(Been this way before) (Dream of finding so much more) For the city man Feeling like I got the cheat code to life Jewelry looking like it got free throwed in ice Debatin' with the reaper not to repo my life Cause in my twenty three years I done lived a couple lives Like why? 'cause I stunt, bags of trees, like its fall The girls that was outta my league tryna play with my balls I pay bills, I work hard And when my momma cried a river, they never gave us a bridge They gave us a bridge card, nigga Ridin' low, puffin on laow I came way too far to fuck it up now Text from my mom said "me and your grandma proud" I'm way too deep in the game to go sit back in the crowd Teacher told me get a job, save up for a four oh one K Man I'd rather be young and shit, countin' four oh one K I'd rather die with a smile instead I'm just multiplying my money and dividing the legs B-I (Been this way before) But I'm never dividing the bread (Dream of finding so much more) Bitch I bet I get the debit if I don't get the cred (I deserve) Throwin' westside up like Pac, when they pop ya block up, Big Poppa flock off, you holy lil' whoadie holy Kenobi, chewbacca I'm Balenciaga, Chanel, Hermes but I betchu that you won't find it Rocking Louie and MC'ing Guess I'm clothes minded Obama suite, you one below, up in the Joe Biden I'm in your city just chillin', where are your hoes hiding? Twenty k for the fit because it's twenty four carats And I can't lie, the price'll probably go up when I wear it I'm just D-Town reppin' And makin' all these niggas who second guessed it regret it Regret it like half the hoes I smashed in the sheets At least I realize now how much I loved Ashlee Marie And when it's all said and done I'd probably give her my knee Cause she put up with too many games not to have her a ring Man she almost cried when she seen me on TV on BET Just making it seem easy Standing next to Common Sense and Yeezy (Been this way before) And the whole world's seen me (Dream of finding so much more) Bitch I know you seen me Like, man, I wake up to a wet dream Everyday's a Friday and every nights a sex scene Every week is fashion week and every day I'm pressed clean Detroit's Angel, I even got red wings I'm headed to the ball, me and three prom queens My life's prom night and guess who the Prom King They having a kissing fight and I'm Don King Erry'body know I'm coming soon like LeBron's ring" Tell me that wasn't verse of the year Man that shit deserves a hearse and a tear Swear to God I'm overlaid, all my girls get overfucked All my deals be overpaid and all my joints get over stuffed Finally Famous bitch, there ain't a fucking thing that's over us So take that check out and owe it up Man I turned impossible possible And what these niggas can barely see in the optical The same teacher who told me rappin' is what not to do Said I'm throwin' my life away if I drop outta school Want me to come speak to the kids, the point I gotta prove Is that I did everything they told me not to do After I went down the road, they told me not to cruise They ain't know that was my road to success Now my picture on the wall hanging to help the kids follow through My dream girl is every night, my dream car is optional My old school look like a T-Rex, I should feed her fossil fuels (Been this way before) Man, I turn my enemies to molecules (Dream of finding so much more) Little hoes Without any preparation, I exceed these expectations Man, they wanna see me dead, but I gave them dedication I'm yellin' fuck 'em all, with a hundred exclamations Cause I'ma be the man til my fucking expiration B-I-G, I do it This goes out to my motha'fucking city Detroit, Westside to be exact Right over there on Northline man... (Been this way before) (Dream of finding so much more) (Been this way before) (Dream of finding so much more)