[Intro: Sample & Tha God Fahim]
Are you a hard teacher?
Mhm. I'm tough. (Yeah)
I'm tough. I'm loving, and I'm tough. (Clear my throat)
I expect, uh—I work very hard. (For all my people, man)
And I want young men and women to know: you have to work very hard
Everything's for all my people, you hear me?
Check me out, now
Uh, uh
[Verse 1: Tha God Fahim]
The way I feel about life, it's a everyday struggle
Only when you die, they gon' say that they love you
My attitude is militant, some people hate it
But that's only from the ones that switched and traded
Will I make it? Uh, I gotta ask myself
Don't know if I should blast myself or ask for help
But my mind is strong, and my willpower is great
Movin' right along, this movie need another tape
For the sake of family ties, real eyes realize real lies
So every time we speak, look me in the eyes
Submit to God or fall for the devil
Stand for somethin' when you sprawl with the devil
Been a masked rebel, the naked truth of a fellow
My fellowship of the ring, gotta capture the king
Fornicate with the queen, this life ain't what it seems
I watch the moon at night with Billie Jean
The Billie Jean is not my lover, she's just a girl that I give a little comfort
She wanna be like Teyana and Iman Shumpert
But every time she say that, I wanna dump her
The girl is not my lover
She's still a queen, I'm just onto another
Uh, I like that
I feel fortunate for countin' all these blessings
Put myself in position to share a few lessons
A black man's heaven is a racist white man's hell
If you work real hard and try, there's no limits, you can prevail
As we excel, 'cause poverty is hell
Tell the blacksmith forge me some chainmail
They said I'd never change, well
How 'bout I evolve? Leave knowledge in my trail