Owe Me to the Game

Lyrics

Verse 1: [Translee] Ya See we was stressing but we knew this shit was pre-destined Voice of reason my lead weapon Money green as the team colors Melanin in our skin make the police love us Oochie wally I'm God 'bout it Never sleep just talking to God probably I wrote my war speech but I'm probably crying too much to read it I've been emotional lately, I can't suppress it no more That's what drive most of us crazy I had to put down the strip club desensitized to my lady, oh God It ain't hard to be honest oh God On my mama grave these ain't the Obama days 'Till you appreciate a BET award more than a Grammy You wouldn't understand just hit me when you unenslaved Hip hop fans ya'll owe me to the game Unless y'all all want to die in the flames Gatekeepers y'all owe me to the game The clean up this shit starting to be a shame, fuck it I owe me to the game Chorus I plant my seed then I let it be They can't free you when you already free It's just more than you and me Verse 2: Chasing the money more importantly chasing the feeling Cause if you dying inside what good is making one million It wasn't relaxing 'cause we knew this thing was pre-imagined And [?] believed in me before I knew I could be a rapper And [?] rapped with me before rap was a career choice I stood out because I rap with a clear voice And TIP and Ye they gave me the confidence to be a rapper with some swagger and rhyme with some common sense, you know My first deal was with Smurf, developmental, completely out of my elemental But I needed that I chased them hit records and they eluded me Creatively we parted ways then [?] came through with that bag we seen harder days I love him for that, that's my brother for that He placed the bet that didn't win but know it's coming right back We speaking things to existence you know relentless Hip hop don't got no HR and it ain't no [?] Just know that Kendrick had Dre and Cole had Jay And coming out the south I need for TIP to see my vision Said I didn't need him in that record but that's if you been listening But got that music in his hands now everything is history Breakfast club, nationwide tour, Sway in the Morning God bless the king of the south for paying it forward [?] gave the tape to [?] and she passed it off to [?], [?] gave it to TIP and said they eating up off the rib I think the first thing I told him was damn you owe me to the game Now who else would have said that to the game With something like 35 bucks to my name but fuck it my platform need a stage (fuck it, fuck it) Chorus I plant my seed then I let it be They can't free you when you already free It's just more than you and me