Durkio told me he been on
some positive s–t, yeah, yeah
Lately, I just wanna show up and
body some s–t, yeah, yeah
Always been a lil’ mathematician,
lately it’s cash I’m gettin’
Got me losin’ count of these bags,
I’ve been movin’ too fast
Hard times don’t last, ‘member
when cops harrassed
Talkin’ out my ass, boy,
you ain’t s–t but a b-h with a badge
All my life (All my life)
They been tryin’ to keep me down
(They been tryin’ to keep me down)
All this time (All this time)
Never thought I would make it out
(Never thought I’d make it out)
They couldn’t break me,
they couldn’t break mе (No, no)
They couldn’t take me,
thеy couldn’t take me (No)
All my life (All my life)
They have been tryin’ to keep me down
(They have been tryin’ to keep me down)
I decided I had to finish,
but the media called me a menace
I done sat with the mayor and politicians,
I’m tryna change the image
You can’t blame my past no more,
I come from the trenches
Some said I’d never be a superstar,
but I know I’m different (No, no, no)
I’m The Voice, but the system
ain’t give me a choice
Know some people that’s
still undeployed
I know a felon who tryna get FOID
Child support your only support
For a visit, I’m goin’ through courts
Went to jail, they was chainin’ me up
And you know that I’m famous as f–k
See how you gon’ joke about stimulus?
But they really had came in the clutch
I know some kids wanna hurt theyself
Stop tryna take drugs, I refer to myself
Tryna better myself,
tryna better my health but
All my life (All my life)
They been tryin’ to keep me down
(They been tryin’ to keep me down)
All this time (All this time)
Never thought I would make it out
(Never thought I’d make it out)
They couldn’t break me,
they couldn’t break me (No, no)
They couldn’t take me,
they couldn’t take me (No)
All my life (All my life)
They been tryin’ to keep me down
(They been tryin’ to keep me down, yeah)
First generation ghetto na
Cole world, hello n–as
Made it out of the city with
my head on straight
n–as keep shootin’ up the lead out
Young Jordan Peele gotta get out
But the s–t that I spit out
Is a cheat code like I’m facin’
a RICO and how an n–a put a hit out
And another one, and,
and another one
I got like a hundred of ’em
‘Bout to lap n–as so they
think they ahead of me,
but I’m really in front of them
Now some of them fumblin’ the bags
f–kin’ up the little crumbs that they had
A reminder to humble yourself,
this s–t could be gone in an instant
Me, I’m a runnin’ long distance
All pistons firin’
I will be stuck between maybe retirin’
and feelin’ like I’m just
not hittin’ my prime
These days seein’ rappers be dyin’,
way before they even gettin’ they shine
I never even heard of lil’ buddy
‘Til somebody murdered lil’ buddy
Now I’m on the phone,
searchin’ lil’ buddy’s name
Got ’em playin’ his tunes,
all day in my room
Thinkin’, “Damn, this s–t is wicked,
to get they name buzzin’ some
n–as just gotta go lay in a tomb”
And media thirsty for clicks
I got a new rule
If you ain’t never posted a
rapper when he was alive
You can’t post about
him after he gets hit
It’s simple, it’s the principle
On any tempo, I’m invincible
Don’t even rap, I just vent to you
I rather that than an interview
Most days
f–k ’em all like I’m goin’
through a ho phase
Young n–a shoot out the
whip-like road rage
I pray all of my dawgs to stay so paid
And the only thing that kills ’em is old age
All my life (All my life)
They been tryin’ to keep me down
(They been tryin’ to keep me down)
All this time (All this time)
Never thought I would make it out
(Never thought I’d make it out)
They couldn’t break me,
they couldn’t break me (No, no)
They couldn’t take me,
they couldn’t take me (No)
All my life (All my life)
They been tryin’ to keep me down
(They been tryin’ to keep me down)
