He was a smart kid, it was always about Lecrae 'cause he was the baby We knew he had somethin' in him, we never expected this though Now, grandma said we came from Jamaica Crossed the ocean, 'til we made it And my DNA tested said the Westside of the motherland is where they take us from Um, never met my daddy's side, so I couldn't tell y'all if I'm Zulu or Xhosa Couldn't tell y'all how I be courtside Or made it this far without a cosign Of course, I struggled a lot and stayed prayed, prayin' Unforgettable, Swae Lee, Swae Lee, demons Achilles, KD, KD Now I'm up, it's a real life And when it gets real, I can feel Christ Heal this branch on the family tree that was here for me Man, the roots so deep
Self-discovery (Self-discovery) Self discover me (Self discover me) Help uncover me (Help uncover me) Help me to understand who I'm supposed to be Not just a wannabe It's dangerous over here, this is a dangerous area Give me money, fool!
I've seen big pain, big loss, but still been big blessed (Blessed) All that cap big, big, big, big, big, big, big stress (Stress) All y'all want big house, big car, big ice, big checks (Checks) Man, I wish y'all did, did, did, did, did that less You ain't gonna be nothin', your daddy wasn't, you ain't gonna be I know that he always had, uh, something in him
My little cousin was hittin' me up, man, I changed all my numbers I never knew Crazy how digits were causing division, can't nobody get at the revenue Seven numbers on a smartphone Equal cash app the lights on I get royalties, but I got loyalties, so send a bill, I'll go half on it Half black, half unknown Are we Cherokee or Seminole? I got PTSD runnin' through me from my kinfolk Stress had me going AWOL Sin got me actin' Adolf I'm like "Aye y'all, I need days off, I'm depressed, having brain fog" It's obvious, I'm highly blessed I finally get to understand what a man is when he at his godliest To get there, I was highly stretched and I was highly stressed
I gotta deal with Bloods and Crips, Calvinists and charismatics Black, white, red, brown, y'all ain't gon' stress me out! I've seen big pain, big loss, but still been big blessed (Blessed) All that cap big, big, big, big, big, big, big stress (Stress) All y'all want big house, big car, big ice, big checks (Checks) Man I wish y'all did, did, did, did, did that less
[00:02.54]He was a smart kid, it was always about Lecrae 'cause he was the baby [00:08.82]We knew he had somethin' in him, we never expected this though [00:13.30]Now, grandma said we came from Jamaica [00:15.05]Crossed the ocean, 'til we made it [00:16.84]And my DNA tested said the Westside of the motherland is where they take us from [00:20.53]Um, never met my daddy's side, so I couldn't tell y'all if I'm Zulu or Xhosa [00:24.72]Couldn't tell y'all how I be courtside [00:26.77]Or made it this far without a cosign [00:27.87]Of course, I struggled a lot and stayed prayed, prayin' [00:30.60]Unforgettable, Swae Lee, Swae Lee, demons Achilles, KD, KD [00:33.94]Now I'm up, it's a real life [00:35.58]And when it gets real, I can feel Christ [00:37.28]Heal this branch on the family tree that was here for me [00:40.02]Man, the roots so deep [00:40.96] [00:41.16]Self-discovery (Self-discovery) [00:42.82]Self discover me (Self discover me) [00:44.11]Help uncover me (Help uncover me) [00:45.25]Help me to understand who I'm supposed to be [00:46.80]Not just a wannabe [00:47.84]It's dangerous over here, this is a dangerous area [00:51.25]Give me money, fool! [00:52.21] [00:53.20]I've seen big pain, big loss, but still been big blessed (Blessed) [00:56.24]All that cap big, big, big, big, big, big, big stress (Stress) [00:59.58]All y'all want big house, big car, big ice, big checks (Checks) [01:02.82]Man, I wish y'all did, did, did, did, did that less [01:06.41]You ain't gonna be nothin', your daddy wasn't, you ain't gonna be [01:09.50]I know that he always had, uh, something in him [01:12.09] [01:12.54]My little cousin was hittin' me up, man, I changed all my numbers I never knew [01:15.48]Crazy how digits were causing division, can't nobody get at the revenue [01:18.66]Seven numbers on a smartphone [01:20.31]Equal cash app the lights on [01:22.21]I get royalties, but I got loyalties, so send a bill, I'll go half on it [01:25.84]Half black, half unknown [01:27.14]Are we Cherokee or Seminole? [01:29.18]I got PTSD runnin' through me from my kinfolk [01:32.58]Stress had me going AWOL [01:34.27]Sin got me actin' Adolf [01:36.01]I'm like "Aye y'all, I need days off, I'm depressed, having brain fog" [01:41.38]It's obvious, I'm highly blessed [01:42.73]I finally get to understand what a man is when he at his godliest [01:44.97]To get there, I was highly stretched and I was highly stressed [01:47.36] [01:47.76]I gotta deal with Bloods and Crips, Calvinists and charismatics [01:50.30]Black, white, red, brown, y'all ain't gon' stress me out! [01:52.54]I've seen big pain, big loss, but still been big blessed (Blessed) [01:56.73]All that cap big, big, big, big, big, big, big stress (Stress) [02:00.06]All y'all want big house, big car, big ice, big checks (Checks) [02:03.50]Man I wish y'all did, did, did, did, did that less
