[Verse 1]
With your back against the wall, you start scheming on your dawg
I just make a couple plays, make a couple power calls
You ain't got no power, dawg, you ain't plugged with the mob
You can’t get no work with credit, you too lazy for a job
But you quick to scam your mans, quick to ask for bands
Quick to fuck it up, and want another chance
Quick to con your fan, damn
But talking down on another man
Fronting like some hustler all on Instagram
You should've stacked (stacked), but you was thinking ball (ball)
Thinking 'bout yourself, instead of tryna pay your dawg off
Then wonder why you got no crutches when you fall off
I remain the same n***a, dawg, through it all
Money get low, I don't steal from my bro
I don't start feeling entitled, like another man oh
Me a damn thang, I just do my thang
Pop up in new chains, make them stare at mе strange
Like how he do that?
How hе in that coupe with the roof back?
That work was hella hot, how the fuck that n***a move that?
Shot out of town, threw some money up, then I flew back
Had to jump back in my bag, I had got to lax
Posted at the trap with a pack, and we had two straps
I was feeling ashy and cracked, until I moved crack
Stumbled a little, but got my groove back
Pulled up on my mans, like help me move that
[Chorus]
I done been balling, and I done been broke
And I done maintained with my back against the ropes
But I stayed the same n***a (same n***a)
Yeah, I stayed the same n***a (same n***a, real shit)
I done been under pressure, and bought rose dwellers (yup)
Done been a small timer, done been a whole seller
But I stayed the same n***a (same n***a, stayed the same)
You know I stayed the same n***a (same n***a, ain't shit change)

[Verse 2]
Some n***as get they money up, and act like a ho
Some n***as morph into a hater, when they money get low
Some n***as don't know how to act, when they touch a couple stacks
Then they sit and wonder why all they blessings getting snatched
Get money, stay humble
Said that shit way back
That don't mean dumb it down, that mean n***a, just relax
Stop shitting on folks, like you can't get broke
'Cause them tables turn quickly, now you the butt of the joke
I don't act rich, while I'm stacking my chips
I won't say I'm I'm a man, but always asking for shit
I can't hate on a n***a, 'cause he doing it bigger
I just get motivated, I'm a real go getter
Went from riding the bus to drinking Dom on sprinters
Went from my mama's couch to marbel floors when I enter
But I'll never change, I stayed the same n***a
But I'll never change, I stayed the same n***a
[Chorus]
I done been balling, and I done been broke
And I done maintained with my back against the ropes
But I stayed the same n***a (stayed the same)
Yeah, I stayed the same n***a
I done been under pressure, and bought rose dwellers (dwellers)
Done been a small timer, done been a whole seller
But I stayed the same n***a (ain’t shit change)
You know I stayed the same n***a (yeah)