Créditos
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Nas
Künstler:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Nasir Jones
Songwriter:in
Alan Maman
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
The Alchemist
Produzent:in
Kevin Crause
Mischtechniker:in
Letras
[Verse 1]
Don't stop
And you don't quit
That's right, you don't stop
You don't stop and you don't quit and you don't stop
[Verse 2]
For the will, buried in his Fila suit and heavy chain
I wanna be iced up, bury me the same
I live for street glory and I die for ghetto fame
Respect all, fear none, my pride is everything
[Verse 3]
Initials on swimmin' pool floors, women lose drawers
The true balls never lose wars, got cheddar to floss
**** under my bed, mask and a flashlight
Livin' my life like every day is my last night
[Verse 4]
Alcoholics on toilets, I **** blood
Foreign cars, models and stars, life of a rich thug
Mommy told me from **** I would switch drugs
To **** and hit clubs and deep dish dubs
[Verse 5]
How would she know unless she hit the clubs?
Got her mack on back in the '60s with her afro and her platforms
Boppin' to the Supremes, smokin' ****
That's cool, but I'ma like how I want to
[Verse 6]
(I did it my way) From crumbs and roaches and rats
(I did it my way) Convertin' from hustlin' to raps
(I did it my way) From breakdancin', backspins on the cardboard
(I did it my way) To bulletproof Bentleys **** in the car door
[Verse 7]
(I did it my way) Never gave a **** what nobody said
(I did it my way) They hoped that I failed and wished I was dead
(I did it my way) If I **** up, it falls on me
(I did it my way) I lucked up and struck rich, now we all can eat
[Verse 8]
Gateways, marble floors, chandeliers
Jacuzzis, Gucci soap, throwin' cash in the air
Though I will feel broke with millions in the bank
And deals on the table, I focus to stay afloat
[Verse 9]
And just to think some would die just to get what I got
They think it's a lot, the blink of an eye, you could get ****
There's wolves comin' if you ruthless or not
But I be on point, put you in places where bodies rot
[Verse 10]
Never knew **** till I seen my man get popped
No blood soakin', layin' there, eyes still open
I got a little closer, put my hands on his palm
He was lookin' right through me, yo, starin' beyond
[Verse 11]
I wonder what he saw, the limos, movies, and tours?
Did he die in vain in represent for the cause?
Now I put his name on everything I'm involved
And that's the game, y'all can't relate, **** y'all
[Verse 12]
(I did it my way) From crumbs and roaches and rats
(I did it my way) Convertin' from hustlin' to raps
(I did it my way) I call it how I see it ****
(I did it my way) If you don't like it, so be it
[Verse 13]
(I did it my way) I make my own rules, do my own plans
(I did it my way) Gangsters do what they want, suckers do what they can
(I did it my way) Makin' sacrifices, kid
(I did it my way) You're only gettin' one life to live
[Verse 14]
Yo, does my focus slow me, roll with the brokest homies
Cold and we hopeless lonely's, scoldin' my foes who phony
From blocks where **** feed you and cops is over-evil
They know some people who tell on felons who sold some diesel
[Verse 15]
They blow everyone's minds, knew a crew one time
'89, they took work to Caroline and blew big time
In just two years, they crew disappeared
Snitches and **** smeared the pain on they pictures, years back
[Verse 16]
I reminisce and remember, sittin' on wood benches game me splinters
Just a baby****, thankful when them **** came through
Was out movin', I thank the ones who said
Shorty go home, we about to be ****
[Verse 17]
(I did it my way) From crumbs and roaches and rats
(I did it my way) Convertin' from hustlin' to raps
(I did it my way) From breakdancin', backspins on the cardboard
(I did it my way) To bulletproof Bentleys **** in the car door
[Verse 18]
(I did it my way) Never gave a **** what nobody said
(I did it my way) They hoped that I failed and wished I was dead
(I did it my way) If I **** up, it falls on me
(I did it my way) I lucked up and struck rich, now we all can eat
Written by: Alan Maman, Nasir Jones