Real

[Intro]
(Can't stop, won't stop)
(Can't stop, won't stop)

[Verse 1]
Workin', know one thing for certain
I woke up this morning feelin' like a different person
My path is leadin' to progression, tryna get to perfect
Malcolm X, with the chopper, lookin' out the curtains

[Verse 2]
It was each and every day and night
I had to fight and turn the fear into a source of might
The source of light inside my spirit looked like dynamite
I think I may, I think I might take 'em out of sight

[Verse 3]
I was the runt of the litter, now my fangs' bigger
And my legs' quicker
I had to jump into the pit and swing my elbows
Became the one who held the torch the day that Hell froze
Burnin' till my name rang bells so

[Chorus]
When it all comes down, will you give it up?
And if you do it, how the hell should I know?
Least I know how that feels
I'll be keepin' shit real
If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow
They told her to hold to the window
Least I know how that feels
I'll be keepin' shit real

[Post-Chorus]
They wanted me to break, wanted me to quit
Wanted me to die and be done with it
But I got my second wind
The real bill, I could never be a counterfeit

[Verse 4]
Look, make 'em listen now
Things be lookin' little different where I'm sittin' now
Never figured I'd end up in this position
At the same time feelin' like forever I been spittin' out the same rhymes

[Verse 5]
Never take a back seat
Treat the session like a track meet
The way I'm laughin' at these haters who gon' catch me
Black cat, evolution of the black sheep
Cause I've been goin', how it happened, don't ask me

[Verse 6]
Resurrected, redirected on a new scale
Kill the game, guess they'll hafta write a new will
In the end I never lose, you know me too well
Go against me playa, you won't do well

[Chorus]
When it all comes down, will you give it up?
And if you do it, how the hell should I know?
Least I know how that feels
I'll be keepin' shit real
If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow
They told her to hold to the window
Least I know how that feels
I'll be keepin' shit real

[Bridge]
Ooo! Yeah!
Everybody says!
I'm better off dead!
But what they really need?!
Is life just a dream?!

[Chorus]
When it all comes down, will you give it up?
And if you do it, how the hell should I know?
Least I know how that feels
I'll be keepin' shit real
If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow
They told her to hold to the window
Least I know how that feels
I'll be keepin' shit real