Acceptance Speech

[Verse 1]

First and foremost, a toast to my mom and my pop

My daughter and my wife, there’s no one more important in my life

Without them, I wouldn’t be alive in the literal sense

And in the mind, they are my inspiration to grind

My reason to live, rest in peace to my grandmothers and my uncles

Y'all molded the person I became and for that I love you

It’s difficult to explain through lyrics how much I miss you

Please accept any success I’ve achieved as a tribute

A testament, to your impact

And influence on everything I’ve ever did, you’ll forever live

I never been a religious person but still bear witness to a higher power

Some only pray in their final hour

But I remain grateful for my blessings

Thankful to the Most High, for the many gifts whether present

Past or futuristic

Blessed to be able to express myself through words and give thanks using lyrics

[Chorus: A-Trak]

The winner is…

ILL BILL… number one

I feel very grateful, very humble

I wanna thank everyone (Yeah)

I’ve waited a very long time

I dedicate this to you for believing in me

Wow, I just wanna say…

Thanks…

Thank you

[Verse 2]

Secondly, I’d like to address where it all popped

From Farragut Road to your block

Gargling booze, and saw God sparking a doob

Marketing crude, sharpening tools, we're martyrs and goon shooters

That shoot constant modern day Goose Gossage

Ice cold though, Siberian summers appear hotter

Quite bold like a Nigerian underwear bomber

Dope war, folklore, coke whore, smoke more

Morbid epitaph, sordid tortured past provoke more

Try to stab me with a knife to be exact

Spitefully attacked, trifling and wack, grimier in fact

Than, any award or any rap, any whore or any rat

Close the door on petty crap

Very happy, thankful to my best of friends

Had to cut ties with any of the very many snakes in the grass that left me for dead

Dumped in the river, swept in the ocean

Heavy emotion, stand firm though the end is approaching, I’m open

[Chorus: A-Trak]

And the winner is…

ILL BILL… number one

Ladies and gentlemen, a real round of applause

Y'all appointed me to bring rap justice (Yeah)

I’ve waited a very long time

I dedicate this to you for believing in me

Wow! It’s truly fantastic

To show our appreciation for you

[Verse 3]

Lastly, I’d like to thank all my influences

And various inspirational individuals that got me in the music business

I'm a fan first so I appreciate mines

Thanks to my fans, you're my family, I take pride

In your support and every album you bought

Down for life, I love y'all for never doubting your boy

Same way I love LL Cool J and KISS

One made me wanna rock, the other made me wanna spit

Rick Rubin made me wanna flip 'em both at the same time

Slayer and Scarface inspired me to write insane rhymes

Thanks to L'Amour's in Brooklyn accepting my fake ID

Opened for Sepultura there when I was only 17

Thanks to my band Injustice

Thanks to Ace London Studios for letting us rehearse when we ain’t have nothing

And shouts to all of y'all that said I couldn’t do it

You gave me the fire to kick down the door and walk through it

[Chorus]

The winner is…

ILL BILL… number one

I feel very grateful, very humble and I owe thanks to many, many people (Yeah)

I’ve waited a very long time

I dedicate this to you for believing in me

What more could I say? I wouldn’t be here today, if the old school didn’t pave the way

ILL BILL, rap crusader

Rap crusader

ILL BILL, rap crusader

Rap crusader

ILL BILL, rap crusader

ILL BILL, rap crusader