[Pre-hook]
It costs a lot to be the boss
Elevating to the top with building blocks
And surely you can't take my spot unless a nigga moved to a better one
Never relax when you come across
A few setbacks, doesn't mean you lost
And surely you can't take my spot unless a nigga moved to a better one
[Hook]
Ever since I was a youngin', Mama told me they can't break me
They won't break me (break me)
Not even being poor won't break me!
Ever since I was a youngin', Mama told me they can't break me
They won't break me (break me)
Not even being poor won't break me!
[Verse 1]
All my life I never had much but never once food missed my lunch
Or my dinner, I was raised by a winner
So it's... undesirable to live as a fool
Dear Mama was... working like a dude
'Cause since I'm out the womb, she been my father too
So... it's only right to make it right
Fulfil the spirit of a knight on a lengthy night
I wonder what do I miss when I blink
'Cause I feel like life is moving way too quick
Growing up with your peers to see them all move bricks
Opportunities here, they playing hide and seek
I hold on to the truth and stick...
Except with the feds, you know I don't speak
To mention my 3 g's in a sentence 'bout to face time, on some iPhone shit
Bulletproof on my tongue, I spit...
With no fear 'cause the end is near
And it seems like black people gonna fade first
If not from the feds, then your neighbours
Man got the booth to manifest in this...
Hopeless system but I hold my fist and rise
I'm sure they can't break your wings
But, are you scared to fly or you're scared of heights?
(they can't break your wings)
[Pre-hook]
It costs a lot to be the boss
Elevating to the top with building blocks
And surely you can't take my spot unless a nigga moved to a better one
Never relax when you come across
A few setbacks, doesn't mean you lost
And surely you can't take my spot unless a nigga moved to a better one
[Hook]
Ever since I was a youngin', Mama told me they can't break me
They won't break me (break me)
Not even being poor won't break me!
Ever since I was a youngin', Mama told me they can't break me
They won't break me (break me)
Not even being poor won't break me!
[Verse 2]
Ever since an adolescent, Momma told me they would try to break me
Shit was always like a dream, the way I see the picture clear as HD
Gotta be aware , cause they really be thinking they'll play me
I'm out here balling like McGrady
Gotta watch it cause they be so shady
I know that they wish they could fade me
Im up in the land where the snakes be
With them killers who hit you and aim free
Wanna see me end up in the state P
I haven't been trusting em lately
Never letting them devils get near me
Straight up in God where my faith be
Still Would never give up if they paid me
They put dirt on my name but I'm stain free
Never change, was always the same me
Can't wait for the day that I'm pain free
Away from them suckas who ain't real
I pray everyday before I leave
Keep going on, no matter how it feels
Put Trust up in God everyday I breathe
It's a struggle, I hustle for what I need
[Pre-hook]
It costs a lot to be the boss
Elevating to the top with building blocks
And surely you can't take my spot unless a nigga moved to a better one
Never relax when you come across
A few setbacks, doesn't mean you lost
And surely you can't take my spot unless a nigga moved to a better one
[Hook]
Ever since I was a youngin', Mama told me they can't break me
They won't break me (break me)
Not even being poor won't break me!
Ever since I was a youngin', Mama told me they can't break me
They won't break me (break me)
Not even being poor won't break me!