Man They know what it is We started back and then forward We kickin and pushing it I had to ditch the bitch And be hungry for what's on the list Fake Gangstas dont run in my click Its all legit Baby its all legit ... I never needed your help or an assist Cause I was already whipping it up wit my wrist Gang status to bricks; Tonight you might get rich Or ?Tonight you might die I guess its all in the way you survive and shit And dip out that bitch We dont change so Please dont switch up on me dont switch They say Im changing kid The truth is Im dead already I just feel alive again But I ain't alive As him (intro) (Sound of wind howling, followed by the faint clicking of a lighter. A slow, heavy bass synth starts to swell.) Voiceover (Low, gritty): Yeah. You know how it gets when that sun goes down (Beat drops heavy) (Verse: black rapper voices) Yeah, the capital is cold, but the blocks are getting hotter I was out here fishing for a meal in murky water No roof over my head, just the stars and the moon Had to learn to be a man, and I learned it way too soon I remember nights on Bank Street, shivering in the rain Trying to find a way to turn the static into gain Now I’m blowing Yoshi, green gas, Super Mario Running through the levels, hear the engine, there he go I don't need a map, I got the blueprints in my mind Leaving every hater and the fakes way behind They see the drip-drop, now they want a piece of me But I was in the scary zone where nobody could see I’m a shark in the canal, yeah, I’m hunting for the gold Stayed true to the vision, never did what I was told From the shelter to the stage, yeah, the narrative is shifting I’m the one that’s rising while the rest of ‘em are drifting. Noah built the ark, but I built this from the concrete Moving with a rhythm that they can’t find on the beat Luigi in my pocket, yeah, the faces always green I’m the ghost inside the city, I’m the king behind the scene Yachty with the motion, I’m too big to let it sink I was hungry for the vision, didn't even have a blink Bylward Market mornings, I was tryna find a play Now I’m counting up the profit, doing numbers every day You see the faucet leaking? That’s the ice inside my veins I had to lose it all just to break off all the chains Ottawa made me, but the struggle kept me fed I put the city on my back and I’m moving straight ahead Dripping like the water, but I’m swimming with the fins I don’t count the losses, I just tally up the wins From a scary zone to a throne, yeah, I made it out alive Started from the bottom now I whip it’s built into the drive They know what it is We started back and then forward We kickin and pushing it I had to ditch the bitch And be hungry for what's on the list Fake Gangstas dont run in my click Its all legit Baby its all legit ... I never needed your help or an assist Cause I was already whipping it up wit my wrist Gang status to bricks; Tonight you might get rich Or ?Tonight you might die I guess its all in the way you survive and shit And dip out that bitch We dont change so Please dont switch up on me dont switch They say Im changing kid The truth is Im dead already I just feel alive again But I ain't alive As him (Outro) (The beat strips back to just the melody and a light snap. The "drip drop" water sound effect echoes in the background.)