RESIDUAL SELF IMAGE
[00:00.93] Going off, going off
[00:02.26] Going off
[00:09.96] Hey, oh yeah (going off)
[00:13.15] Forgive me, I'm goin' off
[00:15.01] For all the non-believers who were there when I started off
[00:18.19] Ever since I made it, I ain't hear not a word from y'all
[00:20.85] I know that you pray, I fall
[00:22.45] You need a new prayer, dawg
[00:24.31] That's why I be going off
[00:25.64] Forgive me, I'm going off
[00:26.69] Fifty thousand for the night and I might just blow it all
[00:29.88] She riding with me for the night and I might just show her off
[00:33.06] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[00:38.91] Yeah, yeah
[00:45.56] Two and two, yeah
[00:47.42] Acknowledgment without the accolades
[00:50.08] Still, I celebrate
[00:51.39] 'Cause any day could be the last time I hear this record play
[00:54.32] My heart is in a better place
[00:56.18] My mind is in a different state
[00:57.78] So I don't even care how much the records made
[01:00.17] How many lives can this record save?
[01:02.30] How many minds can it liberate?
[01:04.68] Feeling like I'm liable to make a change
[01:06.27] Here I stand, center stage
[01:08.13] As I take a leap of faith
[01:09.74] I let the music lead the way
[01:10.78] All that passion I put in the game
[01:13.44] All that credit that I never claim
[01:15.32] Yet I'm still amazed at how they're always finding ways
[01:17.97] To slander my name
[01:19.03] Life is a gamble, but
[01:21.16] Like old people at casinos dawg, I'm here to stay
[01:25.41] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[01:30.71] Two and two, yeah
[01:34.43] This shit ain't a hobby, it's a lifestyle
[01:37.89] Niggas will tell you likewise
[01:39.21] I say niggas, referring mostly to my guys
[01:41.34] Nothing like those humble days when all I was to you
[01:43.99] Is just nothing more than a lifeline
[01:46.12] Niggas think they're brave enough to take mine
[01:47.97] I ain't never been the type to take five
[01:50.36] Especially when I'm behind enemy lines in position
[01:53.56] Minding my own business but niggas keep sniffing
[01:56.74] Impersonating a K9
[01:58.88] I keep telling my mother that I'ma make time
[02:01.26] Great things take time
[02:02.84] I'm on a mission
[02:03.91] Total demolition
[02:04.99] World domination
[02:06.30] Operation: fuck the system
[02:08.18] Niggas know we ain't kiddin' this side
[02:10.03] Niggas know ain't nothing killing the spirit this time, nigga
[02:13.21] Just keep that in mind
[02:15.34] A nigga like me keeps getting harder to find
[02:20.65] Told her a nigga like me keeps getting harder to find
[02:36.07] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[02:39.79] Watch them hating, praying for my downfall
[02:42.44] Niggas catching feelings 'cause they know I walk tall
[02:48.03] They know when I arrive that I make the city small
[02:51.47] Watch them hating, praying for my downfall
[02:54.40] Niggas catching feelings 'cause they know I walk tall
[03:06.08] 'Cause everyday feels so right
[03:10.86] Is it really so hard to believe?
[03:13.52] Your clothes are different, the plugs in your arms and head are gone
[03:16.98] Your hair has changed, your appearance now is what we call: "Residual self-image"
[03:35.83] Yeah, they tried to blackball me
[03:37.95] But I'm still putting numbers on the boards
[03:40.61] You boys are only known for shaving points
[03:43.00] Like Paul on the longest yard
[03:45.13] I know you ain't who you think you are
[03:46.98] You a bad liar, stop trying hard
[03:49.92] Quit talking like you got priors
[03:52.03] You don't wanna start an uproar with the men I stand before
[03:56.02] These niggas got pride like a group of lions
[03:58.94] I'm in top form
[04:00.53] They won't admit I'm killing it on every platform
[04:03.46] You in the presence of a God, nigga
[04:05.85] Hold your applause
[04:07.17] If you gon' put your hands together
[04:09.57] You might as well send a prayer to the lord
[04:12.49] You hellbound, fucking with the boy
