Lyrics

[Intro: John Legend & Rick Ross] Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on Am I right? On the way we shed some tears, every day we sacrifice So we can be standing here, oh, what a hell of a life Been winning so many years and the future is bright Now it's very clear that we gon' be rich forever And ever, and ever, oh-oh, oh-oh We gon' be rich forever, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, we gon' be rich forever (And ever) And ever (And ever), and ever (And ever) [Verse 1: Rick Ross] I remember bein' blind to it 'Til the day I put my mind to it (Know what I'm sayin'?) Pen and pad on the dresser for me to fine tune it I sat in the corner, made up my mind, do it Def Jam on my heels, should I sign to it? Million dollar advance for me to rhyme fluent Every day I'm hustlin' on every corner boomin' Back of the Phantom, couldn't fathom, I was such a student Grandfather deal for the Godfather Lucian Grainge from the ghetto, I follow God's orders And he told me I was rich forever And he showed me I was rich forever They call me Mr. Roberts when I'm in the bank Digits like the Dodgers when it come to franks Flossin' out in Compton like I got a cape RoseMo tried to fight it, but barely niggas fade White sheet, yellow tape, where your dogs at? Count a million cash, can you blog that? Me and niggas your type never exchange numbers Want to conversate and steal game from us See the watch, now you want to know the name of it Never playin' so I went and got the frame flooded Cartier, Hublot, I could name a dozen Your shit pushed back cause it ain't buzzin' Now these thugs actors all of a sudden Niggas hustle backwards all of a sudden Can't talk snow, where the soft at? Your man got murked, but you squashed that (Oh) Hope you know what we call that (Yeah, yeah) I think you know just what we call that (Yeah) All you pussy boys fall back Big face Rollie, rose gold cost 40 Platinum twenty-one, it's time to go and spoil shorty You only live once I'm screamin' YOLO in the VI Time flies fast ballin' with my nigga T.I Ciroc, no glass, smilin' women in my presence Tall supermodels always fall in my possession Atlanta housewives takin' pictures in my section But I only got a thing for young bitches with aggression Show me that affection that a D-Boy craves Rich forever in my D-boy ways So dope, blue jeans, new J's Sold dope by any means all day, uh [Outro: John Legend] Been winning so many years, and the future is bright (Rick Ross, "Rich Forever") [Interlude: Alicia Keys & John Legend] I'ma come back with an— the, the other song that I ever did with Ye, actually (Uh-huh, alright) Um, we started both of them on the same day and ended up finishin' 'em at different times And big, big, big love to Mos Def (Ah) In that "You Don't Know My Name" video, which is such a vibe Uh, this one—