[Intro: Che Noir]
Yeah
Yo, yo, look

[Verse 1: Che Noir]
Scope focused, aimed at a rival, took a page from the Bible
Treat the words that I say just like a stage at Apollo
My life is like a canvas, the words I paint is a novel
Started with a crayon, now I get the praise of Picasso
No cheat-code fix to this life when the stress pullin'
A peephole glimpse turned my life to the best lookin'
A fiend's nose sniff, that's the smell of your flesh cookin'
I reload clips from a opp when they sweat bullets
I conquer the small mission from a thought and vision
'Cause I had to crawl ditches under tall fences
Made it out them dark trenches, pennin' bars, spittin'
Crazy how I built it all from scratch and now my palms itchin'
My mind racin' through marathons, I win my battles by thinkin'
Get all my coachin' from an angel when I shadowbox demons
A late bloomer, still plantin' seeds and I grew a lotus
A queen that deserves a crown, but they still won't give me my roses

[Interlude]
If you walked by a street and you was walkin' on concrete
And you saw growin' out of concrete
Even if it had messed-up petals and
You would marvel at just seein' a rose grow through concrete
So why is it that when you see some ghetto kid grow out of all of the dirtiest circumstances
All you can talk about is my dirty rose, my dirty stems, and how I'm leanin' crooked to the side
You can't even see that I came from the bottom
[Verse 2: 38 Spesh]
Ayo
I don't care bout no one else business
I got self-interest, take a loan from my business, pay myself interest, huh
I was livin' in hell, trenches
Throwin' rocks at the pen', I was twelve inches from jail fences
My homegirl a boss, your boy is a worker
I empower my team, you employin' your circle
You should've been more loyal and verbal
Tried to bury me underground, but they ain't know the soil was fertile
The rabbit did more than the turtle
It end up losin' the race, man, you gotta look forward to hurdles
When a snake come for you, it's hurtful
Pray they give my boy a reversal, when I talk to your lawyer, it's personal
I'm lovin' it when they hate
This clean money, I'm rubbin' it in they face
Just in case you ain't notice, I deserve my roses
So I bought a Cullinan and a Wraith, trust

[Outro]
You mean you don't wan't to do anything with your life except shoot guns?
I like shooting 'em, judge
I don't know why, but I feel good when I'm shooting 'em
I feel awful good inside, like I'm somebody
The idea is, you know, you live from moment to moment
So in doing that
But this moment decides the next step, you shouldn't be five steps ahead
Only the very next one
And you can keep to that
First change that takes place is in your mind
You have to change your mind before you change the way you're livin' and changin' the way you move