Just To Get A Rep

Verse

Yo the block stay starvin'

My man copped a package off a kid who don't even shave

We was raised on the corner stressin'

Countin crumpled bills that the bodega gave

Verse

Auntie prayin on the stoop

I told her that I'm fine

Grimy deals get done in parked cars

Where the streetlights never reach the curb line

Chorus

All of this just to get a rep

Just to get a rep

I ain't ask for much

Just to get a rep

Verse

Cops rollin slow

I switch my whole stride

Pockets full of nothin but a story

And a bus pass that I hide

Verse

Uncle did a nickel up north

Came home with a limp and a stare

Told me keep my mouth shut

Watch who you call a friend out here

Chorus

All of this just to get a rep

Just to get a rep

I ain't ask for much

Just to get a rep

Verse

Same cold corners

Same hungry eyes

Same three-block radius

Where a dream goes to die

Verse

Moms worked doubles

Came home smellin like the fryer

I swore I'd flip this whole thing

Turn my block into a buyer

Chorus

All of this just to get a rep

Just to get a rep

I ain't ask for much

Just to get a rep

Outro

Yeah

Mm-hmm

Just to get a rep

That's it

Just to get a rep