Got no time for the conversations or funny *** Nigga, only the reals who I get my money with Used to turn on the TV, seen what I wanted, now the same When I dreamed about the same, when I'm stuntin' in In a 6'2", almost 26 And there ain't nigga that I'm with, gotta zip I look at this *** as one big table And best believe, there ain't nigga I'm with, gotta sit They try to hold us back, paint a picture of us And sell it straight to the public You young, black, then you thuggin' What they don't talk about, the kid that came from nothin' Who stuck to what he believed in and turned himself into somethin' great They should use that story to motivate But instead, they'd rather focus on the fact that he's a pothead Not the fact there's not a lot where I laugh 25 and not dead I'm tryna tell you somethin' that ***'s real When you work hard to get it, that's how you feel Get it out, get it out, get it out, get it out The men are stuck where they knew and they ain't in the way No, no, no, no Don't start a song, tell them houses in the hills Tell them houses in the hills Houses in the hills Houses in the hills Tell them houses in the hills Yeah You make a little money, take care of yourself And people start comin' up with they handouts People take their stresses and make them yours Well, that's just what comes with bein' a man I try to do all that I can to make sure that my son grow up Without havin' to see half of the stuff I've been through But in life, we all got our own path Don't understand that by now you won't begin to Cop another Rolex or Porsche, try and get even with me Pull up to the clubs where it looked like I had to deal it with me Cause we had so many cars, it was stupid So I don't see a reason to try and reason with me Made a couple million in fast food They ain't teach a young nigga that in the classroom Or how to make your people better By takin' knowledge and spreadin' it Instead of bein' in the game, bein' ahead of it In a better way I'm tryna tell you something, this ***'s real ***, when you work hard to get it, that's how you feel The manners talk, but they knew it, they ain't in the way We started small, tell the bosses in they house Thousand dollar benefit plates No matter how high the stakes Niggas never outta place Now I'm high, empire state Drone stumblin', never would I tumble Far from grace, I'm one of them underdogs Celebrated greats, under the influence Of what Uncle Snoop threw me Soon as I stepped off the plane Switchin' four lanes like Jay and Jermaine Killin' beats, visitin' grave sites And pissin' champagne I've been in the crib, enjoyin' my habits Suckas figured this would be the perfect time to try me Try me Assumptions that I'm lunchin', gettin' sloppy I'm just gettin' better, seasoned veteran Eagle eye perspective Scope before I go in Come out with a whole hen I dial in the dream to have a house On the hill and the world on a string I'm tryna tell you something, this ***'s real When you work hard to get it, that's how you feel Them haters talk, but they knew it, they ain't in the way We started small, tell the bosses in they house We started small, tell the bosses in they house We started small, tell the bosses in they house And the work don't stop, nigga, Black Hollywood We gon' keep creatin' We gon' keep creatin'