U Can Stand Up / Royal (feat. Dave)

This is a story of rap, riches, and glory

I came from nothing, I never knew winnin' was for me until

Never had love, but I had heart

We still did it from the damn start

When you're livin' in hell, need a gas mask

Just to exhale all the fumes of your bad past

Yeah, they want me dead, I'm so alive

Ironic how death's got me feelin' so alive

I kinda had to be Muhammad on the mic

'Cause when reality hits, it's like Tyson in his prime

I want Mayweather money, I want Mayweather money

'Cause we spent days in the gully

Cars are full of youths and cartels

I was raised in fuckery, and now I get paid for the fuckery

Mmm, my cousin, he just phoned me up for five bills

And even though the rent's more than five bills

I can still go and lend him the five bills

'Cause I make money off ideas, that's ideal

Yeah, but for the youths, them though

We don't wanna lose no hope, oh, no, no, no

They say knowledge is power, you don't wanna know

What we had to go through, did it for the dough

Make money, take money

Ballin' on a budget, why you tryna fake money?

Pop can in the party, tryna get this Drake money

And patience is a virtue, they don't wanna wait for me, though

U can stand up, U can stand up

No matter what they tell you, U can stand up

I'ma turn up on you, you ain't turnt up

Gun fingers in the air, 'cause the youths, them are gunners

U can stand up, U can stand up

No matter what they tell you, U can stand up

I'ma turn up on you, you ain't turnt up

Gun fingers in the air, 'cause the youths, them are gunners

I don't promote that

New song, I tell my PR, promote that

'Cause I ain't under control, I'm remote, fam

Even though I'm on telly, I just wish I could show my old man

Yeah, I show my mama though

And she don't love my songs, but I love her though

Yeah, rap god, I think I'm one of those

Blacks and whites fallin' for me like it's dominos, yeah, yeah

Been places I didn't wanna go

From late nights in the fifteen, I've been on a roll

Yeah, and now they wanna roll with me

When I'm goin' in, they don't wanna go with me

Never crack under pressure, though I know Nitty's

Made dirty money with some bad boys, no Diddy

Stop phonin' me, I'm tryna answer my calling

I stay woke, I dunno what a morning is

Yeah, but for the youth, them though

We don't wanna lose no hope, oh, no, no, no

They say knowledge is power, you don't wanna know

What we had to go through, did it for the dough

Make money, take money

Ballin' on a budget, why you tryna fake money?

Pop can in the party, tryna get this Drake money

And patience is a virtue, they don't wanna wait for me though

U can stand up, U can stand up

No matter what they tell you, U can stand up

I'ma turn up on you, you ain't turnt up

Gun fingers in the air, 'cause the youths, them are gunners

U can stand up, U can stand up

No matter what they tell you, U can stand up

I'ma turn up on you, you ain't turnt up

Gun fingers in the air, 'cause the youths, them are gunners

The hustle comes separately, it's not provided

It's probably why them kids can't stop the violence

We both got dots on either side of this line

Because it's real hard times when your block's divided

We got bills to be paid, and beef in our estates

Every other day, we got police on our case

So if a chance comes, you better seize opportunity

'Cause most of us grew up in a planet full of apes

Call that cannon Jahannam, it's tryin' to send a boy to space

Or hell, take him out of this world

When you're writin' your will

Are you tryna leave that bust down car here for your girl?

What the fuck is the deal?

Invest it into yourself, have faith in your craft

'Cause we're the same kids that made change off a plant

The struggle's in our nature

We just gotta learn to use the rules that they gave us

And know when to break them

None of the youths, them are runners

All of them are their own bosses, they've got runners

You can't tell me 'bout no losses, I've lost loved ones

Couldn't count on nobody, now I do numbers

Now I do numbers, I'll do numbers till I'm humongous

Big enough to help the notorious, they're just hustlin'

I ain't ready to die for no reason

If you kill me, I'd die, but that's treason, no way

U can stand up, U can stand up

No matter what they tell you, U can stand up

I'ma turn up on you, you ain't turnt up

Gun fingers in the air, 'cause the youths, them are gunners

U can stand up, U can stand up

No matter what they tell you, U can stand up

Oh, no, no, no, oh (Hey)

Praise to the most high

Room full of smoke, I'm the most high

Visionary, had to go blind

All these dope lines came up off of dopelines

They want me ridin' on my enemies

But I'm ridin' to the NME's

Jeopardizer, that's a Jeopardy

No bad energy

Man, I feel amazing

I'm just tryna turn all this place into a spaceship

All I ever wanted was a Merc with a facelift

Now I'm tryna go one better than greatness, yeah

In my life, till death do us part if you're in my life

Yeah, we're royal, royal

Yeah, we're royal, royal

Yeah, we're royal, royal