I Should've Known

Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah Every single day I had to give this shit my best, Every single night I meditate on my success, uh nah, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah I drove out to LA I saw potential on the west, All the dream killers wanted me to stay where I was at, Stressed a nigga out, couldn't get no rest, I was broke, called my cousin, he say pull up on me fronted me some dope, Hit the streets, 2 cell phones, pistol in my coat, But it was just a throw away in case I ran into some smoke, If I get caught by them folks, they gon send me down the road, I try not to show my face so I paid a lot of hoes, When that fast money slowed I got desperate Takin chances serving people I didn't know, in and out im on the go, Im doing better than before, making 400 a day that's more than 10K a month, I was hustling with a goal, paid my cousin back, re'd up, Got a little more, Bought it whole, cashed him out, just so there was nothing owed, Silly nigga so of course I like to Joke, But I shot a nigga once I had to show em I don't play about my Doe, Im not a monster so I had to stop before I lost control But that lifestyle come with that game, he should've known, uh nah, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah They thought I was playin that's until I got a check, When you make a lil money they gon pay some respect uh huh, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah When you level up niggas view as a threat, But im not surprised I should've known, Im up next, uh nah, I gave this shit, my heart, my gut, my stomach, my spine, Line for line, I laughed, cried, took my time, Even when they didn't pay me 10 cents to perform I still showed up at the drop of a dime, murdered the show like the shit was crime, Made friends behind enemy Lines, was long gone before the police arrived, The bullshit I had to leave behind, other than that there's no evidence they find, The way I picture all this shit in my mind, its like track and field, With my shot-put under my ear, look at the way a nigga hurdled his fears, And tripled jumped to the paper, pole vaulting over all of you haters, I landed on greatness, that mamba mentality laker shit, Im never on basic shit, im so close I can taste this shit, When im cooking im baking shit out the oven creating shit, Im just sayin, im doin what I love every day and shit, I aint playin nah nah, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah They thought I was playing that's until I got a check, When you make a lil money they gon pay you some respect uh huh, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah When you level up niggas view you as a threat, But im not surprised I should've known, Im up next, uh nah, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah I drove out to LA I saw potential on the west Every single night I meditate on my success, uh nah, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah When you level up niggas view as a threat, But im not surprised I should've known, in up next, uh nah Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah When I got my moment I didnt even break a sweat, I just took my shot, hit the bottom of the net, uh nah, Uh nah nah nah nah nah nah When you level up niggas view as a threat, All the dream killers wanted me to stay where I was at, uh nah