[Intro: Emilio Rojas]
Sometimes you gotta let people know where you been
So they can appreciate where you at
[Verse 1: Emilio Rojas]
Growing up, I seen a lot of things go crazy though
Product of the 80âs though, mama played Madonna
While my father played Willie Colon
When I was seven, he left us, thatâs when he fled our home
Ainât give my mama nothing, not a cent to help her feed or clothe
And we were cold as hell, everybody broke as well
The market saturated, couldnât give away a soul for sale
Your choice was go to jail or go to school and go in debt
Or work a nine to five and live the rest of your life with no respect
Some of us done went to early graves or early funerals
Sad it happened but itâs sadder that it ainât unusual
Selling drugs or using âem, my cousin was abusing âem
He tryna rehabilitate, he saw what they was doing to him
I got a girl Iâm living with because I love her
But her family hate my ass, her mama tryna break us up
And her father got the monster, no one even knows what stage itâs in
But if you poor and a minority, you canât get AIDS and live
And she just take it in, carrying the weight of it
And she donât shed a tear, I never seen such an amazing chick
I wanna give the world to her but canât because the space Iâm in
Somewhere in between unknown and blowing out the frame of this
Showing yâall the way it is, showing yâall the way we live
Showing yâall the truth behind the bullshit they place us in
And I was lost but now I finally found my way again
Iâm ready for the fight of my life, itâs time to weigh me in
[Hook: Gene Noble & Emilio Rojas]
So much more than just what meets the eye
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
Weâre on our way somewhere up in the sky
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
And itâs so big that even when we die
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
Weâre gonna be a dynasty, we gotta be a dyntasy
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
[Verse 2: Emilio Rojas]
And this for all my people tryna eat
I done grown so much, Iâm everything that I was tryna be
Used to think they cats was out to get me
I was blind to see that people wasnât using me
They really just relied on me
When homie first reached out to me, I thought I hit the lottery
Iâm standing in them BET Awards like they gonâ ride for me
Yeah, I was finally part of a team, in the city that never sleeps
Now I find itâs harder to dream, ainât no rest
Up with anxiety all inside of me, sirens passing me by
In the city where all the violence be (brrrrrraaatttt)
Ainât no economy here âcause thereâs only poverty
Section 8 apartments but we dressing in the finer things
She got her motherâs figure, never knew her father figure
Now she strip for figures, her father could be the guy that tip her
They on the block again, putting kids through college
And drug money turning âem toxic instead of scholarships
But I donât play the politics, I donât think Iâm even voting
Obama probably in pocket with all them CEOs
And yâall could live for the moment, Iâm living for the future
I got some sins to atone âcause I put some women through hurt
And whatâs a king if the throne has been sitting in manure?
And what is living if you just living for getting through it?
Itâs gonâ be different for any kid that I bring into it
I donât see the sky as the limit to it âcause Iâmma build a dynasty
[Hook: Gene Noble & Emilio Rojas]
So much more than just what meets the eye
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
Weâre on our way somewhere up in the sky
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
And itâs so big that even when we die
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
Weâre gonna be a dynasty, we gotta be a dyntasy
(Now I just wanna build a dynasty)
So much more than just what meets the eye
Weâre on our way somewhere up in the sky
And itâs so big that even when we die
Weâre gonna be a dynasty, we gotta be a dyntasy