Real (Explicit)

(Can't stop, won't stop)

(Can't stop, won't stop)

Workin'

Know one thing for certain

I woke up this morning feelin' like a different person

My path is leadin' to progression, tryna get to perfect

Malcolm X, with the chopper, lookin' out the curtains

It was each and every day and night

I had to fight and turn the fear into a source of might

The source of light inside my spirit looked like dynamite

I think I may, I think I might take 'em out of sight

I was the runt of the litter, now my fangs' bigger

And my legs' quicker

I had to jump into the pit and swing my elbows

Became the one who held the torch the day that Hell froze

Burnin' till my name rang bells so

When it all comes down, will you give it up?

And if you do it, how the hell should I know

Least I know how that feels

I'll be keepin' **** real

If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow

They told her to hold to the window

Least I know how that feels

I'll be keepin' **** real

They wanted me to break, wanted me to quit

Wanted me to die and be done with it

But I got my second wind

The real bill, I could never be a counterfeit

Look

Make 'em listen now

Things be lookin' little different where I'm sittin' now

Never figured I'd end up in this position

At the same time feelin' like forever I been spittin' out the same rhymes

Never take a back seat

Treat the session like a track meet

The way I'm laughin' at these haters who gon' catch me

Black cat, evolution of the black sheep

Cause I've been goin', how it happened, don't ask me

Resurrected, redirected on a new scale

Kill the game, guess they'll hafta write a new will

In the end I never lose, you know me too well

Go against me playa, you won't do well

When it all comes down, will you give it up?

And if you do it, how the hell should I know

Least I know how that feels

I'll be keepin' **** real

If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow

They told her to hold to the window

Least I know how that feels

I'll be keepin' **** real

Everybody says

I'm better off dead

But what they really need

Is life just a dream

When it all comes down, will you give it up?

And if you do it, how the hell should I know

Least I know how that feels

I'll be keepin' **** real

If you don't get dark, then you'll never glow

They told her to hold to the window

Least I know how that feels

I'll be keepin' **** real