[Verse 1]
What you been through? I been through it all
I came from the bottom, we was movin' raw
Why you got that gun? You ain't gon' shoot at all
I stay ten toes win, lose or draw
I got some homies still behind the wall
Told me I was the best before I got signed at all
Don't confuse me with these new n***as cause I ain't y'all
Different breed, I'm cut from a different kind of cloth
If I want it, I'ma grind for it
I put my life on the line for it
Rap n***as diss me and I don't respond
They know I'm too lyrically inclined for it
Street shit, you ain't got the stomach or the spine for it
Send a goon to whack you I ain't got the time for it
Eh, get outta line I got my 9 for it
That grimy shit, I'm on it, Machine

[Chorus]
They wanted me dead but they was unsuccessful
Why my life gotta be so fuckin' stressful?
I ain't ask nobody to treat me special
Why my life gotta be so fuckin' stressful?
I just need a smoke to take my mind off the bullshit
I just need a smoke to take my mind off the bullshit
[Verse 2]
I stuck my hand in the game and pulled out cheques
This Fear of God color way ain't out yet
I am on fire, they ain't put me out yet
Violate the mob, you get your house ??sweatin??
I got a bad lil bitch and her mouth wet
She got pounds in her luggage flyin southwest
N***as get mad and poke out chest
If it's some smoke, then I pull out, sket
You broke n***as still tryna get out debt
I been a threat since they removed that bullet out my neck
Without a doubt I'm the best
You looking at Illmatic Nas, Jay Reasonable Doubt in the flesh n***a
N***as rapping about trappin when they ain't sell a thing
Talking gangsta shit and they ain't lettin' metal ring
Glock on my hip, told you that blicky hold seventeen
Don't make me pull up on you give you everything, Machine

[Chorus]
They wanted me dead but they was unsuccessful
Why my life gotta be so fuckin' stressful?
I ain't ask nobody to treat me special
Why my life gotta be so fuckin' stressful?
I just need a smoke to take my mind off the bullshit
I just need a smoke to take my mind off the bullshit