Look at Me

A lot of people deny me, you heard me?
And I mean a whole lot of people, you know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause it's motivation, food to the soul
You know?
But that's what I tell 'em, you heard me?

I had a whole lot of people say I couldn't do it
I had a whole lot of people say I wouldn't be nothin'
I had a whole lot of people say I need to stop
I told 'em I'ma let my craft take me to the top
Now look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
I had a whole lot of people say I couldn't do it
I had a whole lot of people say I need to stop

Criticize me, talk down, say I'll die at a early age
Old man off in the bottom, he say I might see a early grave
I'm gangbanging, black bandana, twenty-two with the white handle
No education, no motivation, learned to read off the TV station
My whole life, I could write a book
I get emotional when I write a hook
Discouraged, didn't nobody care about me, man
Only somebody cared was Ms. Ethel Lee, man
Rest in peace, man, hey
Family members, they doubted me
Remember Cripple Blue with the broke foot?
He the only one had faith when he looked off in my notebook
My schoolteacher once told me I'ma drop out and stand on the block
Well, I did that and that same teacher
Start coming through and start buying rocks
Anything they say about me, don't
Listen to them, they all rumors, shit
I'm doing better than some of these motherfuckers with diplomas
Working for myself, I ain't hollering 'bout my supervisor
I'm the boss, I cut the checks and my whole team, I utilize 'em

I had a whole lot of people say I couldn't do it
I had a whole lot of people say I wouldn't be nothin'
I had a whole lot of people say I need to stop
I told 'em I'ma let my craft take me to the top
Now look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
I had a whole lot of people say I couldn't do it
I had a whole lot of people say I need to stop

I bet my grandma up in Heaven like, "Papa tryna be the best he can"
Why the devil down here on Earth like
"No, he can't," she like, "Yes, he can"
Somebody been watching over me, there been times I done gave up
On my knees crying out to God, for some reason, I raised up
Every day 'fore my feet hit the ground, I make sure I'm prayed up
Devil probably did what she did, put God first how she raised us
A lot of homies I ran with didn't make to see twenty-five
If I made thirty, I wasn't surprised
But it's plenty nights that I could've died
I came up around homicide, product of my environment
Niggas laying on the sidewalk, a couple people got the virus
I looked at it and I learned quick and
Said, "I wanna be something in life"
Now look at me, God blessed me with two daughters, talent, and a wife
Whole world, they feeling me, promoters steady calling me with cash
I did this for the player haters who
Say I couldn't, they can kiss my ass
Whole world, they feeling me, promoters steady calling me with cash
I did this for the player haters who
Say I couldn't, they can kiss my ass

I had a whole lot of people say I couldn't do it
I had a whole lot of people say I wouldn't be nothin'
I had a whole lot of people say I need to stop
I told 'em I'ma let my craft take me to the top
Now look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
Look at me, look at me
I had a whole lot of people say I couldn't do it
I had a whole lot of people say I need to stop

Shout out to my old teacher, you heard me?
Who said I wouldn't be shit
Shout out to my niggas in them cell blocks
And one more shout out
What up, OD, B-Town Entertainment, nigga?
Doubt me, doubt yourself, ayy, I'ma make y'all the believer
Real nigga shit, keep your eyes open, I'm there
Lot of people say I couldn't hit it
Had a whole lot of people say I wouldn't be nothin'
I'm out