They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you Tryina push my niggas through this industry All this shit we going through, put my nieces, nephews and my lil' cousins through school Sound, scanned checks coming in my future plan through They judging me of interviews, never of the good shit Always pinpointing bad shit, fucking critics, hate 'em Criticizing all the niggas life, get your own life Why every time I turn my back a friend grab a knife? Damn these draws talented, telling me I need some more Till a nigga OD shaking now I'm on the phone Thinking about my past life and all the crazy shit I did Devil and Jesus Christ can't go on, do this right Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you Words can't alter my ego so bulletproof Hard in da Paint went double platinum No Hands went triple platinum Damn, I do a number, dog, calling me ranker Treat it like a hood club, standing on a bar top, 30K for a walk in I say this is life, I remember I couldn't have 30 dollars in my pocket, shit Robbing for some small change, tryina make a big name In a small town, Riverdale we in this bitch, man Only God could judge me Fuck what another person gotta say about me, I'm stress free Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you, best of you Don't never let 'em get the best of you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you They tell you to be yourself and when you do, they judge you You see me, man, I started from the motherfucking bottom Man, I already knew, only thing I was looking was the top See, I lost 80% of my friends around me, man Damn near lost my life, you know RIP my nigga gunned down, man, ain't shit gonna stop me, my nigga