Gentrification

[Verse 1: Mike Lowery]
Look, uh, uh
Talkin' big shit with niggas out in Baltimore
Fuck yesterday, today I'm tryna ball tomorrow
I'm always live, controlling my drive like a handlebar
Most you niggas ain't gone shine with them cameras off
I left the state of mind, it ain't no movin' back
Tryna secure the bag, I gotta do this bad
I'm countin' too much cash, I gotta keep a stash
If them folks lookin' for me, I'ma do the dash
Lovin' you was the greatest thing I ever did
Hope you hold a nigga down while I do this big
For you and the kid, I go the distance, the realest shit
Would go to jail and wouldn't tell to keep you innocent
Stashin' money in the safe just to keep us safe
So much you can do with a day if you don't wait
Doin' what we gotta do, ain't the only way
Take a swing at the plate while it's loaded bases
Niggas was talkin' all that shit like they wanted war
Nigga, I'd take your whole block, even a corner store
And make you niggas pay the tab where you sleep at
And around the corner at your girl crib is where I be at
Father forgive me for my sins and my mishaps
Gentrification my ass, I'm takin' shit back
Gentrification my ass, I'm takin' shit back, nigga
Yeah, yeah

[Chorus: Mike Lowery]
Sorry that I couldn't stay the same way
But somethin' gotta change if we want it all
I done gave my all, and still it wasn't enough
I think the hate is startin' to form when there's too much love
But somethin' had to fall, just to keep you up
And I can sacrifice that, even if it's us
See, it's beauty in the struggle, I see Halle Berry
So all this shit we goin' through, I think it's necessary

[Verse 2: Mike Lowery]
Listen, life gon' be toxic whether you with me or not
But at least I came with love when they dragged you through the mud
At least I'm tryna get it
At least I got a vision
More concerned with the results and not some pussy-ass image
It don't gotta be me using double L C's to cover the fees
Any moves get made, they run it by me
A triple OG, but they don't know me from the streets
I was out here in the matrix tryna set you niggas free
But luckily, I just stayed true to niggas who fuck with me
The bitch claim that she not single but she wilin' in this DoubleTree
Triple my net-worth by puttin' myself first
Too many prayers to God just hopin' His help works
See, I need it more than ever
'Cause nigga, it's now or never
They say the bleedin' always slows when you apply the pressure
So I applied the pressure
They can't deny the effort
But it's like the truth don't even matter when the lies better

[Chorus: Mike Lowery]
Sorry that I couldn't stay the same way
But somethin' gotta change if we want it all
I done gave my all, and still it wasn't enough
I think the hate is startin' to form when there's too much love
But somethin' had to fall, just to keep you up
And I can sacrifice that, even if it's us
See, it's beauty in the struggle, I see Halle Berry
So all this shit we goin' through, I think it's necessary

[Verse 3: Big K.R.I.T.]
Uh, I went from a bust down Bucky to a Beamer that's clean
A hotel filled with roaches to a house for a king
A room barely built for shows, now we sell out the team
Them same hoes that wouldn't fuck won't even slide in between
I slide in between, then I back out and I'm back on the scene
You backed the wrong motherfuckers, now we back for the cream
Bubble eye, double-wide, Multi to the death
My wrist rep, my meals prepped, you could call me a chef
Double eagle, put my people on and all in the mix
From '05 to '09 I was as broke as it gets
Now fuck the expense, the tag, and the speed on the dash
The world turned, the green burned, we just puff it and pass
First of my kind, that older said that I was wastin' my time
The Rollie been drippin', some drip don't diminish my shine
Believe in that there
Most hated on me, why would I care?
None could compare
I been through it, I got it from here
Krizzle

[Chorus: Mike Lowery]
Sorry that I couldn't stay the same way
But somethin' gotta change if we want it all
I done gave my all, and still it wasn't enough
I think the hate is startin' to form when there's too much love
But somethin' had to fall, just to keep you up
And I can sacrifice that, even if it's us
See, it's beauty in the struggle, I see Halle Berry
So all this shit we goin' through, I think it's necessary