Weekends In The Perry's - Benny the Butcher, BOLDY JAMES

You gotta talk to niggas in the language they can understand

(That's how it always been)

It’s crazy I got an hour up this late

(That's how it always been)

Ayo, some shit you ain’t gon' never change, so don’t worry 'bout it

(That's how it always been)

It’s the way it always been

Real shit though

Yo, word to every block in my city they heard I got it

And my track record certainly show I deserve the homage

And they refer to my shit like Malcolm X’s word of knowledge

Cookin' coke, burnin' product was only a learnin' process

Steppin' on a brick of fentanyl before you heard about it

And my phone used to ring so much you get nervous 'round me

Cut ties with the game, the same shit that certified me

All my clientele gone, miss the customer service, buy me

Yeah, they just like me, in my Prada flippers

Ties to Virginia like Teddy Riley, since rap I been treadin' lighty

They mad I’m back rappin' 'bout dope again, nevermind me

The pressure from my pen made them rap a lil' better finally

They crooked, bendin' the rules, rappers I considered them cool

But when you talkin' most authentic, then who gon' fit in my shoes?

I’m livin' my truth, sky is the only limit I knew

From drug dealin' to music, I mean, what didn’t I do?

Who didn’t I put on?

Took Ls and then I recruit

On the shoestring budget I showed them what I could do

Ask Jake the next cat 'bout the bosses that I produced

I’m West best investment, but that’s between me and you (Uhh)

Always been that way (That's how it always been)

Come on, that shit ain’t never gonna change

Just continue straight ahead

That’s the one thing that’s never gonna change

The way things have always been

Had to quit blastin' cigarettes (Uh huh)

Was two-timin' my dad, my momma big in this

But the gang happen to blame, my lyrical regret (Yeah)

My brain a bit of a wreck

All this stress and strain let it disconnect (Woah)

Cheffin' up all the 'caine in that kitchen net (Skrrt)

Acquainted with big as X who filthied out my name just to split a check

(Whatever)

Feel like I been betrayed by my silhouette (Yeah)

Mistakes was made to correct

How I deal with the fame made me get upset (Ayy)

Treated the same way that I lived or death

Shit been wearin' a nigga down

Refraining from different stages of self neglect

Give me chills in my veins, takin' whatever’s left (Woah, cold)

From everything that was took in blatant disrespect

For good, better best, learn traitor for less (Whatever)

Took everything that came with it, and that came with a check (Big money)

But yeah, still a nigga rich off paintin' depressed

Chasin' the letter here, ain’t got a case to catch

David Blaine with the press, tame a dog and made it fetch

Whatever

Come on, that shit ain’t never gonna change

It’s been goin' on since the beginning of time

That’s the one thing that’s never gonna change

The way things have always been