Sometimes when you compromise who you are to appease others
You slowly feel yourself beginnin' to die inside
It's been an amazing journey
I suffered
I'm all the way up
All the way up
I'm all the way up
This is my testimony
Al-ḥamdu l-illāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn
You don't take a chance, you ain't got a chance you makin' a plan to lose (ooh)
Don't need a security blanket, a safety, they haunt us, abandoned school
Took an advance and paid it back, and made an advance and moved
I know how to stand and greet a man, whenever he walk in a room (ooh)
Unlimited bands, come on command, ain't changin' my attitude (uh-huh)
Lil' Ton you know that I love you forever, could never be mad at you (for real)
You ain't wanna win, as bad as I want you to win, I had to school
Tellin' the fiend, "Inside the bag" I bought the blast and shoot (boom)
King B, I bought you a chain and makin' it rain on you (rain on you)
I noticed you gotta go hard when they talked about you, I prayed for you (prayed for you)
I had my heart scarred, by the woman that I used to call my mama (I did)
Know if I fuck with you, I'm goin' to war with God behind (today)
I bended the U, at home I was talkin' about don't fly again (fly again)
My wings got bruised, healin' my wounds, I done got fly again (fly again)
Now all of you hoes that think it'll pass, I could supply a ten (yeah)
Metric ton loads, comin' in from the island (shoot)
That bitch you with she flaw as hell, focused on ass shots (what?)
The bitch I'm with, with the cartel, focused on stash spots
A lot of diamonds, I'm 'bout that BreadWinner chain glisten (ooh)
Chicago jail went straight to the cell, with all of the gang members (gang members)
Now my auntie off Green Street, she one of the gang members (sang members, I ain't kiddin')
Mama Duck, I love you to death, you one of them gang members (gang members)
You know when you a real nigga
you ain't gon' never really get the respect you deserve 'bout you
But for y'all I rock a lot of pretty feathers
Ta-ta-tatted real bad, with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
I'm not worried about your man
Tell your dude, "Back, back"
Shawty bad, ass fat
Hol' up, can I take you shoppin'?
Tatted real bad, with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
Tatted real bad, with a cartel swag
Tell your dude, "Back, back"
And I know you see me watchin'
Seein' you starin' at me (why?)
But afraid to beef with me
Makin' your parents happy (why not?)
Made 'em believe, Major League
Check my battin' average
I work my way to bricks from crumbs
You know that ain't average
I took the diamonds out of my teeth
My earrings is dancin' (bling-blaow, bling-blaow)
I cut off my hoes, I got a new thang
And that bitch make me happy (I love you)
And I know she see me watchin' (I love you)
Love chillin' on the carpet (yeah)
Finish prayer, I went to talkin'
Funny how we do the same things
I was just sayin' the same thing
Heard about how your last boyfriend did you, but he was buster
You was into athletes back then, you needed a hustler
I was fat as hell, I got in shape, I'm flexin' my muscles
I'm the world's s*xiest gangsta and that won't ever change (won't ever change)
I'm up in rank, I'm a s*x symbol, I can't be restrained (can't be restrained)
Only the generals' gon' understand (only the generals' gon' understand)
I suffer from King's disease
Everybody got a problem with me just bein' me
I'm tryna find out when a lion cared about the opinion of sheep
I wanna welcome y'all to the 'Only the Generals' Gon' Understand'
For those of y'all don't know me
Fun fact about Kevin Gates
I talk to myself (I do)
All geniuses talk to themselves (all the time)
Ta-ta-tatted real bad, with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
I ain't worried about your man
Tell your dude, "Back, back"
Shawty bad, ass fat
Baby, can I take you shoppin'?
I say I'm tatted real bad, with a cartel swag
Pants hangin' off my ass and I know you see me watchin'
Tatted real bad, with a cartel swag
Tell your dude, "Back, back"
And I know you see me watchin'
I don't know why I got this fetish for
I like to pleasure whores in the fitting room of designer stores (true indeed)
In public, while we shoppin', I'ma touch all on your body, oh
I want you, I can't hide it, you with me, don't need no bodyguard
Took you in the dressing room, told you, "Get on your knees, put your hands behind your back"
I spit in your mouth and put the dick dead in your face, you heard? (Man, real life)
Now stick your tongue out while I pull your hair
Ayy, ayy, can I take you shoppin'?
You know why, you know why get this fetish for
To pleasure whores in the fitting room of the designer stores (true indeed)
I bust your ass in Saks, remember that? (True indeed)
I know you see me watchin' (watchin')
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Cartel Swag - Kevin Gates
