Greatest (Deluxe) Lyrics

I was only six

Mama moved me out the islands

I was only seven and alone

I was silent

When I turned eight

I do wonders with my writing

By the age of nine

You could catch a nigga rhyming

Hittin double digits

Had my head up in the books

I was 13

I was all about my looks

When I wanted food

Mama taught me how to cook

Ain't have no computer

All I had was story books

2007 Christmas

Ma surprised me with a iMac

New GarageBand

And I knew I had to try that

Started making beats

In my bedroom all alone

I ain't have no teacher

YouTube everything I know

Started making money

I was out there knocking doors

Asked my mama for a Wii

She say get it on your own

If she gave me what I asked

I don't know what I would know

If she never whooped my ass

I wouldn't know what I would know

Used to never skip a class

Always great at math

It was 2010

Acing every test

Till one day I let it pass

And I did the math

I ran all the numbers up

Saw another path

I was great at sports

Should see my 40 dash

Played division 1

I started on the grass

Had some haters hating on me

With they hating ass

So you know I fucked they girlfriends

Made them kiss my ass

Graduation headed

I didn't need no extra credit

I didn't even walk the stage

For my graduation exit

I was playing Call of Duty

Had McDonald's lunch and breakfast

They was working on they bachelors

I was working on my business

Back in 14'

I was out there in Los Angeles

Selling CD's with some ladies

In bikinis out in Venice

Dreams of Ghinis

At the Teenies

Peoples Choice

At the BET awards

Red carpet with the boys

I don't need a plaque

Just to tell you that I made it

I don't need a rack

Just to tell em that I paid it

I don't Facebook

To tell me that I'm hated

I don't need to cap

Just to tell them in the greatest

I don't need a map

Still tell you where your place is

I ain't even at the trap

I been working out the basement

I don't need to count

I could tell what the weight is

I don't need accounts

I could spend it how I made it

Greatest

You know I'm one of the greatest

You know I'm one of the greats

You know I'm one of the greats

I'm going down as the greatest

I'm going down as the greatest

You know I'm one of the greats

You know I'm one of the greatest

Greatest

20 Years old

Drop shoulda went gold

But nobody would hear me out

So I went cold

Pushed cars then returned with a goal

Promised that they gon hear me now

I was so broke

Oh no

Nobody else know

With the whips I was driving round

Felt like I sold my soul

For a lot of zero's

From the looks of my bank account

I was only 24

They told me I had to chance meet

Said they send me to Miami

Just so I could feel the heat

Round the same time

Another business offer in these streets

Either way I thought I'd be in a Lambo in a week

It was so cap

All I ever wanted was a deal

It was so trash

Had a nigga all up in the feels

So I took that

Put it into every single meal

And I took back

Everything that made a nigga real

I don't need a plaque

Just to tell you that I made it

I don't need a rack

Just to tell em that I paid it

I don't Facebook

To tell me that I'm hated

I don't need to cap

Just to tell them in the greatest

I don't need a map

Still tell you where your place is

I ain't even at the trap

I been working out the basement

I don't need to count

I could tell what the weight is

I don't need accounts

I could spend it how I made it