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]

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