NothinForNothinfeat.CL

Nothin For Nothin - Cradle Orchestra (クレイドル・オーケストラ)/CL

Yeah these cats still don't get it know what I'm saying

Tell 'em like this

Lights out it's over can't push this boulder

Jaded and faded is this concrete soldier

Rhymes getting deeper now as I get older

And fate is the weight bearing down on my shoulders

Everyday I ponder life and time

Amazed how fast the movie passes by

It was like yesterday when I was on my block

With my boys on the corner trying to beatbox

It was like last week when I got my new bike

Jumping hills on my dead end until we lost sunlight

See I knew I'd be special in life

Cause I'm a father to sons husband to a wife

But my passion still be the beats and mics

See I'm in college on the weekend the studio at night

Writing on breaks jotting down my mistakes

Successes and all else that takes place

This world gives you nothing for nothing

Gotta stand tall stand for something

When it comes down it goes around

It's hard to keep your feet on the ground

But I stay right no shame self-made

Going on my page

Reminisce on days past

Holding on but it just won't last

This world gives you nothing for nothing

Gotta stand tall stand for something

When it comes down it goes around

It's hard to keep your feet on the ground

But I stay right no shame self-made

Going on my page

Reminisce on days past days past

Holding on but it just won't last

Yo not much dough but this cat still flows

Been down and out and spent some time in the last row

Persistence it be my middle name

No shame in my game in the pursuit of fame

You take shorts

You end up short

So recognise ain't no lies when you look into my eyes

Dressed proper well-schooled like a doctor

Golden-aged hip hopper nine-to-five show stopper

Grown-a** man doing what he can

Dreams shattered by years working for the man

Been knocked down but always got up

Been myself but still got labelled like a product

Most stay down until you hit a cliff

Some rich people still think life's a b**ch

Get busy dying or work on how you live

See life through my kids stay doing it ya dig

This world gives you nothing for nothing

Gotta stand tall stand for something

When it comes down it goes around

It's hard to keep your feet on the ground

But I stay right no shame self-made

Going on my page

Reminisce on days past days past

Holding on but it just won't last