From the Ashes

GOTTA KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE IN THE JUNGLE WHERE ITS HARD TO SURVIVE AGAINST THE ODDS FROM THE DAY I ARRIVED LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES I TO WILL RISE
YOU GTA HUSTLE TODAY OVERCOME THE OBSTACLE AND ANYONE IN THE WAY FUNNY HOW IM ALWAYS THINKING THEY GOT SOMETHING TO SAY JUST REALIZE THAT IM THE ONLY ONE IN THE WAY

PERFORM BETTER WITH MY BACK TO THE WALL
LORENZO ROBERTS MESA THATS THE REASON I BALL
AND BEFORE THAT I AINT NEED A REASON AT ALL
I CAUGHT A RUSH FROM MY HATERS NOT SEEING ME FALL
WHOS YOUR COMPETITION WHEN YOU GOT THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
ALL THE MISTAKES I EVER MADE JUST HELP ME SEE THIS THING CLEARER HERD YOU MAN GOT INDICTED STILL FIGHTING THE CASE I COULD TELL THAT HE SICK FROM THE LOOK IN HIS FACE CUZ HE AINT NEVER DID NO TIME TO STOMACH THAT NOW HE WISH HE COULD REWRITE TIME AND RUN IT BACK MOST NIGGAS LOVE TO PLAY THE GAME JUST TO LIVE IN THE CLOUT WHEN THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO GET IN AND GET OUT SO LIKE BRAND NUBIAN DONT LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD THE SAME ONE YOU CALL YOUR DOG COULD BE INVOLVED WITH THE FEDS SAME SONG BUT YOU KNOW THAT THEY IN LOVE WITH THE SHOW WITH MY GUARD UP YOU KNOW I GTA STAY ON MY TOES

MOMMA TOLD ME YOU KNOW BETTER YOU DO BETTER THE GAME GETS THE BEST OF YOU BUT ONLY IF YOU LET HER I STARTED RYHMING AND NOTHING WAS EVER THE SAME I LOOK AT THE SCORE JUST TO SEE I PLAYED HELLA OF GAME NOBODY NO MY CITY PUT THAT WEIGHT ON MY BACK ALL THAT WORK THAT I PUT IN GON PUT US STRATE ON THE MAP FIGURED I COULD SELL A DRUG THAT WAS BETTER THAN CRACK WORDPLAY EVERY YEAR N NOW WE BRINGING IN RACKS PUSH MY NIGGAS TO THE LIMIT I COULD TELL THAT THEY TIRED THAT AMBITION FROM THE BOTTOM THAT COULD NEVER EXPIRE THOSE NIGHTS IN THE WINTER THATS WHAT MADE ME A MAN AND I ALWAYS HAD THE VISION BEFORE HAVING THE PLAN I BROUGHT BREAD TO THE TABLE BROKE IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND I ALWAYS DID THAT EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE KINDA HARD TO DENY IT WHEN IT RUNS IN YOUR BLOOD EVEN FOR A SEED TO GROW YOU STILL GOTTA COVER IN MUD