Cassius Clay

[Verse 1: Avelino] Made this happen, I was the cause Hand me the baton, hand me the torch Runnin' the game like it's a sport But all I got in this world is my word and my balls (Yeah) Yeah, said Scarface (Yeah) Yeah, Goodfellas learn the hard way Never had a godfather or my padre So I went and got some Margielas for my madre 'Cause it's been graveyard shifts since I put dad in his grave Made it out of the maze, I'm in amazement No haram, I go ham when I pray 'Cause there's no real helping hand when handlin' pain If God made man in his image, I'ma create I'ma be great, mi casa, su casa, Cassius Clay Rumble in the jungle, I'm from the land of the brave Souls in the sea, I rolled the deep, now with the wave Yo, Dave man, I still remember conversations About awards and their invalid validations I got the world in my hands, that's world domination Man are not pop, we're just popping to the population I got dreams and ambitions, people that listen Love the fans 'cause all I had was fiends and a kitchen I'm in Dior, guess I'm preachin' in Christian My pockets deep, but my jeans full of riches (Yeah) Descendants of a king I got people who depend on me, the dependents of a king My teacher mentioned credit, never said it was a thing Why you think the mortgage lender isn't lending her a thing? (Yeah) From a real estate to real estate Made sure I ate with my niggas before the dinner dates (Yeah) I had so much on my plate Now I'm eatin' like a king, had to work like a slave Imagine if we never imagined this Imagine if our imaginations couldn't fathom it Imagine if the butterfly effect was a caterpillar in the Garden of Eden by the tree where the apple is I'm way too talented to still be in the sticks where there's javelins I'm Olympic, on Mount Olympus' peak At the top, it's only us, I'm with my G's But I ain't gotta be high, there's higher powers than me, it's AV I fell asleep and spoke to MJ And he told me to heal the world, make it a better place 'Nough red jackets in my ends, it's the end days Why you think I'm rollin' with trendsetters that set pace? Grew up in a race with racist, a place where they wanna replace us I'm patient but then I'm impatient, God's grace has been ever so gracious Something to say, but I'm the savior 'cause I'm in the Matrix An alien 'cause I'm in a spaceship, I saw my niggas on slave ships I remember tellin' Whitney: "You're my queen" I was selling Bobby, New Edition on my street Feds were taking pictures, taking pictures of my team But I saw the bigger picture, the depiction of my dreams It was nightmares where we lost Mo and Leng Had the nigga feelin' outta place at his home address I'm the first nigga with insomnia who overslept I paid seventy in taxes, it don't match what I owe to them Man, it's crazy [Verse 2: Dave, Avelino] Lately I see (Yeah) a lot of man tryna play me I ain't an escort, but it's fuck you, pay me Déjà vu, every time that I get a break, G I used to visualize my reality in a day dream Dream to be happy, are you happy with a dream team? Full of happy niggas, are you happy with your team? How many men are talented and ended up on the street? He didn't act on it, now he looks unhappy with the scene Seen, I mean Happy Halloween Me and the team branched out from selling leaves If my life was a film, the title on it's release would have to be "Just Read This One Incredible Scene" I ain't had a break since the peddle bike in my teens So I wouldn't lose sleep if you couldn't sell me a dream I'm tighter than these guys, it's all lies that they're feedin' The seeds of deceit grew the tree in the treason And no reason for the way that you living, make a decision I hate mediocrity, last dream I had, I saw Socrates He told me he believes in my philosophy I just do numbers, I ain't waitin' on the lottery (Nah) I'm the best on the scene The only thing that follows when your mentionin' me Man invest in a girl when interested But she ain't invested if she don't say invest in your dream You invest for your queen, I invest for the queen There's a big fucking difference When I was eighteen, I was six-figure nigga, trigger happy I'm a killer for dinners, we ate livers and corn beef I work in silence, my touch Midas, yes Colourism real, but don't let 'em divide us We're all blacks tryna run our own race In our own way feeling pressure from our own race (Ah) Strugglin' to relate In a black man's eyes, see pride, see pain See joy, see days of hardship You wanna be black, but you don't know what dark is You want our blood, but you don't know what heart is How could he draw me out if he don't know what art is I'm Picasso, diss me, and man know it's kidnap Nothin', but red paint when the van goes I don't make pop art or so, and these kicks that I wore hold up I had a tough upbringin' and hard days, I saw those Weight on my chest, only right I got a tour, so Be happy for me, I'm happy to see I happen to be the only one that made it happen for me As a child, I saw loss, and now I'm a man in defeat Outstanding, I stand for something when I stand on the beat [Outro] (Jason Julian, that's my guy)