Foundation

[Intro: Nipsey Hussle]

Back in this shit

Hit-Boy

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle]

Look

First you got to pay dues

Then you got to make moves

And you know the game test you

You just gotta stay true

First they probably like who?

Then you finally break through

You ain’t gotta play cool

You just gotta make room

I been on a lot a missions (Argh)

I caught a lot of cases (Argh)

Took me a lot of time (Argh)

But I built a foundation (Argh)

I built a foundation (Argh)

I built a foundation (Argh)

Took me a little time (Argh)

But I built a foundation

[Verse 1: J. Stone]

I’ma bet on myself

I ain’t ever had to sit on the shelf

I’m creating generational wealth

Took a loss, but got wins on a belt

We was hungry, they ain’t know how it felt

I want for my brothers what I want for myself

Success and the foundation

Nothing happened overnight

A lot of sleeping on the floor

Long nights in the yo

Taking risk for the dough

Live and die by the code

Shoot it out by the store

Loyalty to the bros

Emancipated from the stove

Graduated on the road

I got in album mode

Sacrifice for the goals

Nigga, anything goes

Was only known in the hood

Now I’m known around the globe

Fake friends got exposed

Still stayed down ten toes

I had to build a foundation

All it took was dedication

Off parole, on probation

I caught a lot of cases

But I built a foundation

I ran out of patience

It took me a little time

But I built a foundation

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle, B.H.]

Look

First you got to pay dues

Then you got to make moves

And you know the game test you

You just gotta stay true

First they probably like who?

Then you finally break through

You ain’t gotta play cool

You just gotta make room

I been on a lot a missions (Argh)

I caught a lot of cases (Argh)

Took me a lot of time (Argh)

But I built a foundation (Argh)

I built a foundation (Argh)

I built a foundation (Argh)

Took me a little time (Argh, flying)

But I built a foundation

[Verse 2: BH]

I’m in a coupe going fast

Yeah I do the whole dash

I got a bitch with some ass

She got Chanel on her back

Yeah I came up too fast

Nigga, how you do that?

Nigga, grindin’ the crack

Nigga, stashing the pack

Nigga re-up the sack

Ride with the strap

Put the hood on the map

From the fronts to the back

Yeah my trap be rolling

If the light on, I'm open

I be cooking the yola

I got rich on the corner

I got rich on the corner

Young nigga be on it

I be smoking, they on it

I be fresh in the morning

Bitches be calling

Calling and calling

They know that im ballin’

What

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle, J. Stone]

First you got to pay dues (Yeah)

Then you got to make moves (On Hood)

And you know the game test you (Come on)

You just gotta stay true (What else?)

First they probably like who? (What else?)

Then you finally break through (Yeah)

You ain’t gotta play cool (Let’s go)

You just gotta make room (Let’s go)

I been on a lot a missions (Argh)

I caught a lot of cases (Argh, yeah)

Took me a lot of time (Argh)

But I built a foundation (Argh, come on)

I built a foundation (Argh)

I built a foundation (Argh, foundation)

Took me a little time (Argh)

But I built a foundation

[Outro: J. Stone]

Neighborhood Nip Hussle

J. Stone

B.H

Hit-Boy

All Money In, No Money Out