King, Pt. 4 - Big K.R.I.T.

Let’s go, K.R.I.T

See when it comes to god given talent

And whenever form is given

Most of us learn our journey at a early age

Sometimes the worlds teaching

Guides us to the highest path

Other times, the teacher negates our gifts

And blocks the shine

I’m here to tell you

When you’re destined for greatness

No roadblock can stop that journey

Don’t follow the leaders, be the leaders

I was prepared for the worst

Dug in deep, cause I emerged from the dirt

My nigga said «You ain’t the only one»

But in truth, you got to be the first

Cause you can see the good and the bad

And you’ll turn down the bad

That’s a gift and a curse

I envy your will to be a better man

In a world where a better man don’t even stand a chance on this earth

Bible talk, they told me that I can keep that

This time I’ll leave the sheep where the sheep at

And I pray that when the wolves fall through

Their stomach still full, so they won’t eat that

Which is mine?

I really think I’m wasting time

Worried 'bout my people and all they sayin'

Fuck me cause I was too determined to ball

But if you knew that you could fly, nigga why did you fall?

I’m feeling like LeBron more than ever

They givin' nigga the praise, but I’m knowing that I’m better

So, fuck a ring if it don’t make me a great

Why you doing too much?

I’ma do what it takes

I got a chip on my shoulder the size of a boulder

That a giant wouldn’t even bother to hold up

Like, Krizzle why you carrying this?

Cause it ain’t enough soil I can bury it with

And it ain’t enough weight, that’s the scariest shit

That means I was built for more, trial and error

Almost burst into tears when I saw my brother’s kids

Like I coulda have this, I gotta keep it together

But I’ve been chasing, way too much chasing

They’ll never give me what I deserve, just face it

Fuck faking, fuck pretending like you know my story

Or what it’s like to be mistaken as a basic

Country bumpkin, watermelon

Chicken-eatin', collard greens

Neckbone chillin' motherfucker

We’re the butt of all jokes grew up here

And we’ll show you have no clue of what it’s like to be southern

Knowing you a king and in spite all you dream

Had to be a nightmare for you to wake up

And those two hour meetings with the label betting money on

Another excuse that they’ll scrape up

For me to do it out of pleasure, another pay cut

And they wonder why a nigga never say much

I never was the begging type

I couldn’t picture this shit, I never cared for likes

I never cared for what your opinion would be

And even if I did, nigga shame on me

I live my life, a hundred fucking miles and running

Only for a nigga to sit and try to tell me something about the music

Culture, consumer, vultures

The music that I make ain’t for radio, bogus

The people just wanna hit the club and have fun

And I don’t make that kind of shit and that’s really the culprit

Art is art no matter how you sculpt it

Mold it, grow it, only to go unnoticed

Cause nowadays we just focus on them thots

And niggas selling kool aid on a soapbox

I’m imprisoned to my mission, screaming listen

Lord I wish I could stop

I wish I could tell them 'bout the book

But they caught up in the movie, lights and the props

The pyro, and the award shows and the fancy clothes

And well-offs, extorting the have nots

Man, fuck this shit

Aw, shit.

Look it here.

Here he go.

I know you gonna say something about that,

86. 86 ain’t even worth nuth-

‘Ey.

'Ey

Yo

Young blood

Wassup?

Let me holla' at you.

Pay attention

I’m listening

Listen.

Pay attention

Say whatever you’re gonna say shorty

You don’t even know what you’re operating

Uh-huh

That machine

Yep

That’s a 1986

I know

Mike Tyson?

Won the first title fight

I know that

Yep

Oprah Winfrey show

When?

Started in 1986

I knew

The Cosby Show?

What about it?

We ain’t even gon' talk about that.

Quaaludes

Speaking of Oprah Winfrey

Uh-huh

Whoopi Goldberg won the Best Actress

For what?

Color Purple

Best

Golden Globe

When?

Okay

What was it?

That’s still together

You goddamn right.

Let’s go