As A Man

[Intro]

A man means you never give up

Gotta toughen up in your heart

Toughen up!

[Chorus: Millyz]

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa

[Verse 1: Millyz]

Look, dope game my life

Cocaine my wife

Fist fights as a young boy, I got blood all on my Nikes

Three dice, an affair wit' it

Mom deuced, couldn't deal wit' it

Pop dukes in the boondocks on the dumb shit and I'm still wit' it

See, Marvin, my mind gone

Teen years was a time bomb

Cross me, I came back shootin', they lookin' at me like I'm wrong

Still switchin' these time zones

Codeine on a long flight

Mecca died at sixteen, at fifteen it was all white, right

This shit been gettin' spooky, brah

I light my loosie up and stay away from Lucifer

Illuminati wit' my mind, soul, and body

I saw my mommy and it's obvious

[Chorus: Millyz]

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa

[Verse 2: Dave East]

Fourteen, I was tryna smoke

Fifteen, I was playin' ball

Sixteen, learned how to roll at the dice game, I take it all

Seventeen, I skipped states, went down South for a short stay

Eighteen, couldn't find work so I caught the bus hit broadway

Nineteen, I did the school thing

Me and Pops always had beef

Turned twenty, seen friends switch

Twenty one up in the Benz kit

Twenty two, I did six months, fucked most of my friendships

Twenty three, I was gettin' nice, city knew what my name was

Twenty four, I played the trap spot, 24/7, we ain't play clubs

Twenty five, that's when Freaky died

Twenty six, I was xan'd out

Drop back rows, niggas woke up, bust Bully free, my man out

Twenty seven wit' a Mac-11

Where I'm from you gotta have a weapon

Harlem

[Chorus: Millyz]

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa

I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul

Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa