Play For Keeps

Done heard nothing that impressed me, so I had to go and write

I know the truth, I make the news, that's shit u can't deny

Paid people's rent by buying beats was never gonna use

Couldn't catch a vibe or rhyme to fit; I did that shit for you

Shout meals via Uber Eats so fiends can get some food

Ain't talking bout my circle g, the charity diffused

Ain't never claimed a tax receipt, never asked for nothing b

Charged the lessons to the game, learned loyalty a one way street

Chillin while I spark the tree, hittin like disaster, see

I known my bars was national since I got ducked by Master G

"Self made millionaires, bravely independent"

I read that in ya press release, a major label sent it

Throw away raps like this mans was gonn forget it

Submitting to the cash yet the tracks was made on credit

Y'all cappin to the max like ya hats when you ain't dredded

Try stickin' to the facts, on the wax or you'll regret it

The devil saw my work rate, realised he ain't compete

Said; Life's a game that's full of pain n man u play for keeps

It's a fine line between ignorance and famous bravery

Just own ya lane, work day to day, that's how it's made to be

Went and signed a label deal but that shit ain't for me

Puttin on the fam while I still fund my own release

The devil saw my work rate, realised he ain't compete

Said; Life's a game that's full of pain n man u play for keeps

Tell the world that u a driller when u really just a tool

Yo I feel like Mr T the way I pity on these fools

Somewhere between a florist and a poet man it's cool

You claim to run the ball but then go kick it on the full

When the shit pop of my OG said"let it breathe"

Jokers play their hands, the Settobello up ur sleeve

Poker face a hundred grand, belly rumbling to eat

Know that cheaters never prosper when they runnin in the street

My mans in LA seen the dodgers, flee sirens on the beat

Came trippin round the North and said"These pussys the same breed

These rookies some pretenders, rocky like Apollo Creed"

N even though he raised on crip, we now be blood like family

RMF we been anointed by the plugs you never met

Folks that you don't know existing daily give us our respect

You be all up in the comments, I'm messaging direct

All your names be hella common but a face I don't forget

The devil saw my work rate, realised he ain't compete

Said; Life's a game that's full of pain n man u play for keeps

It's a fine line between ignorance and famous bravery

Just own ya lane, work day to day, that's how it's made to be

Went and signed a label deal but that shit ain't for me

Puttin on the fam while I still fund my own release

The devil saw my work rate, realised he ain't compete

Said; Life's a game that's full of pain n man u play for keeps

Some ops thinkin they slick; I spit shit they don't believe

Go ask some people round the North about the name *REDACTED*

Think it all a bunch of talk because my record squeaky clean

Why you think I studied law and spent years learning how to scheme?

Semesters pushing pens so I never had to sit

While you hit a clumsy lick, yo who you think is more legit?

Who u thinking be more calculated, numbers be the ends

Who been moving on the DL while keepin the family fed?

Never taught me what to think, only ever taught me how

So when they found my stash up in the basement, family kicked me out

My mama sat their heartbroken, she known to scream and shout

But she never never turned me in, deep down I know she proud

Even if she can't display it, yo she won't ever say it

Know her boys always had Costra Nostra running through their veins

Ain't none of it for clout, ain't none of this for rep

The only points I care to score are those my kids gonn' inherit

The devil saw my work rate, realised he ain't compete

Said; Life's a game that's full of pain n man u play for keeps

It's a fine line between ignorance and famous bravery

Just own ya lane, work day to day, that's how it's made to be

Went and signed a label deal but that shit ain't for me

Puttin on the fam while I still fund my own release

The devil saw my work rate, realised he ain't compete

Said; Life's a game that's full of pain n man u play for keeps