Ring The Alarm

Ring the Alarm
 New Gen
 I payed my dues with effort
 I still lose count counting my blessings
 Sold dubs at my gigs, pain is the essence
 Now I'm making hits, taking them hits made me a weapon
 Uh, I never had a pot to piss in
 Now I piss in a pot of gold and watch it glisten
 In a race with my own race, that's not the mission
 That's why I'd rather link WSTRN than cop a Smith &
 Every time that top was missing, I went missing
 Came back and left the old me, my friends miss him
 How am I gonna stay the same tryna make a difference?
 Tryna make a living, then make a killing and live killing shit
 I mind my business cuh my mind's on my businesses
 Kicked out of business studies, studied my businesses
 It's kind of crucial what Ms. Simmons did
 I've got away with words, a way with words cause I'm a lyricist
 Mumma needs a new stove so I do stove
 Could have got sectioned, I had to do road
 And now I've got some new dough off a new flow
 Couple diamonds, I can kill one bird with two stones
 I used to wake up in the AM, cold showers
 While I hear my Nana praying, amen
 Counting money, watching Boondocks
 Then I put it in my shoebox, still tryna put my crew on
 Ring the alarm, ring the alarm
 Everybody run when the po po come
 All I see is a smoking gun
 Whoa, yeah
 Ring the alarm, ring the alarm
 Everybody wanna be all in, so
 I'mma stay up till the morning comes
 Whoa, yeah
 How am I going to sign a deal with ya, even deal with ya?
 If you don't deal with me properly, what's the deal with ya?
 I was taught to be real with ya, so I'm real with ya
 Though I'm in Tommy Hilfiger, still a real nigga
 Yeah, my plan A was my plan B
 I only planned my A levels for my family
 And now I'm with a bad bitch and some bad breed youts
 Even though I can't change them, I can teach
 The things we used to do for figures
 Now I do a one show and that's a new four figures
 I can go forever and a few more minutes
 I'm just tryna paint pictures, I don't do this for the image
 I do this for the broke niggas
 Not the 'lose a little hope and it's over', they're some joke niggas
 I don't dodge my old women
 Cause there's nothing wrong with gold diggers
 When you dig for gold with your own niggas
 Shining, from the ground up, we was grinding
 Told the mandem watch cause it's timing
 The top is like a DM, I'mma slide in
 And bring my people through, I've got pride in my lions
 I used to wake up in the AM, cold showers
 While I hear my Nana praying, amen
 Counting money, watching Boondocks
 Then I put it in my shoebox, still tryna put my crew on
 Ring the alarm, ring the alarm
 Everybody run when the po po come
 All I see is a smoking gun
 Whoa, yeah
 Ring the alarm, ring the alarm
 Everybody wanna be all in, so
 I'mma stay up till the morning comes
 Whoa, yeah
 Don't tell me about no hard knock life
 When you've had a good dream, the alarm's not nice
 Heart on my sleeve but my garms weren't nice
 I would talk to myself and ask for advice
 Like, how am I gonna get this dough?
 And was it really worth my time? Do I say yes or no?
 Do I let shit slide or do I get involved?
 And everything changed when I went with the flow, yeah
 I used to wake up in the AM, cold showers
 While I hear my Nana praying, amen
 Counting money, watching Boondocks
 Then I put it in my shoebox, still tryna put my crew on
 Ring the alarm, ring the alarm
 Everybody run when the po po come
 All I see is a smoking gun
 Whoa, yeah