know they hate they gave me power I'm Just a man I don't got no power Back on my feet so I can't be sour I know they hate that I grow like flower I stack it up so my blue like tower Invest in the Music my money devoured Can't see my thoughts no my mind be clouded Mama know that I'm scarred she prouder Bro know codes he got mo routers Bitch ima ball and I stay way down You switch teams you like Jae crowder Yo pack cool but mine way louder I wash the money I gave it a shower I'm in them places I'm keeping it secret This for my people you wasn't allowed Hating on me u should really be proud
14.
13 Minutes 02:49
Ain't too many out here living what they say and standing on it Made a hit and it went up and I wunt even planning on it Hit a liar wit the truth and they won't have an answer for it That's why I'm just doing me I'm in my corner shadow boxing I feel like Khabib Every time I win it come from God It was longer days up in the summer But the winter hard I got three friends That I really trust em with my heart Used to have another But I ain't trippin know that wasn't smart Ever hit send on a text it don't go thru it hurt my chest I told bro I couldn't breathe right he knowing that I been stressed Withdrawal symptoms from the weed Hit my inhaler for a breath I know that I'm feeling drained but I ain't working any less In the gym I had a convo on my phone between the reps Bro said that u gotta learn the game you gotta play it chess Every single moment that u get within it is a test If you learn to move correct then you be gucci and you blessed Seen a video that moved me back in June Did some shit that's going to the grave can't speak it in the room I went pointed out my flaws and said that ima fix em soon Been like seven months The person that I am now really new I wish I could seen the backstab come I never knew Try to fake a smile but walk around this muhfucka blew My OG came in to smoke I'm hurt inside I'm acting rude But ian mean it this just what I'm on I know this shit ain't coo I been off the weed Twenty days I almost quit on eight But my bros wit me Keep me focused always motivate See them chasin dreams Know they feel that love it's no debate Doing what you love really take some stress up off your plate Until you stress yourself Saying in ya head that yeen great Why we hold each other up cuz I would fall without the crate And if I ain't have no money I wouldn't ask them for a plate But I just know they still would help me only real ones can relate This a different vibe Ghosting ones I love for inner peace They ain't love me right Gave em hella chances shit at least And this wunt overnight Really had to fight myself to sleep It's like a overbite Anxious I was grinding on my teeth Until I fucked em up I knew sum was wrong first week of 23 Fighting battles quiet avoiding hits of mini dopamine Old girl hit me said that I was lame for tryna take her down She just so delusional she said that cuz I'm out of reach Mentally I'm tryna keep my castle I can't let em breach But feel like they keep bringing on a wave and this ain't bout the beach Wiping out my hard work they jealous they wan see me bleed I can't go out sad I gotta mission that I must complete This like UFC Fighting all my demons til I get the belt You put me down I swear was one the deepest pains I really ever felt This like UFC Fighting all my demons til I get the belt You put me down I swear was one the deepest pains I really ever felt
15.
Said what happened to the real Whatever happened to the real, they all in jail or dead I don't wanna see her face, tell her mail the bag Really trust you if I ever let you see me bled PTSD really pray but I might need the meds This pain all be building up until I let it loose Every time I let them in, all they did is fled Ain't no Valentine's Day but I've been seeing red Don't give a fuck bout who be with me, I won't even beg I was riding for my bro, his bike ain't have a peg They don't make em how they made us, everybody fluke When I changed, don't be mad cause I was staying true Should've seen it coming, I knew everybody fu If I leave, this shit a fall, I know I'm the glue You can't live with all them lies when you feel the truth Step on anyone in front of me if they try contest Know you envious, no you don't wanna see me blessed I don't need fake loving I'm cool What I've been through would haunt you too I've been battling, losing the groove You can't speak, you ain't been in my shoes Look at my battles, I pick and I choose Tell me why I'm the one that they use They left me, I was feeling abused They left me, I was feeling confused On these beats, I be rapping the blues In my feelings, I'm stacking the blues Wanna be happy but lacking the juice The real ones, most pain be happening to I'm the goat when I'm back in the booth They say they him but they lacking the proof It's a war in my head I can't lose Hurt my spirit, it gave me a bruise I see the light, it's hard to make it, yeah I'm well aware You gave advice but I won't take it cause you never cared I can see it in your eyes, you're really hella scared I've been going through some pain that I can barely bear Fight myself, I look up in the mirror Lot of money I put down the drain I got regrets, drive myself insane What the music for? It's for the pain Why you make promises you knew that you could never keep I hear chaos in my head, I can't even sleep In the quiet of the night, I pray for inner peace I hear voices of everybody who doubted me I hear yelling from everybody who put me down I see faces of real ones I can't find around I need escape from this life so I might leave the town But shit be deeper, no vacation that can save me now I don't need fake loving I'm cool What I've been through would haunt you too I've been battling, losing the groove You can't speak, you ain't been in my shoes Look at my battles, I pick and I choose Tell me why I'm the one that they use They left me, I was feeling abused They left me, I was feeling confused On these beats, I be rapping the blues In my feelings, I'm stacking the blues Wanna be happy but lacking the juice The real ones, most pain be happening to I'm the goat when I'm back in the booth They say they him but they lacking the proof It's a war in my head I can't lose Hurt my spirit, it gave me a bruise
16.
Teardrop 02:12
I'm my own opponent I just drop a tear for the moment I said I'm my own opponent On the verge of quitting you don't know it Living in the fear I'ma blow it Brody won't approve how it's going But he don't know that struggle every morning He gon motivate me, say keep going But he don't know them nightmares every morning, aye What's the point of being happy, you gon leave, aye What's the point of money stacking when it leave, aye What's the point of being sober when I grieve, aye What's the point of being real, they gon leave, aye, aye I just drop a tear for the moment, aye I got chances, living fear I'ma blow it, aye Love the game so I dropped a tear for it, aye, aye I just drop a tear for the moment, uh Leave me alone please I want your love but I don't got no words to speak, aye Every day wake up new memories coming to me Shit I tried to put away come up my sleeve I know you tired of me saying I'm fighting these demons but they never leave I was so happy for day or two it was some shit that I couldn't believe I always knew I was special but every way I just go underachieve I know they hating for real but it feel like it's love cause attention on me Stay to myself no I don't wanna kick it you can't put the ball on a tee Gave out my love but I ain't get it back 20 years I've been keeping it P If anyone say this they are realer than me you should know they are telling a lie Get on my knee put my head to the sky I feel weak and I'm telling you now I can pop me a shroom but I can't even do it now too much go on in my head Wake up in the morning my heart on a hundred I ain't even get out the bed I know they'll love me forever but is it gonna happen when living or dead I told my OG I can't even talk there's too much going on in my head, aye, aye, aye I just drop a tear for the moment If you've seen what I've seen you'd feel heroic I've been jumping off these hurdles feel aerobic I just drop a tear for the moment

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Made from January to March of 2023.

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released June 23, 2023

Mixed and Mastered by Ro Marsalis
Recorded by Ro Marsalis and Wildlife Willy

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16RAHEEM is a young rapper and poet from the city of Chicago. He started making music in 2016. Since then, he has been an extremely prolific artist.

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