Appreciate (feat. C.L. Smooth)

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

First of all, you better count your blessings

'Cause when you got C.L. now you got bad boy, your connections

In return, while we live and we learn then you know what it is

To only build a bigger future for the kids

In peace, in war, let's take it to the floor

Every time we take two steps the crowd takes four

Lay the heat, how I come to the street, how I cut through the beef

Let me handle that, that's why you made me chief

It's packed, what they want in this here?

Can we weather the storm, six minutes, C.L., smooth you're on

All the anger and the fear was in the dressing room prayer

That we came out to light it up and put it in the air

That's real, so holler back at your boy, step aside, Leroy

To all my ladies who bought tickets, enjoy

'Cause I spit it and you gotta get with it and you'll never forget it

Yes, I bought the best style, count 'em all

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

To the fans and to all my people that supported us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

To the mama and the daddy and everything they taught us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

Tell them kids they gotta stay in school or ride with us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

When it all goes down, baby, all we got is us

You tell 'em this is history in the making, avoiding disasters

This run is for the green jacket, I fit the masters

My crew have me business savvy, put it in through my office

The security is tight and the secretary is gorgeous

That's official, me and Pete in the lab, that's what they want

Pushin' that real hip hop up to the front

The game's been good to me, preserved my youth

Not only did it capture my goals, it told me the truth

Look how my hustle made a living, paid and driven

See why they tour around the world came to save us from prison

It's great, I'd rather love than hate

You think it fell out the sky, I'm here to tell you why I believe in faith

Hard work payin' off and them wishes comin' true

Vault open and you out to lunch and left us two

Now you know we can't let that pass to get that cash

We in the big numbers, count 'em all

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

To the fans and to all my people that supported us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

To the mama and the daddy and everything they taught us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

Tell them kids they gotta stay in school or ride with us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

When it all goes down, baby, all we got is us

Why my uncle Doc left me everything when he died

And when pop passed, two weeks later I cried

And when great grandma left it all went crazy now

All I have is grandma Pam, that's my baby

Can't talk bad about me, she tell 'em why we need to give her

All her roses while she could smell 'em

I live for this moment, just to stay how we was

How her mother came to her in a dream and told her

Corey will come out of this deep dark depression, stand by me

Give my insight the resurrection to heal me

And feel me, what you got is to love

Gotta thank this little woman who brought back the thug

Let's grind, ghettos of the mind while I'm in my prime

I left so y'all can catch up, I'm ahead of my time

Your legacy and that lazy boy say it ain't fear

My next generation, triple my digits, add 'em up like

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

To the fans and to all my people that supported us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

To the mama and the daddy and everything they taught us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

Tell them kids they gotta stay in school or ride with us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

When it all goes down, baby, all we got is us

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)

(Ain't no second time to appreciate)