When I wake up, no makeup, half naked, I feel like I’m the shit.
Pardon my language, but hang ups do not define the kid.
No, I’m not flawless, I’m scarred up and I’m fine with it.
My body art a laundry list of all of life’s unkindnesses.
But—I still sip tea and chant om, and live free, cuz hardships and heartbreaks, turn to rap epiphanies.
And mom told me stay woke cuz all gold ain’t glistening.
Choose your words wisely cuz the all knowing’s listening.
But, no worries. I’m Gucci.
My thighs a lil juicy, my dialogue lil awkward, my idols still move me.
My life is a movie, like Raheem and Mookie, I’m just trying to do the right thing, hope that it improves me.
My bamboos are costume, sue me.
You’ll be soon accustomed to me.
This the moral, I got royal hemoglobin coursing thru me.
And my strength is now inhuman, I get that straight from my umi.
Signed and sealed from out the grill of yours and truly.

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who you are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.
You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who you are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.

I ain’t get here overnight.
I was in that mirror like 4-5 times a week, with my mala beads reciting affirmations like holy rites.
And I still don’t know everything.
But I guess confessions from 8 x 11s in studio sessions seem like it’s only right.
And trust me, this my therapy, fuck yo couch, Finna murk all these Murphy types funny styling me, shut your mouth.
Touch me, I’m slaughtering crews, squads, goons, teams, the queen is coming to rule your region, coming for all of your assets, plus your house.
I ain’t always have it in me.
No tolerance for pretending.
I was 14 yrs old forcing pills down my throat so my baby fat diminished.
Still got the scars from cutting my wrists when I thought that life was finished.
Now they remind me what my lows look like now I know the sky’s the limit.
Ok. Never claimed to be perfect.
That’s an impossible dream.
I’m just saying that I’m worth it.
That’s the responsible thing.
Spent half my life trying find my light from outside sources, while the only voice that mattered came from me.

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who you are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.
You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who you are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.

When Roc go in, she too aggressive, that’s too masculine.
And her content lil too obsessive, just relax a bit.
She say she god, that’s narcissistic, just the facts of it.
Nah, I Don’t really eff with female rappers, that shit sacrilege.
Glad I learned early not to internalize every ink up.
Daddy told me with every opinion there comes a sphincter.
And they would rather see dem thots than popularize a thinker.
While them lion/lying archetypes is chasing cat, I’m trying Sphinx her.
Rap pharoah, skin Caramello, apparel mainly vintage.
Marrow composed of warriors so every verse became a vengeance.
Went thru too much hell to not be fire, but they still feigning ignorance.
So now I came to collect my just due with remaining interest.
Baby, I’m a star without the Flash, fame or Fenty.
Came out the dark lit up the entire game upon my entry.
Kept it 💯, messed around and gained another century in this, now I’m aimed to pop off til my mental chamber’s empty.
I’m unbothered, your standards is irrelevant, I might eff around and rock a baldie all just for the hell of it.
They been trying to martyr me for ages cuz of my melanin.
So now I’m soaking uv rays with shea slathered on my abdomen.
My dude, I’m magic, my gang is goddess, my mood is savage, that’s Genghis Khan, these bars moving mountains, my range astonishing.
Dangerous sonnets like raining comets, they blazing-trails thru planets, all hail this kind of amazing.
That’s right, we’ll call it self love.
Discovered I was dope, and indulged like upscale drugs.
And u could call me arrogant if that’s gon help love, but if you trying to knock me down, your demolitions failed, bruv.

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who you are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.
You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who u are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.
You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who you are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.
You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta.
Be exactly who uyo are-Forever.
Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up.
Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are.