Who's the Greatest?

[Intro: Ché Noir] Uh Yeah Nigga Yeah, uh Uh, look [Verse 1: Ché Noir] I built a catalog of classics from spittin' pain And built a portfolio full of assets I liquidate, yeah I got investments and shit that pay me in stock options In ten years, bank accounts look like a box office Yeah, uh, I gained a splurgin' salary Eatin' food for thought is a jewel when you burnin' calories The price of freedom and fame, money, it capture me The dream of makin' it became better than the reality Greatness is defined by the people that you involve But it's hard to carry when most of 'em don't еvolve Rappers don't impress mе 'cause most of 'em look desperate Stayed on my toes so long, gave niggas a foot fetish Greatness is defined by your influence that's left Success like an elevator, I was usin' the steps I'm like the hip-hop's eye doctor I paint visions for the blind with my words like an acuity test Success a lonely road, you'll see the proof when you finish Can't have it, you ain't willing to lose something to get it Yeah, weight of the world on my shoulders left me with thick veins Buried underneath is the Buffalo roots of Rick James It's all hunger, I'm givin' specials on free food Bars come in cups, but the wisdom measured in teaspoons I don't bite the bullet, I reload clips My vacations is sightseeing off of ego trips, let's go [Chorus: Ché Noir] Watch the paddywagons on the block, on the block From the bottom, so our only mission was the top, was the top It's been low this year, our biggest villain was a clock, was a clock Even if I fell, my nigga, I could never stop, I'll forever be the Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the [Verse 2: eLZhi] What I become Ill is decidin' to dodge death when the casket fall Scholarships are for basketball skill For an ex-gang member the street raised Back in his empty your pockets, take them Jordans off your feet days The greatest is a father helping a son create his Own slice of heaven and hell At eleven and twelve, he decides what his fate is The illest or realest, educatin' those still misinformed on who's behind combined companies tryna kill us The greatest walk miles that determines the size of his shoe worn Running back in the burning unit to save a newborn Are you torn between who's the illest or greatest? When it's my time, I can pause it, get ahead of it and make you feel this for ages The illest is doctors who kill illnesses with herbs that disturb the pharmacists in the 'burbs The greatest is Ali, Biggie poppin' bottles in VIP or Queen Latifah writin' U-N-I-T-Y Because the murder rate was up, how you regurgitate A piece of the pie you thought you deserved when they didn't serve a plate The greatest buy us turkeys on Thanksgiving School supplies is a cool surprise for teachers with students that met a cruel demise The greatest don't abandon they daughters In fact, the act left a few scorned that striptease and do porn Are you torn between who's the greatest or illest? In and out of state, it's the realest, heavyweight, sends a freightful to deal it [Outro] Our Black folk, we got Black folk, you know, Black folk, we gotta get, we gotta get stronger, though, you know? We got to be tight, we gotta quit askin' people to give us somethin' Keep lookin' for shit Keep askin' motherfuckers to march for us We gotta take care our fuckin' own I'm tellin' it like it is 'cause I had a dream