Peaks & Pitfalls

[Verse 1]
Huh, I wrote this staring out the window of a plane (Of a plane)
Thirty dollars and some change to my name (To my name)
A nigga getting flewed out 'cause I sing (Oh, shit)
Took a new route to get some new things (Some new things)
I had to move out my mama's domain (Uh)
See, small wins are better than no gains
So I got me an apartment in the ghetto (In the ghetto)
One time for that free first month special
'01 Impala with the .38 special (Shit)
Broke with my partner, shit, we used to take the Metro
We callеd it modern
They marginalized, wе moved smarter
Bruce Lee say, "Be water" so I'ms agua (Ha)
In meetings with big wigs that talk proper (Proper)
They lowballing, all this shit just feel awkward
And although my situation is awful, I declined the offer
Ain't fold, I maintained my posture
And I'ma still prosper

[Chorus]
Can't lie, I'm on my dick, dog (Dick, dog)
Monkey on my back, nigga, get lost (Get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks, it be pitfalls, just don't quit, y'all (Just don't quit, y'all)
Can't lie, I'm on my dick, dog (Dick, dog)
Monkey on my back, nigga, get lost (Get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks, it be pitfalls, just don't quit, y'all

[Verse 2]
Uh, while bigger MCs on TV
I'm in the hood with the boys like W.E.B
EBT, government freebies
Shoveling feces for minimum wage
Putting pen to the page so I can press up a couple of CD's
Tank on E so F with me
Shit, I'm only charging five
So instead of a dub, just put fifteen in the car you drive
That's really all it take to change starving artists' lives
Shit, beggars can't be choosers, just give me three, I'll let it slide
I could be robbing but instead I'm pushing music out the trunk
So I can get a bite to eat, a couple of brews, and then a blunt
Then get back to the lab
Scribble these raps in a pad
The music is all I actually have
Gotta practice the craft
'Til I perfect it
Thirty-six million seconds
View my losses as lessons
I just call it progression
For years I fought with depressions, hell, I still do
Shit will only make it stronger if it don't kill you
So I'ma still prosper

[Chorus]
Can't lie, I'm on my dick, dog (Dick, dog)
Monkey on my back, nigga, get lost (Get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks, it be pitfalls, just don't quit, y'all (Just don't quit, y'all)
Can't lie, I'm on my dick, dog (Dick, dog)
Monkey on my back, nigga, get lost (Get lost)
I can't spend all my time pissed off
I know with all the peaks, it be pitfalls, just don't quit, y'all