(Verse 1 – Lupe Fiasco)
Peace
No material possessions shall cloud my judgement
As I reach, in an ethereal direction to provide my substance
Love is not found but resides insides me, I manifest this
I will respect myself and wear serenity as my necklace
I will replace what I take and have tranquility as my breakfast
Shed a new light on a new path
I will gain rhythm lose wrath
Attain wisdom and refuse graph
And build upon what I built on
And wisely regulate til I do have
Cause what is defeat?
But just the evidence of my haste
Lack of preparedness, in my waste
So I wait
Surround myself with nutrition, wholesomeness and true living
Use natural codes of conduct to remove the schism when the roof’s missing
I will pursue felicity, find value in simplicity
Altruism and empathy will be the first thing extended to my enemy
Clarity will be the trademark of my friendships
Just invest in my business
And appreciative of the rarity of my existence
(Chorus – Lupe Fiasco)
Cause I got chilling by the million
Tranquilo by the kilo, ni**a, ni**a
And I got kilos by the speedboat
And I ain’t talking bout them drugs
I’m talking bout that love
For myself and all my ni**as
All my bi**hes and all my thugs, what’s up?
Cause I got chilling by the million
Tranquilo by the kilo, ni**a, ni**a
And I got kilos by the speedboat
And I ain’t talking bout that work
I’m talking bout that worth
Of myself and all my ni**as
Every diamond came out the dirt, ni**a
(Verse 2 – Rick Ross)
I got bi**hes on bi**hes, all my dreams and my visions
I remember me fishing out of canals in the trenches
Now a ni**a be flossy, Rolls Royce looking glossy
Quick to put down a demo to get these haters up off me
I like to smoke to myself, I just try to improve
Let my son hold my strap while I swim laps in the pool
Told my daughter the rules which we all must abide
Your daddy was far from perfect, things we did to survive
I just wanted to fly, they always looking down on us
School district full of killers, I mean these ni**as ferocious
Only violence and drugs, there was nothing for us
All I had was this music, I couldn’t afford to do much
(Chorus – Lupe Fiasco)
Cause I got chilling by the million
Tranquilo by the kilo, ni**a, ni**a
And I got kilos by the speedboat
And I ain’t talking bout them drugs
I’m talking bout that love
For myself and all my ni**as
All my bi**hes and all my thugs, what’s up?
Cause I got chilling by the million
Tranquilo by the kilo, ni**a, ni**a
And I got kilos by the speedboat
And I ain’t talking bout that work
I’m talking bout that worth
Of myself and all my ni**as
Every diamond came out the dirt, ni**a
(Verse 3 – Big K.R.I.T.)
Young ni**a say… ball
Cause he ain’t really living life less he’s down to roll the dice
Put it all on the line for a couple dollars
And a bad bi**h that only think about him if he… call
Is it really worth the time and the effort?
Chasing wood grain and the leather
Putting pressure on the pedal, I don’t want the devil
Hoping he fall
Feed him to his nonsense, mothaf**k a contract
You don’t need a handout, they gong bring the bands out
Choppas make em stand down, good lord
But you don’t wanna be another ni**a
Chase the figures that never really add up
White folk pass your face
Dying in the grass cause they wouldn’t call the law
Cause you’re hooded, Black and they think you’re selling crack
Maybe so, you don’t give a f**k in a rut, ni**a
In the street got you stuck, ni**a, what, ni**a?
Buck, buck, ni**a
Buried your partner just the other day knowing he was too young
Had a tool, tryna roll on the folk
Let it go on the folk
But he wasn’t down to shoot one
Though the time dead and gone
Is Yolo what we on?
I heard different, it’s never too late to listen
And be reborn
Young ni**a, young ni**a, young ni**a
Go be reborn
Peace and understanding is what you should be on
(Chorus – Lupe Fiasco)
Cause I got chilling by the million
Tranquilo by the kilo, ni**a, ni**a
And I got kilos by the speedboat
And I ain’t talking bout them drugs
I’m talking bout that love
For myself and all my ni**as
All my bi**hes and all my thugs, what’s up?
Cause I got chilling by the million
Tranquilo by the kilo, ni**a, ni**a
And I got kilos by the speedboat
And I ain’t talking bout that work
I’m talking bout that worth
Of myself and all my ni**as
Every diamond came out the dirt, ni**a
