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