[Marcellus Juvann] I was born in a small city, lakeside Dream bigger than a motherfucking state line Momma told me how to build it from the ground up And the job is never done until the paint dry Drug dealers ain't believe I have an iPhone Cause ain't nobody ever ever trynna Facetime Pig trynna kill a nigga for his skin color That's why I gotta keep that thing on my waistline It's the world we envision God, it's the world you envision I been talking to myself But I knew that you could hear me Send me a sign if you can hear me I just need a little help I just need the world to feel me Put the weed into the philly Man I got a lot of stress Don't leave my house without a vest I think my nation trynna kill me Man I don't think y'all niggas hear me I don't think y'all niggas feel me Don't feel don't feel my pain Nigga only 22 and some change Nigga haven't reached my prime yet Still got time Been a year A whole lot of shit changed Niggas trynna strip my from my crown When I come around everybody acting strange Man I still don't give a damn about your Instagram Models ain't the only ones being slain Man there's really been an epidemic Only coping a mechanism of being pessimistic Had a vision all my niggas was winning and we ain't have a limit Baddest bitches love my music and you ain't gotta feel it Y'all good over here fuck that side I know a couple of my homies wearing neck ties I knew a couple of my homies done jumped ship They don't know that every good thing take time It's a thin, thin, thin line between Responsibilities And your dreams Everything ain't what it seems, ain't what it seems Gotta read between Between them lines Scope out the scene Scope out the scene Cause it's the people that's close to you That's gon rip out your soul from you That's gon tear out your heart You gotta know what you supposed to do Don't lose your dreams Don't lose your dreams Don't lose your, dreams [Verse 2: Marcellus Juvann] How the hell we supposed to make it to the mutherfuckin top nigga? Only got five in my gas tank Now my pockets is in bad shape I gotta be the illest nigga alive But my bank account got me feeling last place So, so cold I ain't cool being broke nigga No lights, no gas, and no dinner I really hate that you said that Not where your head at It's cool I know that we all born sinners So I'm praying for a better me So you can be a better you And thank God for temptation We facing them daily They making us stronger And now my son crazy But I be ordained to be graced as a fetus Never would sit in the bleachers Coach put that boy in the game Stacking the pennies till we make a million We bringing the change Dope on the scale Got shit for sale I'm fresh as hell You will not see a stain 'Cept in my Vans, of course I got one hand on my dick and one foot on the game Keeping my family sane You cannot fathom my family's pain Built on instruction I can't be corrupted Man we got that shelter whenever it rain Whenever it rain It's a thin, thin, thin line between Responsibilities And your dreams Everything ain't what it seems Gotta read between Between the lines Scope out the scene Scope out the scene Cause it's the people that's close to you That's gon rip out your soul from you That's gon tear out your heart You gotta know what you supposed to do Don't lose your dreams Don't lose your dreams Don't lose your, dreams [Kaiydo] It's two type of people There's me and there's you You heard it Believe that it's true I don't take nothing for silence You said it I'm checking it Asking for proof These niggas be gullible Don't get too comfortable Brody might throw in advance Know what I know then you know where I stand Labels want lives for a couple of grand And you can find me outside 'Cause I ain't never really fit in, yeah And all my brodies gon ride And all my homies gon win, yeah Young Ginóbili with the rock Threw some Kobe in the mix Baggin the dragon in me Spitting fire plenty Got a baddy with me she a trip Shot with no pennies Give me my assist Cooler than pillows when you make a flip And back as the kiddo They say he too little So line up the ruler You won't get an inch Yeah When I'm the ruler you won't get an inch I been actively stacking since back '06 All these rappers so arrogant Still don't get [?] How embarrassing Keys to my city I'm actually carrying Ain't on the board I'm the chairman You keeping the score I'm ahead of it Ain't throwing shade I'm just making comparisons [?] With money already done it before (Heard it one time for a million more) I might run it up and put the city on go Move the alphabet around Went from I to the O It's a thin, thin, thin line between Responsibilities And your dreams Everything ain't what it seems Gotta read between Between the lines Scope out the scene Scope out the scene 'Cause it's the people that's close to you That's gon rip out your soul from you That's gon tear out your heart You gotta know what you supposed to do Don't lose your dreams Don't lose your dreams Don't lose your, dreams