Came a Long Way

[Intro: Conway] Machine Term, whaddup nigga? [Verse 1: Conway] Look, shooters spraying lead where you lay your head Two more into the face and head in case you're playing dead Make sure it ain't no more breathing He a fuck nigga, I ain't need no more reasons to leave him I took a loss twice but I made it back Twenty minutes on the block, made a stack back I'm '91 Cube in a Raiders cap I raise the strap, pushing pussy niggas faces back You ran through that shortcut, we wave next Everybody at the dice game got laid flat Still the same nigga, just laid back Craig's nap, the Just Don, the Atlanta Braves hat I made racks from penning the illest insane raps Some say that we the illest since like a decade back That's way back The most consistency, the most efficiency You know who flow the most prolifically, who flow as sick as me This gon' be history, know my opponents gon be sick of me I keep the 40 with a loaded clip with me No ain't no bitch in me The street shit got me zoning differently Listen, this shit is special like '96 It Was Written Esco Reasonable Doubt Jigga, Purple Tape Chef Whip a bird at nine, by noon I had a eighth left Niggas hit my jack ain't no weight left [❓❓] in twenties I'ma sell it on [Renee Stats ❓❓❓❓] [Chorus: Termanology] I came a long way from them days in the gutter Making them plays yeah I had to shave butter Now we on waves getting played from the cut up Yeah that's on my momma, that's on my momma, yeah I came a long way from them days in the gutter Making them plays, yeah I had to shave butter Now we on waves getting played from the cut up Yeah that's on my momma, that's on my momma, yeah [Verse 2: Termanology] Uh my duffel bag all stuffed up, boy don't get it fucked up I can get you stuck man that's tough luck Rest in Peace Rudd my piece tucked I had him bringing me the keys like the lease up They came and took my whole block in police trucks Had us on the news like they just inpeached Trump I was front page from the gun blaze Man you never lived that life you in the thug phase I got the plug paid, you gave your plug grace I'm from the era a point three was a dub of haze Had dubs on the whip since the dub zero's I'm no hero just a rapper that sold pillows My scale talk to me still cause he miss the action He say you left me for that bitch when you made it rapping Nah I made it happen and I'm from the 'jects Came a long way from making plays on them [❓❓] steps [Chorus: Termanology] I came a long way from them days in the gutter Making them plays yeah I had to shave butter Now we on waves getting played from the cut up Yeah that's on my momma, that's on my momma, yeah I came a long way from them days in the gutter Making them plays, yeah I had to shave butter Now we on waves getting played from the cut up Yeah that's on my momma, that's on my momma, yeah [Verse 3: Slaine] Okay let's keep it going, push a button, tape record Time to ape with my one tape Draco Paul Had some situation that I got some statements for With no further ado, let me take it forward Was a very long time I was waging war The harder I fought I became caged in more The smarter I thought, I thought the faster I saw Went from tapping the ass of a blunt passing out drunk To cocaine on the weekend to smashing in the trunk Rifles, pockets take out all this cash in a lump Smoking PCP stuck by the trash in the dumpster I'm passionate rash you can't gas on youngster But it's a cold world when you're lost and very ill Your best friend served as a cautionary tale But if I heard the message it did not work long Cause I was taking acid and watching Clockwork Orange Before the first song I ever put a hot verse on I was running in the streets, I was caught up Before me and Coka Nostra locked up [❓❓] I was moving with a different kinda product I was young I was looking for a deal to sign I would hustle, I would scuffle, I would steal for mine Would I live, would I die, what I did, I would strive To get out and the future was revealed in time