Verse 1:
Count to 60 while I swiftly adjust
Take a sip from my cup,

Sit, we got %#@! to discuss
I keep it...
Smooth, maneuver like glued intruders

I'm cool as jewels & ice cubes infused in Mullers
I'm eatin'
This take me back when

Filas was poppin' I was mackin'
Steady askin' which hoe was boppin'
^!$$%s watchin' as I left her crib

No other option but to dap 'em like "oh yeah I hit"
Knowin' I missed
Headin' home had to walk the strip holdin' my dick

Feelin' cool was only 12, such a fool
My ^!$$% B got clicked up & went & bought a tool - $300
Not sure if he was down for war or he was tired of runnin'

& whats real...
We seen more ppl fall than rise
Went from Spalding ballin' to little league

Had to watch everyone of 'em die
If not spiritually than literally
Now figure me, no father no brother, no cousins

Was just a teen never thought of no colors - was hustlin'
No self esteem if you wasn't clean it was painful
But through it all still got my heart and my soul and I'm thankful


Hook:
I'm thankful

Thankful
Cause I finally made it through
Through


Verse 2:
Count to 60 while I quickly adjust

Pour some 'Cris in my cup,
Sit, we got %#@! to discuss
Now peep this...

Smooth maneuver, like glued intruders
I'm cool as jewels, ice cubes infused in Mullers
No secret

This take me back when
Forces was poppin', started rappin
Re-enacting what I was watching

And I'da signed a deal for a chain
An iced out grill & a range
Just to peel in the lanes

Rain drippin' while I'm liftin limits
Insane scheming had me dreamin'
grippin' golden pendants

My flows extended
I'm suspended, help me stay afloat!
Had my chances with 2 labels but I lost em both!

Dawg I was close!
But what's real...
We see more people fall than rise...

Go from Spalding ballin' to little league
Had to watch every career die
Dawg, if not spiritually than literally

Now figure me front in center to witness the business
& how your greed'll take over potential
& end it

It hurt to see what you could've been, it was painful
But through it all, still got my heart & my soul so I'm thankful


Hook

Bridge:

Back when I was smokin' two black and milds & a cigarette
Frying away my intellect
Dying inside, ryding the transit bus twice a day

Patted down every morning, detectors to check for weapons, investigating my crime, that's the game that I chose to play
Money, hours, my patience, my innocence, friends, & benefits, sweat minus tears
That's the price I had to pay

Hop a flight, handle business, double profits, save & spend it, rock exclusives
hoe I meant it what more do I have to say?
Man I'm thankful

Hook