Weekends in the Perry’s (feat. Boldy James)

You gotta talk to niggas in the language they can understand

(That's how it always been)

It's crazy I got Al up this late, ha

(That's how it always been)

Ayo, some shit you ain't gon' never change, so don't worry 'bout it

(That's how it always been)

It's the way it always been

Real shit though

Yo, word to every block in my city, they heard I got it

And my track record certainly show I deserve the homage

And they refer to my shit like Malcolm X, words of knowledge

Cookin' coke, burnin' product was only a learnin' process

Steppin' on a brick of fentanyl before you heard about it

And my phone used to ring so much you get nervous 'round me

Cut ties with the game, the same shit that certified me

All my clientele gone, miss the customer service by me

Yeah, they just like me, all my pie flippers

Ties to Virginia like Teddy Riley, since rap I been treadin' lighty

They mad I'm back rappin' 'bout dope again, never mind me

The pressure from my pen made them rap a lil' better, finally

They crooked, bendin' the rules, rappers I considered them cool

But when you talkin' most authentic, then who gon' fit in my shoes?

I'm livin' my truth, sky is the only limit I knew

From drug dealin' to music, I mean, what didn't I do?

Who didn't I put on? Took Ls and then I regroup

On a shoestring budget, I showed them what I could do

Ask Jake and ask Cap 'bout the bosses that I produced

I'm West best investment, but that's between me and you (Ah)

Always been that way (that's how it always been)

Come on, that shit ain't never gonna change

Just continue straight ahead

That's the one thing that's never gonna change

The way things have always been

Had to quit blazin' cigarettes

Was two-timin' my dame, I'm a bigamist

But the gang half of the blame, I live with regret, my brain a bit of a wreck

All this stress and strain left it disconnect

Cheffin' up all the 'caine in that kitchenette

Acquainted with big as X who filthied up my name just to split a check

Feel like I been betrayed by my silhouette, mistakes was made to correct

How I deal with the fame made me get upset

Treated the same way that I lived with death, shit weighin' a nigga down

Refrainin' from different stages of self-neglect

Give me chills in my veins, takin' whatever's left

From everything that was tooken in blatant disrespect

For good, better, best, wouldn't trade it for less

Took everything that came with it, and that came with a check

But yet and still a nigga rich off pain and depressed

Chasin' a letterhead, ain't got a case to catch

David Blaine with the press, tame the dog and made it fetch

What else?

Come on, that shit ain't never gonna change

It's been goin' on since the beginning of time

That's the one thing that's never gonna change

The way things have always been