[Intro]
Yeah
Wouldn't be here without all the setbacks
All the disappointments, ha
I can't even count all the losses burned
Whole lotta perseverance though
I think that's what makes us who we is, you know?
Stand down, yeah
In Case We Never Speak Again
I vow every word be the realest shit I ever spoke
(G&B) Yeah

[Verse 1]
When n***as hearts turn cold, it get hotter than time
Youngin's yellin' out, "It's up," and then somebody gettin' downed, I mean
Ain't tryna be no thugs, but ain't no options around
We born in Hell and our only promise is just a spot in the ground
A n***a try to take my chain, n***a, I'm poppin' that iron
If I ain't got it, you gotta kill me, if I survive then he dyin'
I mean as shallow as that sound, that's just how we designed
These streets gon' transform your ass, as fast as Optimus Prime
It ain't too much that he gon' take of watchin' his momma be cryin'
A n***a gon' jump up off that porch, gon' make his dollars and climb
A n***a gon' hustle like it's sport until he outta that bind
'Cause this broke shit with that ambition'll drive you outta your mind
And fuck a opp, n***a, your only real rival is swine
Them folks gon' give your ass away like you adopted by time
And now your kids without a dad and their whole plot is divide
That's black cycle shit, somebody call me out if I'm lyin, but fuck it
Damn, we born to lose, raised to win
Man, I believe them words so much that I engraved my skin
Shit, I can't pretend, I've been down, couldn't scrape a cent
But I'd rather die before these n***as see me cavin' in
Granny told me I should pray, just hope that he erase my sins
I said, "It's kinda hard when the dope man in a Mercedes Benz"
She told me, "For that shine, wait, with faith you better make amends
Ain't tellin' you the broke is cool, but money never made a man"
Now I'm like a drummer at a black college tryna make the bands
Higher than a wavin' hand, ballin' like I'm K Durant
When it's real, it ain't gonna happen fast, you gotta pace it then
Life really a marathon, word to Nip, the great for real
[Interlude]
Yeah, would you ride for it?
You ain't livin' if it's nothin' you won't die for
That's real
Yeah, I like that
I said, look
Would you ride for it?
You ain't livin' if it's nothin' you won't die for
Nothin' you won't die for
Tell me would you die for it?

[Verse 2]
Damn, you know they fuck with Pro'
I talk a hustler's code, they watched me, from the mud I rose
Them n***as told me, "No," they used to shut them doors
But you know the sayin', "The realest ones gon' have the toughest roads"
I used to care about folks' opinions, don't give a fuck no more
They knock you while you're here, die, they all gon' love your soul
And I'ma fall a gladiator, ghetto ass Russell Crowe
In case we never speak again, I did it like no other bro
Gone