作词 : Stanley Bryan Robinson/Raheem Jameel Jarbo

作曲 : Stanley Bryan Robinson

I remember doing shows with no per diem

Shit on by promoters but the fans hope to see him

Some hope to be him. Went from dive bars and clubs

To shows in museums. No cap, no DMs but

(Come on) The message is direct

Everything you put in ain’t exactly what you get (what you get)

(Come on) One more thing don’t forget

A check never outweighs integrity or respect (respect)

Told me everything that I couldn’t do (do, do)

Told me everything that I should’ve done (done)

Showed me everything that I shouldn’t choose (choose, choose)

Then showed me everything that I could’ve won

Told me everything that I should be (be, be)

And it’s everything that they ain’t

On God, (God) from what I can see…

They ain’t qualified to tell me what I can or can’t

Do... if you never tried, never failed

Can you truly recognize if I ever will

Fall then I’ll rise to be better still

Get by, ‘til we make more paper than Hammermill

Turn a skeptic ‘to a zealot

‘Cause I’ll die working toward it, ‘fore I live to regret it

Whether lost in the forest, off course in the desert

I’ma forge what we got into lil’ slice of heaven

I remember doing shows with no per diem

Shit on by promoters but the fans hope to see him

Some hope to be him. Went from dive bars and clubs

To shows in museums. No cap, no DMs but

(Come on) The message is direct

Everything you put in ain’t exactly what you get (what you get)

(Come on) One more thing don’t forget

A check never outweighs integrity or respect

(Uh huh)

It’s always been clear who I been rocking for

Doing what’s right, ain’t what’s easy or popular

Ice cold, you might need to rock a fur

Since my first concert in the nosebleeds with binoculars

I think it was Sesame Street Live,

Wrote a paper about it, everything expertly described

Since the day I first, (first) switched gears and hit the go

Proudly doing it wrong 15 years in a row

Still… (Still) Never straying from the path

Knew if I could make ‘em cry, then I could make em laugh

I was doing the knowledge and they was doing the math

It was long overdue like a Ran and Stan collab (Haha)

Tax man, saying I ain’t gone see a return,

That ain’t nothing new, I just need to keep what I earn

Looking back with no regrets about anything that we did (Uh huh)

Make a living with creations

Make life with what we give

I remember doing shows with no per diem

Shit on by promoters but the fans hope to see him

Some hope to be him. Went from dive bars and clubs

To shows in museums. No cap, no DMs but

(Come on) The message is direct

Everything you put in ain’t exactly what you get (what you get)

(Come on) One more thing don’t forget

A check never outweighs integrity or respect (Respect)

Uh

I’ma put in more where it really counts

And never sell my soul for any amount

Never stress what people consider less

Got everything I need that’s what it means to be blessed (Uh)

I was undervalued by the overrated

Gave me the wrong directions now they’re all surprised I made it

Created my own lane, found the strength to pave it

And "where I’m s’posed to be" is where I’m situated

They told me everything that I couldn’t do (do do)

Told me everything that I should’ve done (done done)

Showed me everything that I shouldn’t choose (choose choose)

Then showed me everything that I could’ve won (won)

(Come on) Told me everything that I should be (be be)

And it’s everything that they ain’t (ain’t)

(Come on) On God, from what I can see…

You ain’t qualified to tell me what I can or can’t

Do...

Who?

You ain’t qualified to tell me what I can or can’t do

Who, you?

You ain’t qualified to tell me what I can or can’t do

Never that

Mega Ran, Substantial

You ain’t qualified to tell me what I can or can’t do

We continue to break barriers, tear down expectations

Let's go. (Come on)