This Is Me

by GQ

(Hook: Carlitta Durand)

Step back and view the picture (the picture)

And see the colors that paint my life (my life)

It takes a minute to hit 'ya (to hit you)

See the shades of the Oakland lights (the Oakland lights)

I wouldn't change it for a thing (I wouldn't change)

No matter what this life may bring (what it bring?)

So tell me what you see (what you see?)

This is me (this is me)

This is me

(Verse 1: GQ)

Live from the town, broadcasting

It's no cuts from the camera all action

Reality show but oh, no acting

All words are heard, it's no caption

Get the whole feel no fraction

Home sweet home, I'm lovin' it with a passion

Now the folk askin' how I did it, how I made it

Out a city like mine, but really I can't explain it

I just tell 'em that I painted a picture that never faded

Now I'm, reminiscing on my past, can't take it

Cause there's a lot from them blocks didn't make it

And it's a few that I knew couldn't break it

And even though they tried, they couldn't shake it

The drama to bright can't shade it

So sunglasses and a prayer what I stay with

Homicide after homicide, same shit

And even if i could, i wouldn't change shit

(Hook)

(Verse 2: GQ)

It hurt like a needle, pain stick

Had my first nightmare at six and been awake since

But this kept me cautious of the fake

Yeah the wins feel good but the losses made me great, I'm straight

Only one man but I'm eight plus two

I'm an ace, I'm stickin' (?)

Rock solid, don't break

Dough risin', I'm cake

Like a bank, I'm worth it, I'm perfect, I'm great

I'm slidin' in touchin' home base

I'm certain I'm safe

And thanks for this landscape space

Thanks to the man upstairs showin' me grace

Thanks to my Mama, to my Sis, to my Daddy

To my Uncles, to my Aunts, to my Cousins, to my Granny

I thank my whole family, you know I know better

Thanks for the love you can't support me no better, and...

(Hook)

(Bridge: GQ (x2))

My city, my heart, my blood

My pain, my joy, my love

My hopes, my wishes, my dreams

My block, my street, my city's my everything (this is me)

(Outro: Carlitta Durand)

This is me (x3)