"This is What I Am"

(Verse 1)
Yeah, this is me. What I am. Not what I could be
And surely not what some say I should be
Would be alot less brash and unruly
If I let certain folk push me or pull me
Came along way from the junior high shy guy
With 4 eyes wearing coats oversized
A nerd but a way of saying it kind
I had an academic mind more than athletic grind
Wasn't vertically inclined at hooping I ain't shine
Though And-1 had me thinking for a time
I could be the next Hot Sauce. Boy, was I lost
Played George and Mario each day; I lost
Never got soft on this rap shit though
Put the basketball down upped my flow
Best choice I ever made that's fo' sho'
I'd only grow 4 mo' than 5'4"
Yeah... I would've never went pro-
If i went to Harlem to trot globe

(Chorus)
Yeah, this is what I am
Every tear I shed helped build this man
Every laugh, every smile ever since a child
Built my style gram by gram
And I can't forget that for a minute
I'm the sum of all my decisions
And I can't forget that for a minute
I'm the sum of all my decisions

(Verse 2)
I made mistakes fucked up did right then lucked up
Had to pick myself up after some slip ups
Ditch confidantes I thought were real but
Turned out to be no better than rodents
My confidence used to be so low
I got used to hoes saying no
That shit i had to switch up when I picked the pen up
And I was told I had to start doin' shows
That began my growth 'to the man you know
If it weren't for flow I'd be lame as before
That's a choice I made that I live each day
I'd have it no other way even if Ion't blow
But the dough I've retained keeps me on the road
To success, man, fuck how far I'll go
Long as gas in the tank, I got food, and the drank
And I can burn blanks then this show gon' roll

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)
Yeah the life and times of a nigga mind excited by rhymes
Ha! I had to bite that Jay-Z line
If you knew my struggles you'd ask are you fine
If u knew my heart you'd know I'm pure inside
Point blank period I'm a stand up guy
Hard to hate 'cause I show love all the time
Hear negative about me I'm positive 'bout this
Whoever sent that diss is a bitch
Yeah, it's Same Diff me and Brad are the clique
Bringing raw rap long as lord willin': Clipse
He does the beat flips I draw the lyrics
Our hearts are in it we're unconcerned 'bout hits
We can stack chips without having to Lay
Singles in mass production: Pringles
The new voice of the people opened their mouth
And it's comin from a place you used to doubt: The South