8dolla$

Lyrics

Dad: So there's a gap between that and us, that's why when you said you want to be a rapper I said what the fuck? *laughter* I said you won't last a day in there [Hook x4] My pop came here with 8 dollars He played the game, made the model Look what he made with 8 dollars [Verse] He ain't come here with a plan Said he ain't come here with no bands Just one bag, no helping hands In the land of the free We the brave, pay the fee And we pray, pay with our lives if need be Living nevеr on his knees My man worked all his life, standing on his own 2 feet And that made way for mе A young shitkicker legend be I'm the better seed allegedly And now I'm standing on the ledge Standing on the shoulders of giants Everything i am i owe to lions 9 to 5'in Tryna be the man 5 to 9in, never not defiant We cherish every win cuz when we win we all ridin My people in the motherland Get flashbacks sending cash back, so we could bring over another man And we screaming over calling cards, cuz we can't hear the other end [Hook x2] My pop came here with 8 dollars He played the game made the model Ay look what he made with 8 dollars And look how i follow, in the footsteps of scholars You keep the change i'm making dollars [Verse] They let me in and im swingin' See mama P ain't raise me to sit on benches, i'm aiming over fences I'm breaking through ceilings, ay yo pops I got the feelin! This what it's like when you cookin chicken One pot, in the garage, with ya akh, and it's frigid You got brown skin that hit different I understand what you slaved for See im the plan that you saved for Through the laydowns and lay offs Through the breakdowns, you braved all And you never pumped the brakes or took a day off, now welcome to the pay off To the folks who ain't believe I say welcome to the seance Yall dead men walkin, i'm done with all the talking We survived Johnny 5, got our piece of the pie That's word to Johnny Ive, get you a slice We survived all the racists All the unties with kajal under their eyes and smiles on they faces [Hook x2] My pop came here with 8 dollars He played the game made the model Ay look what he made with 8 dollars And look how i follow, in the footsteps of scholars You keep the change i'm making dollars [Verse] This how the story goes, the story never ends You come here with 8, now we lookin like 10s Put on the next man that's how we all get ahead I lift you up, you lift another, and that's how we win You say i'm beefin with my brother? That's all pretend You on the grind, i got love Sitting still is a sin My people is the bomb, that's who i defend I light a flame for the gods, that's how i begin [Hook] My pop came here with 8 dollars A flame for the gods that's how i begin My pop came here with 8 dollars A flame for the gods that's how i begin My pop came here with 8 dollars A flame for the gods that's how i begin Look what he made with 8 dollars Dad: yes music if you make it, it's fine, but if you don't, you're on the street. How many rappers do you see, there's millions of these people who want to be rappers but none of them make it. Only some make it. Look at you now you're doing so well. You're doing very well where you are