[Intro]
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[Chorus]
They ask me how it came up (Why I-I)
It's 'cause I stayed down (Yeah)
Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
It's crazy how I got the fame (Got the fame)
My life so dangerous (Yeah)
I'ma always stay the same (Stay the same)
Even when they change it up
They ask me how I came up (Why I-I)
'Cause I stayed down (Yeah, yeah)
Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
It's crazy how I got the fame (Got the fame)
My lifе so dangerous (Yeah)
I'ma always stay the samе (Stay the same)
Even when they change it up (Why I-I)

[Verse 1]
I ain't do a lot of gimmicks (I didn't)
I wasn't reaching for the politics
I was thuggin' in the trenches (Thuggin' in the trenches)
Tryna make it out of this poverty
Yelling, "Gang" to the enemy (Gang, gang)
Same time, reaching where the chopper at
And I can't show no bitch no feelings (Oh, no)
'Cause when I do, it's like they seem to don't know how to act (How to act)
I made it out, took me some time, my mama proud of that (My mama proud of that)
Locked in the cell, I did that time, they must forgot the fact (Oh, they forgot)
I needed help, but they didn't help me, oh, they did me bad (Why now?)
And they can't take it back (Why I-I)
It was times, I used to pray for another life
Askin' my mama why we broke and why we ain't rich (Nah)
.40 in my packet, tryna hit a lick (Baow)
Wish I had them shoes like that other kid (Oh, yeah)
I ain't finished school, but my brother did (I didn't)
Now I'm on, I can pay all of my brother's rent (I can)
They put their head up when they be talkin' to me
Respect me like a don, I'm the president (That's on gang)
[Chorus]
They ask me how I came up (Why I-I)
'Cause I stayed down (Yeah, yeah)
Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
It's crazy how I got the fame (Got the fame)
My life so dangerous (Yeah)
I'ma always stay the same (Stay the same)
Even when they change it up (Why I-I)

[Verse 2]
Four forty-eight in the kitchen, I'm gon' get it (Yeah)
Sick of reminiscin', got dirt all over my britches
I was heart broke, partners in prison got a conviction
On another note, got partners who stealin', I won't forgive 'em
I told my grandmama to pray for me (Pray for me)
God, why my partners wanna take from me? (Wanna take from me)
Tryna put a million in the safe, n***a (Safe, nigaa)
They goin' to the opps, it ain't safe for 'em
Would you believe the things I seen, like?
On the block, I lost my soul (Yeah)
All them nights, I couldn't control
The fact that I lost without no hope (Yeah)
I was prayin' for the better (I was prayin' for the better)
Mama told me, "Never say never" (Say never)
But I ain't never have a thing (Never have a thing)
So never's part of my lecture when I speak up (Yeah, yeah)
Got on my grind, went copped that whip then put my feet up (Put my feet up)
Told me she love me, then she left, no, I don't need her (No, I don't need her)
Brand new AP, feel like a icebox, I'm a freezer (I'm a icebox)
I'm like a preacher
[Chorus]
They ask me how it came up
'Cause I stayed down
Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
It's crazy how I got the fame
My life so dangerous
I'ma always stay the same
Even when they change it up
They ask me how I came up (Why I-I)
'Cause I stayed down (Yeah, yeah)
Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
It's crazy how I got the fame (Got the fame)
My life so dangerous (Yeah)
I'ma always stay the same (Stay the same)
Even when they change it up (Why I-I)

[Outro]
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