(Intro)
Go ahead let em play
let em know that we gon stay

Go ahead let em play
let em know that we gon stay
uh uh, cause haters wanna talk small till they big

but that's never gonna happen
we gon make sure of it


(Verse 1)
April 10th is when it started
multiply by 17

got the light brain, that mixed drink
started off as just a team
although many would try to follow it

stay in a different league
all the money would change a following
but pockets are empty, it seems

the farther you do proceed
memories are filled with greed
young kid had that family ties

knots turned into loosened strings
lucid dreams to reality
checks bounced like mentalities

tried to comprehend these words
but hell, no understanding them
young dudes trying to chop it down

but what do they all know
you know how many times I've heard that line
you know how many times I've heard that flow

and I pray that hope will last
enough till I'm big and bad
and I say shut the $#&@ up to people just like my dad, oh now

don't be so condescending man, just lighten up
the day that I'm bright again will be the same day
when I am just simply tearing it up, do it

am I the only one trying to pursue it,
I know that I'm not
say you're the best, well come on here and prove it.


(Hook)
Got a couple hundred problems, you don't even understand

everybody want a bottle, but they do not comprehend uh-uh
we bout to get it till we on top of the world
till then we're shining like diamonds emeralds and pearls

looking up close but feeling like I'm in stands
first they play the record back, everybody in a trance
we bout to get it till we on top of the world

till then we're shining like diamonds emeralds and pearls

Go ahead let em play

let em know that we gon stay
Go ahead let em play
let em know that we gon stay

uh uh, cause haters wanna talk small till they big
but that's never gonna happen
we gon make sure of it


(Verse 2)
These other cats ain't into it

and I know from their ignorance
they haven't seen a dollar or a woman since they've been in it
my mother told me I should keep on making music

cause I'm talented and better than the rest and I can prove it
let this music be my case
with these ink lines my forte

another one lost in the music with all of these images trying to portray
this story I write word for word and mark by mark
with all this glory I might work forward in endless darkness

I'm fixing to move to a place where the city ain't low
and the people aren't either
but how do you settle on no

when the answer you want is a neither
am I the only one trying to pursue it,
I know that I'm not

say you're the best, well come on here and prove it.

(Hook)
Got a couple hundred problems, you don't even understand
everybody want a bottle, but they do not comprehend uh-uh

we bout to get it till we on top of the world
till then we're shining like diamonds emeralds and pearls
looking up close but feeling like I'm in stands
first they play the record back, everybody in a trance
we bout to get it till we on top of the world

till then we're shining like diamonds emeralds and pearls

Go ahead let em play
let em know that we gon stay
Go ahead let em play

let em know that we gon stay
uh uh, cause haters wanna talk small till they big
but that's never gonna happen
we gon make sure of it


(Bridge)
Now this my PSA de resistance
put your hand up in the sky if you've been feeling all alone
never known to backdown
so stay sharp like needle points
tell these other dudes to keep on watching while we pop it off, go


(Hook)
Got a couple hundred problems, you don't even understand
everybody want a bottle, but they do not comprehend uh-uh
we bout to get it till we on top of the world
till then we're shining like diamonds emeralds and pearls
looking up close but feeling like I'm in stands

first they play the record back, everybody in a trance
we bout to get it till we on top of the world
till then we're shining like diamonds emeralds and pearls