Chandeliers

Yeah Liquor, champagne, and smoke Under these chandeliers It's Gem Faces filled with hope, Under these chandeliers Yeah I take this life, one punch, one step One round at a time Might take yo life if you disrespect me Step outta line New Apple watch, Siri told me "Y'all fresh outta time" Tupac Shakur, all eyes on me Take the center stage light Mamba mentality for kobe Ain't no stage fright when its game night Dwayne "The rock", I turn to diamond under pressure Counter offense, counter defense For these ops, keep counter measures By my side 21 savage, leave this knife Between y'all eyes Most niggas actors, reading script But still can't read between the lies This game my bitch My bad, my queen She love some me between her thighs Not used to feeling low That's why I smoke this weed To feel the highs Yo, Word to Maya Angelou I am the sun "Still I rise" Just like a phoenix from its ashes Death by flames, brand new life I had to kill myself So that I get to live a brand new life. I had to kill myself so I could live these truths, instead of lies. I had to kill myself to live, Because I ain't afraid to die. My greatest fear, that I don't truly get to live, before I die My greatest fear I don't fulfill my greatest dreams, schemes Designs on how to shape this world around me Learn to thrive, not just survive I wanna feel like I'm alive, in this world Where the dreamers get ate alive Too many youths, earned their wings Before their time I wanna be the living proof You don't need wings to touch the sky Can't cage me in I'll tear down all these walls Unleash the beast Inside We eating food, its feasting time Celebrating while we toast under all these Chandeliers Liquor, champagne, and smoke under these chandeliers Faces filled with hope Under these chandeliers Chandeliers This hunger inside my stomach It make me nauseous You movin' out in these streets You better be cautious Back where I'm from, like most places Limited options Black women and men who jobless Or just can't afford their bills Back where i'm from We got both mountains and hills The battle's up em' We riding round V6's full clips, Ready dump em' On that dragon ball z, ain't no one on ones, finna jump em' Every other week, we got bodies dropping No space to dump em Most graves stacked on top each other Sun blazing on top our backs Young Island niggas from rock bottom Slept next to roaches and rats After them hurricanes Seen my niggas sleeping on top of matts Plus we ain't had no power Had to use buckets to take our baths White folks from cruise ships on vaca Came to get away where we struggled And they wonder why I spent all this time, perfecting my hustle And they wonder why I stopped picking up Perfecting my hustle It ain't nothing personal Just my top priority's, hustle Dreams don't come from hand-outs Don't be putting your hands out Unless you crawling in the mud Drag or climb your way to the top Get in my way, ill pierce you with a stake Bleach yo face, mop the floor with you Get in my way, get grabbed by the legs And I'll beat the door with you Gorilla flows, yeah this is the shit that King Gem was born to do These flows might sound like porn to you Fuck these ops, not a soul gone mourn for you Ill take this shit straight up to the top Believe I ain't stopping If I do its only just so I can take the time To toast under all these Chandeliers Liquor, champagne, and smoke under these chandeliers Faces filled with hope Under these chandeliers Chandeliers