Intro [KXNG Crooked]:
What's happening? It's KXNG Crooked
I dedicate this to all the rappers out there, that's better than the rappers that's on right now
I know it's hard, hold up

Chorus [Constantine]:
Getting kinda hard to breathe without you, don't take my oxygen away
I just can't be without you, one call I'll be there on my way
Getting hard to breathe without you, and right now I can't feel my face
Don't wanna be without you, I do this stuff to numb my pain

Verse 1 [KXNG Crooked]:
I know you wanna make it to the tip top
But it's difficult to get it in hip hop
So you side hustle, bag it in a zip lock
'Cause your too lyrical to go viral on TikTok
Under the radar every time your shit drop
'Cause they listening to kids bop and you like
"Aw, nah, dawg, y'all really think that shits hot?"
How many spitters the top ten got pen dropped?
Yea, silence of the lamb, there's too many sheep
While you reaching for your dreams, there's too many sleep
But you in the deep so you gotta keep going
Through the pain and the failure, you gotta keep growing (On God)
Let me tell you what this shit is about
This rap biz is a math quiz, figure it out
Bigger the problem you solve the bigger your house
Bigger the cheques and six-figure amounts hit your accounts (Word)
If music is your real occupation
This ain't a rap, homie, this is a consultation
A business conversation about your operation
I see the spot you chasing like Roc Nation
What if you never meet Jay? You never meet Em?
What if you never meet Dre? What if you never meet them?
You better be ready and never overwait to take chances
Then your chances can never be slim
I want you to make it
Chorus [Constantine]:
Getting kinda hard to breathe without you, don't take my oxygen away
I just can't be without you, one call I'll be there on my way
Getting hard to breathe without you, and right now I can't feel my face
Don't wanna be without you, I do this stuff to numb my pain

Verse 2 [Sun Light]:
Take a deep breath
If KXNG Crooked said he wants me to make it, I gotta prove I got no weakness
Fusing myself with the music I'm writing to de-stress
Gluing myself to the path that I walk but I still won't let my feet rest
'Cause there's still some ideas on my train of thought
Speak it all out to this mic here, when I paint the bars
Blank canvas is these lines here, cannot taint the boss
Only time I get my mind clear is when I'm spraying off
But the people still don't even listen
If they don't like the song you play 'em, then they treat you different
If you don't got the contacts, then they won't see your vision
But I'm telling you, give me attention cause I know I'mma make it

Chorus [Constantine]:
Getting kinda hard to breathe without you, don't take my oxygen away
I just can't be without you, one call I'll be there on my way
Getting hard to breathe without you, and right now I can't feel my face
Don't wanna be without you, I do this stuff to numb my pain
Verse 3 [Sun Light]:
Yes, i write these verses to numb my pain bro
Without the pen, I'm lost because I'm AWOL
I'd die for the fans that follow me just like Abel
I'm going for rapper's heads, just like Kangol
From Run D to LL, I've studied the books of rap
I came in the game in the 2010s, no looking back
Now I just spaz on a rap then go sip a Sambuca Black
And that's how you're supposed to sound when you spit on a Crooked track

Chorus [Constantine]:
Getting kinda hard to breathe without you, don't take my oxygen away
I just can't be without you, one call I'll be there on my way
Getting hard to breathe without you, and right now I can't feel my face
Don't wanna be without you, I do this stuff to numb my pain