Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Silas
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Anthony Monroe Manco Jr.
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Post
Producer
A.G
Producer
Lyrics
What the problem is
They be dissing, but at least they gon' acknowledge this
Coming up I had nothing and so I followed this
Dreams that these people said was nothing, ho
Dreamed of living life like the Huxtables
Earlier this year I was close to the cliff
Now I rap on beats, homie, for my living and shit
They say that dreams come true in ya life
Tell me what you living for, if not you gonna die
Moving with these loser cats, hoping I could save my ass
You could hear these drums knockin' hard in a dark room
Know that I be animating rhymes like cartoons
Sticking to my goals like that shit is harpoon
Heart moves slowly like yo' bitch know me
'Member we ain't have no dollars or no ends, homie
We was living in the basement tryna get it
Counting change for food and it's fuckin' up my mood
Dawg, these lames in my mentions talkin' shit like, bitch, we get it
You ain't got a life and wanna show it, bitch, we get it
Get up off the Twitter shit, you on my dick like I just hit it
They talking bout hand outs, I'm talking 'bout workin' it
What you know about long nights? You ain't workin' it
What you know about winter time cold workin' it?
I don't got time to complain, bitch, I'm workin' it
They be saying, "Silas what you doin'?" bitch, I'm workin' it
I'm just tryna do my best
Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead
Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain
Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no
I'm just tryna do my best
Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead
Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain
Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no
I'm mos Def just the greatest in my generation
This is years of studying, what if we in the matrix?
Got these questions on my mind but the difference now
I been wondering just when you gonna figure out
That my dream is something really just to marvel at
I been doing this since Timberlands and starter caps
Baggy white tees, hoped that shorty's liked me
We was posted in the 'Burg smoking Newport shorts
Motherfuckers bump that shit like it was verbal intercourse
And of course I wrote that shit wit no remorse
Pray that all my family straight on these rainy days
Seeing diamonds in the rain form like these bars a brainstorm
5 years ago they never gave me no play
Now I'm posted in the crib while my homies roll a J
I used to dream of days like these, lacing up some Nikes
Tryna help my psyche
Ain't nobody out there do it like me
I'm just tryna do my best
Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead
Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain
Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no
I'm just tryna do my best
Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead
Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain
Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no
Written by: Anthony Monroe Manco Jr.