you wanna be like me son get a chnage of plan
i don't hardly see my dawgs
coz i've got a rolex but no time on my hands
made a transition from a boy into a man
step one never mix ya business and fam
coz the figures damn skippy ain't the same in the bank
and i just wanna say thanks
to those tryin to pull me down
i was born to be fly i don't like the ground
so don't tell me stay grounded
and when i was blue you just went around. i shouldn't know stress at my age
money came around me then everybody
fools say they know me from yay dawgs
stop tryin to call me by my government name
and only chipmunk can take chipmunks shine!
i made a transition. you can say i made a transition. i'm feelin like i found myself but lost my mind
they wanna take my life i take my time
i'm hair and flesh but lost my life my privacy went up in the sky
grinned to six figures then i grin teeth airing all the tag alongs like bring me
i never breaded noone when i was working
so hate me if you want but don't say i don't deserve it
understand the position i played then
understand the transition i made then
go and picture me back in the days then
look at me now and get mad
they just wanna get fly although now i'm jet lagged
first place that's the first bace
suicide that's the worst case
that's when you're whole life time is tryin to get your dough up
and then you blow up and blow up
and i'm still tryin to step up
but i think its tryin to handle the pressure
i cant let the game slip away
when the uk routes for my name
shame. its all mr. monk now
and only mr. monk can take mr. monks shine!
you can say i made a transition. being succesful
that's a gift and a curse
being paid or being broke i know whats worse
and people at the bottom say that
you forgot you're roots but
that's always the case when you rise from the dirt
and preparation is the key to elevation
but them man are too busy hating debating
if i sound better on some grime shit
half of them don't even know what grime is
even though i blew quicker than you're average
i came through slicker than you're average
coz yeah i'm not you're average spitter
any tempo or instrumental
flows mentos straight jacket worthy
conspiracy they put in to merc me
if i'm not fire how could you burn me
insultin how could you out me
i'm so truth how could you doubt me
allow me. cor its all me now
and only i can take my shine!