I paid my dues, now I´m really on ? to the SEA put my city on Left the condo for a bigger home Everything clean like my chicken bones I work hard, I work hard for it
Had to go back to the chalkboard We was tourin´ countries all foreign Now I don´t gotta open car doors So say whats up to my haters at the club tonight I´ll be busy singing my daughter lullaby´s When she sleep, I hit the booth and get super lit Living my dreams like I sleep in another life Living my dreams like I sleep in another life, yeah The tensions so thick, you could cut with a butter knife, yeah If that´s your example of artists, then what am I? You lied to consumer, you say that you booming That´s probably why Metro don´t trust you, gosh
I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah
We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain´t no 9 to 5, yeah I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain´t no 9 to 5, yeah
10 million sold, go and look at that Ain´t no middleman gonna get any of that I suck at math, but I know how to add (one plus one) That´s a whole lotta money Bought my baby´s mama mama a pad Wow, it was [?] on stage looking like the white James Brown There´s a whole lotta people in this arena and you know it sold out Took my daughter on the road and she pointing´ at me from the crowd
Saying, "That´s my daddy, top 5 on stage," no doubt In God we trust, God we trust They ain´t came in the same way They are not with us, not with us Came back and it´s game time This the follow-up, and now I´m up I decided that was not enough Dopps and Boodo with that final touch Competition, go and line ´em up I run this shit, I run this shit Put that on my momma I done this shit, I done this shit since I was pushin´ a Honda No one hit shit, no one hit shit, platinum plaques in mi casa And my accountant´s dead (rest in peace) Couldn´t count the commas
I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain´t no 9 to 5, yeah I am not surprised, I am not surprised, yeah Had to optimize, then monopolize, yeah We turn out the lights then we come alive, yeah All these dollar signs, ain´t no 9 to 5, yeah