Away from home

[00:03.62] So, is it real?

[00:06.02] Yeah, ayy

[00:09.20] Give a fuck if they remember

[00:10.53] I was in the cold, windows froze, I was sleepin' in the whip tryna get a fucking grip

[00:15.07] I remember

[00:15.60] Didn't have no hoes tryna go, all these rappers lil' bro'd me, fuck, fuck

[00:19.84] Fuck 'em, I remember

[00:20.90] Way before they had a fuckin' DM, I was whippin' in the Ac' like that shit was European

[00:25.17] I remember

[00:25.95] I remember drivin' Holland Tunnel for a label meetin', thinkin' 'bout more cake than a funnel

[00:30.48] I remember

[00:31.28] Now these niggas don't remember

[00:33.91] I know Neeks remember, I know Jay remember, Chubbs'll make them boys remember

[00:35.78] Dead-broke, splittin' pennies with my members

[00:39.51] Fuck a spread, we was splittin' chicken tenders (I-I-I)

[00:41.90] 'Member I was sleepin' in the basement, watchin' tigger in the basement, I was tryna get a placement

[00:46.14] I remember

[00:46.41] Days in the East with the bros, watchin' Tristan and Devoe while they runnin' up the score

[00:51.19] I remember

[00:51.99] TT was headed to the league, I was sleepin' up at metal works tryna plant a seed

[00:56.51] I remember

[00:57.04] Rollin' through the city, gettin' beats, always peepin' out the streets 'cause I was beefin' with the bleeks

[01:01.55] I remember

[01:02.09] I was tryna get a portion, tryna make a fortune

[01:05.54] B-Town with Candy, I'm tryna be her boyfriend

[01:08.20] 3 a.m. at Y2, runnin' off endorphins

[01:10.85] Start adoptin' my brothers' beefs like a orphan

[01:13.24] I was still on Rose when it's pourin' and stormin'

[01:16.16] This shit is not rewardin', I do not feel important

[01:18.29] I wanna see some scratch from the shit that I'm recordin'

[01:20.94] In Memphis smokin' blacks, tryna act like I enjoy them (I-I-I)

[01:23.87] Maurice François Girbaud what I'm sportin'

[01:26.25] And Mos Def gave me like a rap for performin'

[01:28.64] Crib I got now make me think of when I had to put some money on a mortgage

[01:32.88] This don't feel like home anymore

[01:36.09] It's just wall, doors, and floors

[01:38.67] That only I can afford

[01:40.61] Remember when it used to mean more, mean more

[01:44.05] I got money in the top drawer

[01:46.17] That ain't much, but we not poor

[01:48.04] You're mine and I'm yours

[01:49.89] Like a broke couple, we don't wanna court, for sure

[01:53.89] I remember pullin' up at Tao, seein' Quincy Jones, nigga talkin' to me like he proud

[01:58.13] I remember

[01:59.19] I remember Mike designed the owl, then he sued the fucking guys, and he duckin' until now

[02:03.71] I remember (I-I-I)

[02:04.24] 'Member Reesie stayin' at the house, then she left me for my dawg like she never took the vow

[02:08.76] I remember

[02:09.29] My cousin Ryan fronted me a pound and I couldn't even flip it, had to bring it back around

[02:13.81] I remember

[02:14.87] I remember printin' up our T-shirts with Kyle, we in love with the same girl, beefin' like a cow

[02:19.65] I would pick them shits up, nigga wouldn't even smile

[02:22.30] Nigga better crack a smile 'fore we do a nigga foul

[02:24.69] To keep it real, I wasn't really gangster 'til now

[02:27.35] I was livin' on a cloud, I was quiet as a mouse

[02:30.00] I was in the club gettin' lost in the crowd

[02:32.40] Wasn't doin' what I wanted to, I do what was allowed

[02:35.05] I remember fightin' over Monica with Jason

[02:37.97] I remember only knowin' Andre and Jason

[02:40.37] I remember buyin' all the iceberg from Jason

[02:43.02] That's three different Jasons, my life like the matrix (I-I-I)

[02:45.68] Even got on 106 & park with replacement

[02:48.07] My mama was my manager, my uncle was my agent

[02:50.73] Dr. Dre'll send a nigga home, that took patience

[02:53.12] Four "Grammy's" to my name, a hundred nominations

[02:56.04] Esperanza Spalding was gettin' all the praises

[02:58.37] I'm tryna keep it humble, I'm tryna keep it gracious

[03:01.05] Who give a fuck Michelle Obama put you on her playlist?

[03:03.69] Then we never hear from you again like you was taken

[03:06.40] Who the CEO of universal? They mistaken

[03:08.71] 'Cause Google sayin' Lucian, but that just doesn't make sense

[03:11.18] Who fillin' up the piggy bank? Who bringin' home the bacon?

[03:13.82] This shit don't come on vinyl, I'm still record breakin'

[03:16.76] How could I forget? How could I forget?

[03:19.16] I was on a Greyhound way before the jet

[03:21.80] Buffalo, New York was like the furthest I could get

[03:24.20] At the Walden Galleria tryna make the money stretch (I-I-I)

[03:27.11] Student price card and a Yorkdale connect

[03:29.50] Whole time, Courtne Smith was keepin' me in check

[03:31.90] Try and find an inch of the city I ain't stepped in

[03:34.72] If it's war, I'll lay my life down for the set then

[03:38.45] Yeah

[03:39.86] And I put that shit on Mads and that nigga was my best friend

[03:44.13] Yeah

[03:45.13] And I put that shit on Johnny Bling, that nigga was my best friend

[03:49.43] Right

[03:50.15] And I put that shit on Richard, that nigga was my best friend

[03:53.42] Ayy, yeah

[03:55.01] Broke his right hand, still took a fight with his left hand

[03:58.99] I remember

[04:02.18] I remember

[04:04.83] Yeah

[04:08.24] (I-I-I)