Diamond in the Ruff Video (MV)

Whoever thought
That I would blow up

Gave this rap game my Life
While I was growing up

Use to see rappers
Partying after their concerts

Up in VIP I was there
Putting in mad work

Had my mission mapped out
Since I was a little dude

Stayed focused on the streets
Did what I had to do

Used to feel like rap
Was a way to get out the trap

But noticed
How money and power
Can bring you right back

Trying to help folks
While others tug at your rope

Provoking your failure
Yeah life will test ya

And bring out the best in ya
If you diligent with perseverance

My spirit called for me
To show my brilliance

I never waited for the next man
Because the next man

Will leave you standing there
With your foot stuck in the sand

If you don't move you lose
Stand still and you's a fool

Be true to what you do
Silence critics
When you show and prove

I'm grinding harder
Than the rest of them
The Diamond in the ruff *****
I'm the best of them
I show and prove
I keep my cool among men
I Separate my real people's
From my fake friends
No competition
It's a victorious landslide
Don't stand against my *****
Come over on my side
We politicking wit dialogue
That can't hide
I'm the General
Here to put things
Back in align

I'm flying higher than
I ever been

Been on the grind so long
I'm destined to win

I made a change to my name
Like 2 Chainz

Independent hustling
Yeah doing my thing

We hit the city up
You see us putting that work in

We all smiles feeling good
No need for fronting

My people loving the sounds
And how we moving it

I told'em stay in tune
This is the movement

I needed time to align
My lyrical prominence

Before the world end
And we forget
What's heaven sent

The knowledge left from my ancestors
Was a gift of life

I recognize the price
Of their sacrifice

I'm here now
I'm basting in their full glory

A new dawning at the closing
Of an old story

Wisdom pours thru me
A flavorful delicacy

I got a chemistry
With some natural philosophies

I'm grinding harder
Than the rest of them
The Diamond in the ruff *****
I'm the best of them
I show and prove
I keep my cool among men
I Separate my real people's
From my fake friends
No competition
It's a victorious landslide
Don't stand against my *****
Come over on my side
We politicking wit dialogue
That can't hide
I'm the General
Here to put things
Back in align

I was told to be patient
The best never makes it

The good Die Young
To live past 25 is a blessing

I knew if I surrounded myself
With knowledge of self

I could blast off
And reach heights
Beyond physical wealth

I use to daydream
While beaming my energy

Into the universe
Asking the Creator
To give me the power

Restore me with the blessings
Of my ancestors
Show me the light

So I can see
In the darkness of the night

Like a star shining bright
In the midst of the Moon

In the morning i'll rise
As the flowers bloom

A new day new age
Still paving the way

Looking to better reality
Without being a Slave

How could you make it
And not be forsaken
For sacrifices taken

The fortitude of a giant
In the making

If I told you
The grind I went through

Just to be here
Would you believe it's true

I'm grinding harder
Than the rest of them
The Diamond in the ruff *****
I'm the best of them
I show and prove
I keep my cool among men
I Separate my real people's
From my fake friends
No competition
It's a victorious landslide
Don't stand against my *****
Come over on my side
We politicking wit dialogue
That can't hide
I'm the General
Here to put things
Back in align