can t make this up

Dave East

Started with a nickel bag of regular green
I m tryna do some shit they never seen
they told us never dream, uh
Tried to kill our dream, never dream, uh
Told us never dream, uh, uh, uh

Started with a nickel bag of regular green
I m tryna do some shit they never seen
they told us never dream
I woke up, everything was broke, even family members
Got nominations I receive somethin th? Grammys send us
Grams, we split em, br?ak em down
and sell the whole thing (Whole thing)
It s hard to give advice to a youngin just got a gold chain
He don t wanna hear that shit, he touchin paper
I told him where I m at
it s quiet ain t gotta cuss my neighbors
I told him never trust a snake and never love a hater
Nigga, we tryna be Kobe, just not another Laker
We need property, like Rick Ross, sittin on a hundred acres
Them Swiss rolls for dinner
used to have my stomach achin (Hmm)
I told him, Keep some lawyer money in case a case come up
Some niggas get to stealin , try to duck some lay it up
If they been down, make sure
they round to dap your paper up
If niggas ain t buyin no plates, we just gon eighth em up
School was never in my plans, I couldn t wait to cut
Watchin niggas spend they last, while I was savin up
I watched whole families get boxed like the Brady bunch
Spent so much time down, can t wait to feel the day we up
Can t make this up

I can t make this up, I can t make this up (I can t)
Look, I can t make this up, I can t make this up (For real)
Nah, I can t make this up, I can t make this up (For real)
I can t make this up, I can t make this up (Uh)

Really speak my life, when I get a beat
From Jones to Venice beach
don t know who this feelin reach (Don t know)
I feel complete, remove the roof so I can feel the breeze
The hoodie is still Céline, this foreign a real machine
I m eatin lumpia, the chef in from the Philippines
Take his top off, hard to intervene with a guillotine (Uh)
If he ain t touch a dub yet, his pickets is still a teen
It s Future, I never liked you or Michael shit
that Billie Jean (Uh)
Me and you cannot relate
we into different things (Different)
I move like this, you move like that
see, we got different skins (See)
These denim tears, no these is Levi s
these is different jeans
Some one at weed, someone at coke, shit
we had different fiends (Uh)
Pick a team and we can bet it
Niggas pay attention cause I said it
One life, I won t regret it (I won t)
I can t make this up, it ain t a fairytale
Ours bread was very stale
I know they feel my shit in every jail, uh

I can t make this up, I can t make this up (I can t)
I can t make this up, I can t make this up (My life)
Nah, I can t make this up, I can t make this up
I can t make this up, I can t make this up (Uh)
I can t make this up, I can t make this up
I can t make this up, I can t make this up
I can t make this up, I can t make this up (Uh)
I can t make this up, I can t make this up

Can t make this up
I can t make this up, I can t make this up
Tood bad the niggas don t really know
Ain t around to tell em, niggas how it went
I can t make this up
True story, reality
I can t make this up