[Intro: Dale Warren]
Poverty's paradise
I don't think I could find a way to make it on this earth
(I've been hungry all my life)

[Verse 1: Bright Campa]
I beat yo' ass, keep talkin' back
I beat yo' ass, who bought you that?
You stole it, I beat yo' ass if you say that game is broken
I beat yo' ass if you jump on my couch
I beat yo' ass if you walk in this house with tears in your eyes
Runnin' from Poo Poo and Prentice
Go back outside, I beat yo' ass, lil' n***a
That homework better be finished, I beat yo' ass
Your teachers better not be bitchin' 'bout you in class
That pizza better not be wasted, you eat it all
That TV better not be loud if you got it on
Them Jordans bеtter not get dirty when I just bought 'еm
Better not hear 'bout you humpin' on Keisha's daughter
Better not hear you got caught up
I beat yo' ass
You better not run to your father
I beat yo' ass
You know my patience runnin' thin
I got buku payments to make
County building's on my ass
Tryna take my food stamps away
I beat yo' ass
If you tell them social workers he live here
I beat yo' ass
If I beat yo' ass twice and you still here
Seven years old, think you run this house by yourself?
N***a, you gon' fear me if you don't fear no one-
[Chorus]
If I could smoke fear away
I'd roll that mothafucker up and then it take two puffs
I'm high now (High!), I'm high now (High!)
I'm high now (Huh), I'm high now (Huh)
Life's a bitch
Pull them panties to the side now
Pull them panties to the side now

[Verse 2]
I'll prolly die anonymous
I'll prolly die with promises
I'll prolly die walking back home from the candy house
I'll prolly die because these colors are standing out
I'll prolly die because I ain't know Demarcus was snitching
I'll prolly die at these house parties, fucking with bitches
I'll prolly die from witnesses leaving me falsed accused
I'll prolly die from thinking that me and your hood was cool
Or maybe die from pressing the line, acting too extra
Or maybe die because these smokers are more than desperate
I'll prolly die from one of these bats and blue badges
Body slammed on black and white paint, bones snapping
Or maybe die from panic or die from being too lax
Or die from waiting on it
Die 'cause I'm moving too fast
I'll prolly die
Tryna buy weed at the apartments
I'll prolly die
Tryna defuse two homies arguing
I'll prolly die
'Cause that's what you do when you're 17
All worries in a hurry, I wish I controlled things
[Chorus]
If I could smoke fear away
I'd roll that mothafucker up and then I'd take two puffs
I'm high now (High!), I'm high now (High!)
I'm high now (High!), I'm high now (High!)
Life's a bitch
Pull them panties to the side now
(Pull them panties to the side now)
Now

[Verse 3]
I grew accustomed to more fear
Accumulated ten times over throughout the years
My newfound life made all of me magnified
How many accolades do I need to block denial?
The shock value of my success put bolts in me
All this money, is God playin' a joke on me?
Is it for the moment, and will he see me as Job?
Take it from me and leave me worse than I was before?
My biggest fear was losing it all
Scared to spend money
Had me sleepin' from hall to hall
Scared to go back to Section eight with my mama stressing
Thirty shows a month and I still won't buy me no Lexus
What is an advisor?
Somebody that's holding my checks
Just to fuck me over and put my finances in debt?
I heard a case about Rihanna's accountant and wondered
How did the Bad Girl feel when she looked at them numbers?
Type of shit'll make me flip out and just kill something
Drill something
Get ill and fill ratchets with a little something
I practiced running from fear
Guess I had some good luck
My biggest fear was being judged
How they look at me reflect on myself, my family, my city
What they say about me reveal if my reputation would miss me
What they see from me would trickle down generations in time
What they hear from me would make 'em highlight my simplest lines
[Verse 4]
I'm talking fear
Fear of losing creativity
I'm talking fear
Fear of missing out on you and me
I'm talking fear
Fear of losing loyalty from pride
'Cause my DNA won't let me involve in the light of God
I'm talking fear
Fear that my humbleness is gone
I'm talking fear
Fear that love ain't livin' here no more
I'm talking fear
Fear that its wickedness or weakness
Fear, whatever it is, both is distinctive
Fear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth
And I can't take these feelings with me
So hopefully, they disperse within fourteen tracks
Carried out over wax
Searchin' for resolutions until somebody get back

[Outro]
Fear
What happens on Earth stays on Earth
And I can't take these feelings with me
So hopefully they disperse within fourteen tracks
Carried out over wax
Wonderin' if I'm living through fear or living through rap
Damn