Real

[Intro] (Can't stop, won't stop) (Can't stop, won't stop) [Verse 1] Workin', know one thing for certain I woke up this morning feelin' like a different person My path is leadin' to progression, tryna get to perfect Malcolm X, with the chopper, lookin' out the curtains [Verse 2] It was each and every day and night I had to fight and turn the fear into a source of might The source of light inside my spirit looked like dynamite I think I may, I think I might take 'em out of sight [Verse 3] I was the runt of the litter, now my fangs' bigger And my legs' quicker I had to jump into the pit and swing my elbows Became the one who held the torch the day that Hell froze Burnin' till my name rang bells so [Chorus] When it all comes down, will you give it up? And if you do it, how the hell should I know? Least I know how that feels I'll be keepin' shit real If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow They told her to hold to the window Least I know how that feels I'll be keepin' shit real [Post-Chorus] They wanted me to break, wanted me to quit Wanted me to die and be done with it But I got my second wind The real bill, I could never be a counterfeit [Verse 4] Look, make 'em listen now Things be lookin' little different where I'm sittin' now Never figured I'd end up in this position At the same time feelin' like forever I been spittin' out the same rhymes [Verse 5] Never take a back seat Treat the session like a track meet The way I'm laughin' at these haters who gon' catch me Black cat, evolution of the black sheep Cause I've been goin', how it happened, don't ask me [Verse 6] Resurrected, redirected on a new scale Kill the game, guess they'll hafta write a new will In the end I never lose, you know me too well Go against me playa, you won't do well [Chorus] When it all comes down, will you give it up? And if you do it, how the hell should I know? Least I know how that feels I'll be keepin' shit real If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow They told her to hold to the window Least I know how that feels I'll be keepin' shit real [Bridge] Ooo! Yeah! Everybody says! I'm better off dead! But what they really need?! Is life just a dream?! [Chorus] When it all comes down, will you give it up? And if you do it, how the hell should I know? Least I know how that feels I'll be keepin' shit real If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow They told her to hold to the window Least I know how that feels I'll be keepin' shit real