[ Featuring Griff, Eli The Guy ]
Ay, turn me up, turn it up like
Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah
On a real note
Real recognize, real recognize real
Real recognize, uh
Yeah, back when I was 12
The first time I heard Dreamville
They changed the way I look at this rap stuff
I grew up on J. Cole, but discovery has got me on my toes
How could rappers go through so many flows, man
I didn't understand until I heard The Never Story by JID
I swear he unlocked a new creative path for the kid
I look at making beats differently
And the bars that formulate inside my mind have got me seeing so vividly
So when I turned 14, man, I was scorching
I made Freeway, none of y'all enforcing
No better tracks to clap back, attack
Can't match that, y'all whack
I'm past that, in fact
I'll lay it down on some wax just to make it official
My idols that keep me going gotta keep it all simple
'Cause in my eyes y'all the most high
And my goal is to influence the world and be up there with you
I'm on fire
Look, I can turn an idol to a rival (I can)
A non-believer to disciple
I could turn these lyrics to a bible if I wanted to
And I know you one of me, but I ain't one of you
But I'm all ears, so tell me what you gonna do
And tell me what you need
I leave this bitch up in the dust with Jay Jetta speed
You raving 'bout the kid like my name is Ed Reeve
I hit you in the head and I bet that you bleed
'Cause we all live to die and we all die to live
My hero got dinero just to give it to their kids
Your hero turn to zero when they fall to the six
You lived a foul life, that's as ugly as it gets
With dirt up on your name and with dirt upon your soul
My hero's wear capes everywhere that they go
I hope to be the same with the death of my ego
Well, I hope to stay sane like the new Steve-O
In a Evoke, no hair up on my head, feel like bald eagle
Used to have the flow, and now I have the dry fade
And hoes seem to go wherever I go
But I never let them know, I take the high road
Get stoned to fly low like Mac
Like T-Sky, I feel like I'm way, way, way back
Like D-Wade, I'm Kobe, I'm playing with Shaq
The way that my idols can rap
I hope that they can hear at least like one of my tracks
Eli, idol idolize, but I be inspired
Develop idle eyes, locked in on desires
The fruits of my labor ripen, recognize when I retire as
One of the greatest, nah, the one greatest
Got love for artists before me
But that throne is for the taking
Realize this life is what you make it
So I'mma make it all, I'm coming for that spot
Whether you leave it or I gotta take it
Ain't no disrespect, I don't make the game
I'm just tryna play it, ain't no disrespect
Y'all remember the hunger, 'cause how else you got where they got you
You either eat or you suffer
I don't idolize no nigga, we all bleed red
I ain't tryna be up there with you
I'm tryna be better
I'm tryna keep the pressure applied
Whether it's dead or alive, niggas gon' know what it is
I'm taking deeper measures
Inspired by legends and peers, gave me my mindset
Digested, infested for years, made it a contest
Processing my predecessors
Thru time, edit my mindset to be better than 'em
But still respect 'em, my time coming, will be the same thing they is to me
Just a nigga with a platform, using my gift to be
The greatest
Real recognize real Real recognize real
Real recognize, real recognize real
Real recognize, real recognize real
