[00:00.000] 作曲 : Nasir Jones/Cory McKay[00:03.116]Verse 1: Nas][00:12.777]Declining ya gifts, sipping wine as we reminisce[00:15.068]Of my first venture, first start-up that I invest[00:18.491]Some say I'm the only one left[00:20.891]Now these capitalists say I got my fingers on a pulse[00:24.070]The global-minded find that I'm quiet the most[00:26.954]If my life was a movie, I'm the Stanley Kubrick of music[00:30.303]I slid through the TransAtlantic slave trade[00:32.907]No warning, no promo, I just do[00:34.604]Sky's not my limit, it's just the view[00:37.102]How do I live forever is through you, the listeners[00:40.453]This occurs when Alan The Chemist in the kitchen, this shit is innate[00:44.011]As soon as it's written, it's fatе[00:45.751]We show growth, anybody who against it, that's hate[00:48.939]I say I'm still the samе, except the chain, the whip, the crib[00:51.587]The bitch, the pool, the house in where I live[00:53.643]The kicks I wear, the ****s I give[00:55.747]They keeping score of shit that don't matter[00:57.490]Can't remember my thirties[00:59.363]Need to make some new stories, more unforgettable[01:01.884]Nasir, Cory, if Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris was one[01:04.489]We live a life, a glorious one, forty of Vernon, dunn dunn[01:08.378]'Mega not who I met through this music shit[01:11.410]We from the block, a brother I grew up with, love[01:13.115][Chorus: Cormega][01:13.563]Dreams of better living came into fruition[01:18.268]And exceeded what we envisioned[01:21.242]Glory awaits the ambitious[01:24.025]You either apply pressure or feel it[01:25.427][01:25.891][Verse 2: Cormega][01:26.652]Struggle inspired me to hustle justifiably[01:29.083]Conspiring to acquire what was once denied to me[01:32.394]Was mine if I wanted it[01:33.573]Confronted with decisions of going in[01:37.042]With rhymes or rubber grips[01:38.659]I chose wisely knowing I walked within[01:41.363]The shadow of death with elaborate steps[01:44.659]The road to riches is cold and vicious[01:47.164]Some expire before acquiring growth and wisdom[01:50.308]It's knowing when a co-defendant's tone is different[01:53.308]Say less, listen, you can hear conviction[01:56.610]Learn from adversity, stand on integrity[01:59.692]And don't abandon these principles for anything[02:04.293]Not for nothing, I put that on everything[02:06.914]Real is standing not optional, unless you're fake[02:11.692]Many trace but can't replicate[02:12.635]Artistry, me and Nas embody poetic grace[02:14.619]In many ways I've changed[02:16.162]Since selling weight, on my shoulders the Devil came[02:18.762]To me in a dream and promised me things to test my faith[02:21.546]I stayed true to God, all praise due[02:24.325]A serpent don't concern me, I'm resistant to snake moves[02:27.221][Chorus: Cormega][02:27.491]Dreams of better living came into fruition[02:30.635]And exceeded what we envisioned[02:34.866]Glory awaits the ambitious[02:37.763]You either apply pressure or feel it