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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Meek Mill
Vocals
STREETRUNNER
Programming
Tarik Azzouz
Programming
Marie Breton
Guitar
Maxime Philippe
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Clemmie Rishad
Songwriter
Daniel Templeman
Songwriter
Dominic Howard
Songwriter
Ed Thomas
Songwriter
Ruby Wood
Songwriter
Simon Robert Beddoe
Songwriter
STREETRUNNER
Songwriter
Tarik Azzouz
Songwriter
Thomas Evans
Songwriter
C. Hargreaves
Songwriter
Robert Rihmeek Williams
Songwriter
Tarek Christopher Modi
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Meek Mill
Executive Producer
STREETRUNNER
Producer
Tarik Azzouz
Producer
Ryan Jumper
Assistant Mixing Engineer
James "Jayme Be" Belt
Assistant Engineer
William Dougan
Assistant Engineer
Rick Ross
Executive Producer
Miles Walker
Mixing Engineer
Anthony Cruz
Engineer
Colin Leonard
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Shit, ever since I got money
I ain't been happy like I used to
They say, "You got pay the cost to be a boss"
Check this
When you the **** with the money
Somebody go to jail, you gotta pay they bail
Somebody die, they gon' turn to you for the funeral
But I just be thinking like, "When I'm gon' be able gon' able to turn to somebody, shit"
Bosses got feelings too
I done did shit for **** a thousand times
Told 'em "No" one time and watch 'em talk about me crazy, run and bite my back out
But I still stood tall
[Verse 2]
When you sitting at the top and you think you seen it all
Caught up with your dreams with nobody else to call
With tears up on my face, 'cause I know I'm gon' be straight
Had to cut a couple homies, had to learn from my mistakes
This the price of being great
Oh, this the price of being great?
They hate you when you're winning
But they love it when you break
This the price of being great
This the price of being great
Oh, this the price of being great?
They hate you when you're winning
But they love it when you when you break
This the price of being great
[Verse 3]
Uh, this the price of having money
And the price of being great
Had to cut a couple homies
Never heard them tell me thanks
I've been washing all my problems
With these percs and all this drank
All that shit just made me tank
Had me draw and let me paint
4 in the morning '88?
Grave yard shiftin' it
A dollar to my name and I remembered it
A **** said I owe him, how?
That shit sound ridiculous
Tell that **** "No" and they gon' show you who they really is
Trappin since a little kid, did a little bid
But I bounced back like that bullet did, when it ricocheted, hit that little kid
This is what it is when the ice cream truck come through
Ain't have a dollar, that shit just made me to a boss, word to my father, whoa!
[Verse 4]
When you sitting at the top and you think you seen it all
Caught up with your dreams with nobody else to call
With tears up on my face, 'cause I know I'm gon' be straight
Had to cut a couple homies, had to learn from my mistakes
This the price of being great
Oh, this the price of being great?
They hate you when you're winning
But they love it when you break
This the price of being great
This the price of being great
Oh, this the price of being great?
They hate you when you're winning
But they love it when you when you break
This the price of being great
[Verse 5]
Yeah, ain't no price on the money
Ain't no price in the Lord
I got outta the system, I jumped right onto Forbes
When I got out the ghetto, I jumped right on the tour
When I stunt on that Instagram, I'm just showing them more
I'm just showin' them better how to make it through any weather
Back when I said I would make it, they was telling me never
Only get one chance better take it, only one shot, boy you better
How you survive in the jungle? He be moving so clever
I'm talking tooly Beretta, then make it back to my son
Talkin' crab in the barrel, they pull you back where I'm from
That's why we lowering the spindles in the back of the gun
Posted up on that corner, see the paddy wagon, we run
[Verse 6]
When you sitting at the top and you think you seen it all
Caught up with your dreams with nobody else to call
With tears up on my face, 'cause I know I'm gon' be straight
Had to cut a couple homies, had to learn from my mistakes
This the price of being great
Oh, this the price of being great?
They hate you when you're winning
But they love it when you break
This the price of being great
This the price of being great
Oh, this the price of being great?
They hate you when you're winning
But they love it when you when you break
This the price of being great
Written by: Christopher Hargreaves, Clemmie Rishad, Clemmie Rishad Penton, Daniel Templeman, Dominic Howard, Ed Thomas, Meek Mill, Ruby Wood, STREETRUNNER, Simon Robert Beddoe, Tarek Christopher Modi, Tarik Azzouz, Taz Modi, Thomas Evans