[00:04.077]Verse 1: DeLorean
[00:13.460]Ain't every flower in the concrete bloomin'
[00:15.525]Never walked through Bloomin's, it was gloomin'
[00:17.725]Droppin' numbers for a feature
[00:19.276]Western Union was my partner
[00:21.128]I was tryna' get them bourbons on some choppers
[00:23.668]Ridin' dirty through the city like I got you
[00:26.374]Everything I had about ya blazing fire
[00:29.661]I'mma quit when I cop me a couple prizes
[00:32.365]It got hot up in that drive
[00:33.960]I got tired of sweating bullets, like one day I gotta pull it
[00:37.341]Yea - back against the wall, my ego turned into bully
[00:40.852]I ain't moving, I ain't budging - I got buzzin' with no budget
[00:44.126]Bloggers said I had it next, I was standing next to nothing
[00:47.644]Conversations getting deeper, growing further from my people
[00:51.054]Lost my love of life in high school I always knew she was a keeper
[00:54.509]I was lost since, double crossed, b!tch, now I'm cross fit
[00:58.259]Had to work a jelly for a outfit
[01:00.733]Outskirts know me by my middle name, ain't no one to blame
[01:04.734]Twenty thou', bust it down with the game, everything, mane
[01:08.235]Hook: Big K.R.I.T.
[01:08.589]Breaking bread, payin'dues, that's what got me through
[01:12.395]Stacking hundreds 'til they blue, that's what got me through
[01:15.861]Doing what a king do, that's what got me through
[01:19.228]Pulling stunts with the crew, that's what got me through
[01:22.700]That's what got me through, that's what got me through
[01:25.997]That's what got me through b!tch, that's what got me through
[01:29.381]That's what got me through, that's what got me through
[01:32.966]Play to win, making moves, that's what got me through
[01:35.628]Verse 2: Big K.R.I.T.
[01:36.405]Pushing that Maxima with no cash in her
[01:38.445]Fresh T so I ain't fastenin' up my belt
[01:40.660]Back then I was jamming myself
[01:42.197]Like who the fvck gon' tell me
[01:44.164]I ain't gonna be the best that they ever heard?
[01:45.717]Sipping 211's on the curb
[01:47.524]Rollin' dime sacks for that herb and blow it down
[01:49.887]What you know about that Greyhound on I-20, off the porch
[01:53.439]Out the pen selling CD's outside of Magic City
[01:55.909]That's dedication, preparation
[01:57.541]My presentation too player made
[01:59.444]Clockin' in like Flavor Flav
[02:00.997]I'm selling lemon stand lemonade
[02:02.741]My Forces bubble toed
[02:04.239]Boosie fade turn 'em all even
[02:05.805]Grandma think I'm smoking with the junkies cause I'm 160 somethin'
[02:08.780]Barely eatin', but that prime time flow
[02:10.292]When you been up like two days
[02:11.948]Trap house, making beats for the low
[02:13.701]50 dollars here, 100 dollars there
[02:15.316]But when you're dead broke, everything gone
[02:17.085]Thanking God for that place to stay in them showers
[02:19.407]Even if they're cold
[02:20.301]Them nice young women would cook me a plate for free, even if they hoes
[02:23.880]So I don't take for granted steak and shrimp
[02:25.689]Leave a healthy tip on the side
[02:27.277]For all the times God showed me love
[02:29.093]Even if I couldn't pay my tithes
[02:30.597]Hook: Big K.R.I.T.
[02:31.260]Breaking bread, payin'dues, that's what got me through
[02:34.668]Stacking hundreds 'til they blue, that's what got me through
[02:37.988]Doing what a king do, that's what got me through
[02:41.340]Pulling stunts with the crew, that's what got me through
[02:44.837]That's what got me through, that's what got me through
[02:48.292]That's what got me through, b!tch that's what got me through
[02:51.653]That's what got me through, that's what got me through
[02:55.086]Play to win, making moves, that's what got me through
[02:58.164]Verse 3: Big Sant
[02:58.524]Late night talking like early night
[02:59.660]More like, everyday we was on a mission
[03:01.540]To get off in a mansion, not off in a prison
[03:03.173]Everywhere representing that 'sippi like we'posed to, pimp
[03:05.925]Take everything I love, put it on my shoulders, pimp throwed it
[03:08.429]Everything stood in our way while we tryna build
[03:11.462]Got crushed and folded
[03:12.470]Now suddenly all the opponents writing rhymes and bending corners
[03:15.959]Gimme 50 feet, you all up on me
[03:17.350]Cause I don't believe you when you say you want it
[03:20.621]And it's bigger than just tryin' to get it when you want to get it right
[03:23.014]Went platinum, how to feed your kids like fighting for your life
[03:27.260]When the choices wasn't even spoke, the rent or the lights
[03:29.668]We all in the dark beggin' for sparks
[03:31.309]And can't see the way whether day or the night
[03:33.077]And some of them troubles just ain't worth the fight
[03:34.721]But this is for pride, this is for niches
[03:36.356]I need a witness we havin' church in the night
[03:38.636]I guess that I'm doing alright
[03:40.927]And thank God for good friends and cousins
[03:42.797]Cause I could've been out here struggling
[03:44.197]Talkin'about my should've, would've, could've havin'nothin'
[03:45.860]When my nothing turns to something
[03:47.679]Best believe you've gone to see
[03:49.581]No matter how good I make it look, it ain't easy being me, OG
[03:53.524]Outro:
[03:57.054]That's what got me through (got me through)
[04:05.165]That's what got me through (Better believe it y'all)