How I Am ft. Mick Jenkins Lyrics

How you gonna move when it's time to sign that dotted line

And you're no longer able to speak your mind

Fix your shit

Spend a bit switch your image

Cop a whip maybe a chain or two with the pendants

The rollie compliments it 100k to your dependents

Work through your agreement til you can say you're independent

But please do not get it twisted niggas forget that it ain't that easy

They'll do you greasy then hide their hands the shit is treason

Consecutive w's but executives fucking you

Industry sucking you dry tell me what're we coming to

Disingenuous energy with people you run into you

Cut them off the machine you shut it off

No telling what you'll come across going through the process

To become a boss these day you can't tolerate another loss

Disloyal jewelry your chain came with a double cross

But that don't hide the fact you feel like you're the underdog

Show them how to make it with art form

All could've been easy now you gotta make it hard for them

Before you leave the world let the children know it's all for them

Time is now either stand for something or you fall for them

Yeah

Ohh this is how I am

Ohh this is who I am

Ayo Keem niggas is looking for you man trying find out where the fuck you at

The fuck you been doing man it's time to get this money nigga the fuck off your ass

I evolve

Never tried to hide my flaws

In this game you sink or swim

Fly or fall

Every bars a fire ball

Still cold enough to send a chill through your spinal cord

I'm the one the youngins and OGs get excited for

Power right inside my palm

This atomic penmanship enables me to write a bomb

Drop a song and wipe them all out

Long before the day they even see my final form

Hell will freeze before I conform high quality I perform

Silent storm how'd I keep it going for so long it's been a minute

Going strong for my niggas holding on by the thinnest piece of rope

Praying that I don't slip

The ones around me quick to say get a grip if ever I trip

I put my trust in them

Know I got way more than enough to win

This shit a race I'm leaving niggas in the dust again

A rush of wind when I get started

Promise I'll stay on it for my dearly departed they said I got it

But my shoulder bout as cold as my heart

I ain't felt love in half a decade Headaches from stressing over my next phase in life

Same story I'm just working on my next page

The paper looking longer than an essay

Meanwhile I'm praying that all of my people make it in the best way

And live to talk about it the next day

Life is like a chess game

Say less more work less play

Constantly making sure that my head straight

Niggas be deadweight and bitches be deadweight

Everybody trying to get a piece of your bread wait

Once I hit the stage you gone see how this leg break

The whip got leg space

I left space in search of fresh state of mind

Ohh this is how I am

Ohh this is who I am

Aye

This truth still smoking

Chop the onion ain't no tears flowing

That dog in him he got years on them

That frog in him catch me in traffic

No hog in me y'all speak pig latin

That smog in me I still breathe easy speak easy

Moon shining on our wave these niggas drunk early

I'm jack hammered all my flows they seem to crack lately

Pat Swayze dancing dirty then I'm ghost on them

Rearview mirror is broke on them ain't no looking back

Touching souls we not just copping feels

For boutique go to Marshall Fields for department feels

Run a tight ship need loose leaf if you wanna talk for real

Just a young nigga making art for real

Touch a motherfucker heart for real

I pearl some wisdom all we needs a spark for real

No barber pole but shit is getting sharp in here

We cuttin up we know we bout to double up

Buckle up they say it get dark from here