’98 Freestyle

[Verse 1]
This shit got me thinkin' bout a different time, yo
Back when I had to really let these rhymes go
Do the people really love me are they minds blown?
Am I on that caliber to make it or no?
I been feelin' different, yes, you know I'm boutta shine
Yeah, I'm Buddy Buddy, yeah, you know the place and time
I'ma do this for my focus when I spit a rhyme
I'ma do this for my moms when I spit a rhyme
She was out there in the whip just bumpin' Nasty Nas
Sayin' "Buddy, yeah, you freestyle that shit all the time"
Had a cup a tea some poetry gon' make it right
Me and Dad been fightin' lately but what's on my mind
I'ma rap about this shit 'cause it just ease my mind
And I'ma rap about this shit, it make me feel alive
Tell the truth, you know the realest really on the rise
I'on give a fuck, you know I'm 'bout to make it mines

[Chorus]
Baby girl, you know I'm stayin' wide awake
Take it back to when we roll up everyday
Lately it been on my mind, I got to say
Ay, ay, yeah, ay
Baby girl, you know I'm stayin' wide awake
Take it back to when we roll up everyday
Lately it been on my mind, I got to say
Ay, ay, ay, ay

[Verse 2]
I remember being young, thinkin' that I knew it all
Now I'm 21 baby and I'm livin' with the flaws
As a young man, no they never understand
Got into this music for my heart, I hope you understand
My outlet to tell all you motherfuckin' doubters
That Anthony is something coming up, we came from nothing
I ain't fronting, I'm a damn king, go and check the last name
Motherfucker know the dealy, spark a filly, popping wheelies
Never intervene, take 'em back to serving fiends
Wonder why life is mean, but you living though
Gotta be on point, they used to say I'd be a criminal
Now the only time they talk about it through subliminals
This my life story, never rapping about the fiction
Coming where we from I'm blessed to never see addiction
I'm just tryna grow up and so what
They only care about you if you 'bout to go and blow up and you know

[Chorus]
Baby girl, you know I'm stayin' wide awake
Take it back to when we roll up everyday
Lately it been on my mind, I got to say
Ay, ay, yeah, ay
Baby girl, you know I'm stayin' wide awake
Take it back to when we roll up everyday
Lately it been on my mind, I got to say
Ay, ay, ay, ay