Gentrification

[Verse 1: Mike Lowery]

Look, uh, uh

Talkin' big shit with niggas out in Baltimore

Fuck yesterday, today I'm tryna ball tomorrow

I'm always live, controlling my drive like a handlebar

Most you niggas ain't gone shine with them cameras off

I left the state of mind, it ain't no movin' back

Tryna secure the bag, I gotta do this bad

I'm countin' too much cash, I gotta keep a stash

If them folks lookin' for me, I'ma do the dash

Lovin' you was the greatest thing I ever did

Hope you hold a nigga down while I do this big

For you and the kid, I go the distance, the realest shit

Would go to jail and wouldn't tell to keep you innocent

Stashin' money in the safe just to keep us safe

So much you can do with a day if you don't wait

Doin' what we gotta do, ain't the only way

Take a swing at the plate while it's loaded bases

Niggas was talkin' all that shit like they wanted war

Nigga, I'd take your whole block, even a corner store

And make you niggas pay the tab where you sleep at

And around the corner at your girl crib is where I be at

Father forgive me for my sins and my mishaps

Gentrification my ass, I'm takin' shit back

Gentrification my ass, I'm takin' shit back, nigga

Yeah, yeah

[Chorus: Mike Lowery]

Sorry that I couldn't stay the same way

But somethin' gotta change if we want it all

I done gave my all, and still it wasn't enough

I think the hate is startin' to form when there's too much love

But somethin' had to fall, just to keep you up

And I can sacrifice that, even if it's us

See, it's beauty in the struggle, I see Halle Berry

So all this shit we goin' through, I think it's necessary

[Verse 2: Mike Lowery]

Listen, life gon' be toxic whether you with me or not

But at least I came with love when they dragged you through the mud

At least I'm tryna get it

At least I got a vision

More concerned with the results and not some pussy-ass image

It don't gotta be me using double L C's to cover the fees

Any moves get made, they run it by me

A triple OG, but they don't know me from the streets

I was out here in the matrix tryna set you niggas free

But luckily, I just stayed true to niggas who fuck with me

The bitch claim that she not single but she wilin' in this DoubleTree

Triple my net-worth by puttin' myself first

Too many prayers to God just hopin' His help works

See, I need it more than ever

'Cause nigga, it's now or never

They say the bleedin' always slows when you apply the pressure

So I applied the pressure

They can't deny the effort

But it's like the truth don't even matter when the lies better

[Chorus: Mike Lowery]

Sorry that I couldn't stay the same way

But somethin' gotta change if we want it all

I done gave my all, and still it wasn't enough

I think the hate is startin' to form when there's too much love

But somethin' had to fall, just to keep you up

And I can sacrifice that, even if it's us

See, it's beauty in the struggle, I see Halle Berry

So all this shit we goin' through, I think it's necessary

[Verse 3: Big K.R.I.T.]

Uh, I went from a bust down Bucky to a Beamer that's clean

A hotel filled with roaches to a house for a king

A room barely built for shows, now we sell out the team

Them same hoes that wouldn't fuck won't even slide in between

I slide in between, then I back out and I'm back on the scene

You backed the wrong motherfuckers, now we back for the cream

Bubble eye, double-wide, Multi to the death

My wrist rep, my meals prepped, you could call me a chef

Double eagle, put my people on and all in the mix

From '05 to '09 I was as broke as it gets

Now fuck the expense, the tag, and the speed on the dash

The world turned, the green burned, we just puff it and pass

First of my kind, that older said that I was wastin' my time

The Rollie been drippin', some drip don't diminish my shine

Believe in that there

Most hated on me, why would I care?

None could compare

I been through it, I got it from here

Krizzle

[Chorus: Mike Lowery]

Sorry that I couldn't stay the same way

But somethin' gotta change if we want it all

I done gave my all, and still it wasn't enough

I think the hate is startin' to form when there's too much love

But somethin' had to fall, just to keep you up

And I can sacrifice that, even if it's us

See, it's beauty in the struggle, I see Halle Berry

So all this shit we goin' through, I think it's necessary