“Man Listen” was partly written while Polo G was locked up in jail. In the song, Polo G mainly raps about his thoughts while he was locked up and how he started thinking differently after his experience in jail. He talks about people doubting him on his way to the top. He also raps about the dumb th...
[Intro]
Oh my God, what is this? An L beat?
[Verse]
Yeah It's Lil Polo bitch, back from the county again, had to get out again
Just picked up a check to come kill all of you rappers, I'm 'bout to cash in on on them bounties again
'Lotta niggas in front, I passed up with no effort
I bet you goofies won't doubt me again
Bitch niggas hate me for that every time I succeed that shit start to get under they skin
Tables done turned, I'm sitting wit bosses
This big money talk and they can’t comprehend
That underdog came from the bottom I fuck up they heads cause I wasn't supposed to win
Lotta shit changed, the world will never be the same cause being fake became a trend
But out the street, ain't no high-stepping, you gettin exposed if you try to pretend
With me it's a difference, I'm way too solid to fold stand in front on all ten
I got hypnotized with Glocks, sex, money, and now I can't stop from committing them sins
To make niggas run, that shit be funny to me so I empty the clip with a grin
At a young age you have to show courage through pressure and that's what turned us to men
It ain't really about gangs no more, we just ride for the set all these shorties just want they revenge
Lost a few guys to this shit and we from the same block so they name what we gotta defend
Hope on that day I take them steps up to heaven y'all right here they calling me in
Might dropped a few tears, shake up wit them niggas and make up for all that time we ain't spend
RIP to my grandma she just passed away try not to show it but that shit caught me deep
It broke my heart when my mama came to me and told me that she ain't wake up out her sleep
I know that you gone but we still had some good times
So I got memories to keep
Thinking back on them days she used to fuck up her nose and I'd watch her nod off in the deep
Never loved you no different I know the woman you was, I looked at you like more than a pete
We ain't have no where to go you let us stay with you and make pallets out of covers and sheets
Destiny wouldn't give us no money I had to go rob just to get both of us something to eat
I know you would be bragging on how I been doing my thing and got all of my songs on repeat
I'm tryna cop a new charm just to show em' I made it
That I'm out here dreamchasing like Meek
Bitches be going cause I'm like top ten in my city they know that my flow so unique
When bops suck me up for some hours her head game was crazy, that bitch got good brain like a geek
Hit that slut from the back, I got my thumb in her butt with my left hand grippin' her cheek
Niggas be wifing these hoes if that's yo bitch then how everybody know she a freak
Bitch I'm Lil Capalot ain't with nun of that woofing so better watch how you speak
Put that beam on his eyebrow treat his top like a sextape cause his shit gettin' leaked
.40 start clappin' like yo performance was good that's what you get if you tweak
Hotnem be on that said he applying shit on shorty nem' block flippin' every week
The folks beef with us that shit start to get on my nerves it's a war it ain't hide and go seek
And just for Lil 5, we got less points on the board but still tryna go on a streak
Changing the score that's how you cash in on an opp like fuck it let's go on a spree
Fuck doing drills, kidnap and execute niggas headshot leave them resting in peace
I'm from Off Sed' where we drop the rakes for the greens and for timtim we throw up a T
OG used to tell me, "look at your uncles and shit, is this really who you wanna be?"
She just cared as a mother I was self-centered I looked at it like "Why you worried about me?"
So no, I ain't listen, I hopped off the porch in them trenches I had to get out of here and see
Married to the game before I knew it Everywhere I was love, first sight, I got down on one knee
Now I want a divorce, this shit been driving me crazy I think this is how it'll be
In division 11 stuck in that base uniform looking ugly just wanting to be free
Mama tried warning me, I had to learn the hard way it's too late but I finally agree
But I don't regret no mistakes that I made cause all of that shit made me become Polo G
Fuck all reppin' shit I'm tryna cop something foreign that's fast and it don't need a key
Try to make sure my grandkids straight gotta be up some millions by the time I turn 23
I can't wait till the day I have everything
That I use to sit back and imagine
Gone break this curse of living in poverty for my whole family I'm taking advantage
Gone raise my son, gone' be better than me he gon' be success instead of a savage
Don't want my shorties to feel what I felt coming up cause for me everyday was a challenge
Been through so much for my age so I trapped everyday and I pop all that X just to manage
Where I come from to be 18 years old and a felon wit kids is something that's average
Or you can die on yo block before you see 21 years this shit can get tragic
They put a spell on us we just gotta wake up and come together and fix all the damage
L'z
[Outro]
Oh my God, what is this? An L beat?
Man Listen was written by Polo G.
Man Listen was produced by DJ L Beats.
Polo G released Man Listen on Fri Aug 17 2018.