Keep the faith

It's been 21 years since I rose from the crotch

Now that I'm grown I just sit back and watch

Been almost 2 years that I dropped my first jam

You still don't give me props but hey I understand

You do what you got to keep from sinkin in the sand

Nowadays everybody wants to be the man

Whenever I come around you put up a front and shake my hand

Smilin in my face but can't wait to take my place

Say you can all be jealous but learn some control

Be a man about it if you're a squirrel say you're a squirrel

Cause though you don't respect me you can never break my heart

Because I kept the faith and stayed true to the art

I place all my faith in God cause God will never leave me he won't deceive me believe me

Let the faith set you free

Well here's the jeep banger of the year

I'm on another level but I still hang with my peers

I got a couple of friends but why are the friends

Is it cause I hip hop and now I got ends

Although it used to be hard it's seasons for the ends

Because I'm making music and I'm settin mad trends

Now it's got me wonderin thinkin to myself

Will they be there when I'm knocked off the shelf

Cause people come around only when you're doin well

Or when they try to pull you down by tuggin on your tail so what the hell

You got the faith so if you tryin to pull us down well boy I swear it's too late

Cause I got assistance beyond dissin sistas

And yeah you can hear it when it's blastin the system

I'm lyrical and spiritual so don't get hysterical

Cause when I'm doing well boy it ain't no miracle it's the faith

Now as the wordplay goes came a ring around the rosy

You find a lot of jealous people always being nosy

I try to stay away from all you scandalous snakes in the grass

That's always in your a*s

All up in my biz like yo how can I be down

Leave me alone and stop jockin me clown

When I was dead broke you wouldn't have nothin to do with me

But now all of a sudden yo you wanna crack a brew with me

Never did I think about the worth of my birth

Not until now it took my man to get hurt

So Jazz tell me do you feel destroyed I feel destroyed

So oooh I guess I flow with the noyds

I'm doin what I'm doin and I'm doin this for you

And with this in mind see I won't stop or soothe

The credibility and the originality

You know the type of stuff that takes me to the t o p The faith