[Intro]
High Grade
Yuh

[Verse]
I fight givin’ up everyday that I wake up
Why try to hide just for pride
Man the fight to stay alive enough is given me drive
They likin’ how I thrive I’m merely tryna survive
Pressure from the heat can’t break us ain’t nothin’ shake us
Mad authentic no makeup ain’t nothin’ made up
I look clean with no shape up
Shining like a super saiyan
Fans wanna stand adjacent
Mask off like Jason I ain’t playin’ with these people
Thinkin’ me is a game? Must be mistaken
Play the route like a layup better lace up
Straight up - same way that I came up
Randos tryna grab my hand for a way up like wait up
Opposite what I’m doin’
The pace that I’m movin is foolish don’t be foolish
If God gave me this gift to use then I’ma use it
God forbid baby I lose it I’ma lose it
That’s why doin’ music for music’s not amusin’
People right now goin’ through it I been through it
If I ain’t provin’ what they could do then what I’m doin’?
No one gave me a blueprint
So I had to fight my way out the streets like hadouken shoryuken
Call Me Ryu man
Had to fight my way out the streets like hadouken
People want a cheat code but don’t look at me tho
My time ain’t free if I’m executive producin’
If I ain’t had the platform that I have I’d still do this
Strip this all away still be playin’ like acoustics
Back when they ain’t think I had it and I had to prove it
When people in your family won’t even give you two cents
Pullin’ all nighters after work pullin’ two shifts
Hearin’ how my words givin’ hope man I knew this could do this
This music started cause I wanted to be the cool kid
Grew up realized it’s better to just be human
Livin’ in the unique way that God made me
To only find out it ironically made me cooler
Guess the key difference is where I put my interest
You could hear it deep in every sentence
Laced them - none of my syllables ever wasted
High Grade stay with a A I’m never basic

[Chorus]
High Grade stay with a A I’m never basic
Grindin’ all night for a purpose not a pay stub
But the game we play got lots at stake
So I start the new day the same as when I wake up
High Grade stay with a A I’m never basic
Grindin’ all night for a purpose not a pay stub
But the game we play got lots at stake
So I start the new day the same as when I wake up