Featured In
Top Songs By T.I.
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
T.I.
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Clifford Harris
Composer
Translee Macklin
Composer
Bobby Simmons
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Digital Natives
Producer
Elliot Carter
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My ambitions as a writer
I just wanna answer what y'all askin'
Pretty boys hang with the ball cappin'
Keep it up, I should hang with the Kardashians
My ambitions as a wri-
[Verse 2]
Yeah, just like Bird had Weezy, Jay had Yeezy
Pac had Afeni, Club had Meezy
Sremm' had Meechie, Coach had Jeezy
Dre had Eazy, y'all got Leezy
My ambitions as a writer
[Verse 3]
Yeah, writin' my life with these songs
I feel like I'm rightin' these wrongs
We need a Pac, but he's gone
So I'm at the door, I'm like (Ding dong)
It's not only me, but the team strong
Been knockin' and poundin' like King Kong
I guess we'll come back when you leave home
My ambitions as a writer
[Verse 4]
Shit I was smokin' in Keystone
I write, 'cause I want me a beach home
I write, 'cause I'm sellin' the G-code
I write in a fuck-****-free zone, one hunnid percent
Everybody won't get it
[Verse 5]
Writin' is a heavy job, infiltratin' youth and help them get a job
Help them start a business, help 'em stay alive
Help them help themself, and help them own a ride
(It's all about business)
My ambitions as a writer
(Don't know till we talk about it)
(Don't know anything as a kid)
(Don't know anything as a kid)
My ambitions as a writer
[Verse 6]
Lookin' like you the neighborhood watch
Why you wifin' up the neighborhood thot?
Where I'm from, they don't make it to the top
We don't fuck with 12 thanks for crooked cops
All out of favors, I'm all out of papers
I can't be a doctor, I'm all out of patience
**** be steady false claimin'
I swear I don't rap, I just walk in and say shit
[Verse 7]
I say the shit they afraid to say
They say the shit they get paid to say
I do this shit on the day to day
Fuck on your ho with my labelmates
Out on Dubai when I lay awake
Come back for that pussy, that's layaway
She blew me so long, I ain't see her face
King of the jungle, a-weema-weh
LeBron James, I'm a ring away
She blew my phone and it ring away
My car hard and my seats soft
Either way you flip it, it's a brick of yay
Rich enough to eat my own cake
Ike Turner and Anna Mae
Same shit, different day, elevate
Jumpin' good in all fifty states, Bandz
[Verse 8]
My ambitions as a writer
(Don't know anything as a kid)
My ambitions as a writer
(Don't know anything as a kid)
(Don't know till we talk about it)
(Don't know anything as a kid)
(Don't know anything as a kid)
My ambitions as a
[Verse 9]
Narrated culture curator
Middle finger for a pure hater
Back when OutKast dropped Elevators
I was a young dope boy delegator
See, I've learned it ain't what you do
Man, I'm more concerned with your motivation
Eazy-E, Pac, B.I.G., and Pimp C, I celebrate 'em
Man, I'm in the dope game when I was on the field
You **** commentatin' or either tailgatin', better tell 'em something
Better mind your business 'fore somebody get ya melon popped
Better tell 'em something
Hit your trap queen too, you ain't Fetty Wap
See, that's why I be writin', 'cause it' therapeutic
Got the fed time, so my mind bad
Seen so many murders in the '90s
When I go to sleep, I can't help but rewind back
I keep dreamin' about havin' dime bags
Some crack and a .9 as I'm ridin' past cops
On probation, they get behind me, turn they lights on
Shawty, I ain't even stop
And the ending the same, I ride till I run outta gas
That's when I wake up
[Verse 10]
My ambitions as a writer
(Don't know anything as a kid)
My ambitions as a writer
(Don't know anything as a kid)
(Don't know till we talk about it)
(Don't know anything as a kid)
(Don't know anything as a kid)
My ambitions as a writer
My ambitions as a
Written by: Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr, Bobby Simmons, Chris Hunter, Clifford Harris, D. Arnaud, Todd Marshall, Translee Macklin, Tupac Amaru Shakur