Allen Iverson

When you come from nothing and turn it into a fortune

The people around you all want their portion

A couple Mercedes, a couple of Porsches

The bitches are shiesty so a couple abortions

Hoes gets slimey, they all like oysters

The media picking at you they all like vultures

And you on the pedestal, you gotta stay focused

Every move you make, it represents your culture

You wanna be normal, but that life's over

Now you on TV, magazines and posters

Your represent gangstas, you represent soldiers

And they can't stand you, why cause you not Oprah

And you got tattoos, your hair corn rolled up

And they like "oh my" and you like "so what"

The world is cool but one thing it showed us

Whatever don't kill us only makes us more tough

In search of fame, at sanity's cost

You a household name, but all privacy lost

You make a mistake, they hang you up on a cross

All of a sudden they forgot who you are

They forgot about all the times you hustled and fall

Please show me a king thats never suffered a loss

Or show me a man that never suffered a scar

And I'll show you a man thats never given his all

I'll show you man thats never given his heart

From becoming a monster, it's all ya fault

You can't be a gentleman when you swimming with sharks

Shit, when you wanna be Superman, who gonna be Clarke Kent

Pour out my heart until I wind up heartless

Tryna become a father without having a father

They here when you ride then celebrate when you fall

But throughout it all, I just ball