0:21Never thought I'd be talking from this perspective
0:23But, I'm not really sure what else you expected
0:26When the higher-ups have all come together as a collective
0:28With conspiracies to end my run and send me a message
0:3240, did you get the message?
0:34'Cause I just checked my phone and I didn't get it
0:37I mean, I say hats off for a solid effort
0:39But we didn't flinch for a second, we got our shit together
0:43Yeah, not here to fight wars
0:45But niggas wanna talk high scores
0:47PARTY just dipped off in a white Porsche
0:49And I just came from dinner where I ate some well-done seared scallops
0:54But I got bigger fish to fry
0:56I'm talkin' bigger shit than you and I
0:58Kids are losin' lives, got me scared of losing mine
1:01And if I hold my tongue about it, I get crucified
1:04Wrote this shit on a bumpy flight on a summer night
1:06Flyin' over Chattanooga, out here tryin' to spread the movement
1:10I just got me the Mercedes Pullman
1:12You niggas never heard of it, you gotta hit up Google
1:15Back in the city, shit is getting brutal
1:17These kids'll hit your noodle then take a girl to the movies
1:20They've been dropping out on both sides
1:23We ain't in it, we just ghost ride
1:25The pen is working if you niggas need some ghost lines
1:28I thought you wanted yours like I want mine
1:31I guess you just making moves on your own time
1:33But just know it'll be January in no time
1:37And your absence is very concerning
1:39It's like you went on vacation with no plan of returning
1:41Shit is purely for sport, I need a 30 for 30
1:44Banners are ready in case we need to retire your jersey, yeah
1:47I got a club in the Raptors arena
1:49Championships, celebrations during regular seasons
1:52Paternity testin' for women that I never slept with
1:55I'm legally obligated if they request it
1:58So much legal action like I'm Michael Jackson
2:00Luckily, I'm great at avoidin' distraction
2:03Used to give no reaction, now I'm overreactin'
2:05Ah nigga, that shit gotta go platinum
2:09I just listened to Closer To My Dreams
2:11Wide eyed and uneducated at 19
2:13I can't rap like that, all young and naive
2:16Not after all of the shit I've seen and the things I believe
2:19Drastically changing, thank you for all your patience
2:22I'm just in a different space and I choose to embrace it
2:24Four thousand square feet just isn't as spacious
2:27You loved me back in the basement, guess it is what we make it
2:29I'm tired of awkward exchanges and nigga's crooked ways
2:32Tired of champagne toasts with people that look away
2:35Peyton and Eli when niggas called me they brother the season start
2:38And I don't wanna see you end up with nothing
2:40Y'all throw the word "family" around too much in discussion
2:42Rookie season, I would've never thought this was coming
2:45They knees give out and they passing to you all of a sudden
2:47Now you the one getting buckets
2:49They put their arm around you, now you becoming the crutches
2:52Kids got on your number 'cause you the one they look up to
2:54And women that you seen on TV look better in person
2:57And either they wanna fuck you or convince you
2:59That they care to see where it goes from there, but
3:02These ain't the girls from Brampton, this ain't that local action
3:04The haters just bringing me and my people closer, actually
3:07What happened to the things you niggas said was supposed to happen?
3:10Are we just supposed to ignore the fact that it never happened?
3:12We just supposed to get the pie and then split it in two?
3:15Supposed to forget your mistakes but not forget about you?
3:17My plan was always to make the product jump off the shelf
3:20And treat the money like secrets, keep that shit to ourselves
3:23Papi champú, young pablito de seis dios
3:28Was destined for this shit when I was 'round Keyshia Cole and T.I
3:31And Young Dro was popping off with Ain't I
3:33Way before niggas had they hands out like they doing macarena
3:36But who am I to complain now, I'm still around, they know