What Do You Do When You're Branded

And create the quickest way to reach the fire escape
Now you've been
Higher science and I'm changin' the crime in
You know we keep the teflon from the street to the vest
Then set it off to be the only one to quiet the riot
What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
Becomin' more of a threat when I move subtle and silent
The date 'cuz you been

Another man because I'm proud and I believe that I'm blessed
Bein' broke and not bein' able to buy me a steak
Front seat niggas never sit in the back wit a boss

Strugglin', holdin' a couple pounds of weed then the rest
Read about the kid from the front to the back of the source
I watch my son 'cuz you'd be fuckin' wit the child of a giant
You see me back on the course
Make it quick you weak niggas, better try to escape
You see the street is a mess
Rap niggas beef in they album probably needed the press
Wanna scorch a debate, wait, do me a favor nigga jus' remember
So I rely on the love and I reply to the hate
Kill that nigga slow like how you get defeated in chess
That speak to the street always keepin' the people abreast

Relate, it's like bustin' a 3-8

Hot air niggas I only feel the heat from your breath
Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man

Takin' a shit watchin' they body floatin' by in the lake
Got you under pressure, hairline receaded effects
I never quit watchin' these niggas tryin' to hide they mistake
But yo, I always found the need to address these weaker niggas
We always seem to finesse from the east to the west

Stackin' my paper so see now I can buy an estate

Now, I'm straight, got me my own knife and fork on my plate
What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?

And as a man I never found the slightest need to impress
See now I'm back wit the force
But of course, come and speak to the best
Will cost ya life, have ya motha feel an immaculate loss

Snitch niggas always quick to go and lie on a tape
You lookin' weak in the chest, you see the street is a test
So much pain in the struggle my whole body'll ache, come on
Women on the stoop smokin' holdin' a seed to they breast

And watch me spit a jewel sharper to carve the meat of your flesh
Fuck the fact that it cost, the pricetag of the Porche
Though we must stay on the grind I supersceded the stress
Branded, scorned as the one who ran
But it's okay 'cuz super hero niggas die wit a cape
Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man
My destiny's the only thing between the sky and the pilot
Branded, scorned is the one who ran
Now I proceed to the rest of my niggas keepin' it fresh
Be late, I be takin' most of the brick leavin' a pile outta shape
Scream on every beat until my voice get crackled and horse
Street niggas gotta slide for the take

From the gates, so awake that was the plan of my fate
It's so great to watch them finally break, stand aside from the fake
I'm in a place stuck between bein' lovin' and violent