Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Hard lessons and jaw-checking, the God sent them
To teach me how to not be like Lucifer when his fall met him
To keep my heart beating when the rest of my life is off rhythm
To grow even though my baby bottle was all venom
And they're wondering how I'm spitting so arsenic
Like it or not, doesn't matter long as you understand it's authentic
They say, that King guy's cool
But I'd give it all away if I could be like you
The way I came up wasn't easy, it twisted the way I'm thinking
It's gone physically, but I'm still living it when I'm dreaming
I could make a million rapping under full light beams
It still wouldn't be enough to buy a full nights sleep
That's what I need. But still, you won't see me nodding
Dozing, or locked alone in a coffin. I came too far
For the reaper to catch me now, but I know that he's watching
Waiting to repo all the years that I stole from his pockets
So many people out there counting on me, I get queasy and nervous
Look, I'm not no wise man, I just speak with a purpose
I believe in my verses, I rap what I think regardless of reaction, backlash
Or what they happen to think, all of that don't matter to me
You get what you see with a promise
Ain't no difference between me as a man and me as an artist
The reason I started, to get these demons dearly departed
If you ain't rapping real, then to me, it's meaningless jargon because
Too many rappers out here talk about a life they ain't living
Lying for a dollar, call them retail rhymes
And too many rappers want to be a gangbanger
You ain't kill nobody, you ain't facing no jail time
Too many rappers brag about the struggle like it's cool to be depressed
And try to end your life when there's still time
But put us on a polygraph, I bet I won't fail mine
And now I'm offended, I grab the pen and tell them freeze
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air
Let me see your hands, put them up in the air
Hands, put them up in the air