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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Che Noir
Che Noir
Performer
eLZhi
eLZhi
Rap
Marche Avery
Marche Avery
Rap
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marche Avery
Marche Avery
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Che Noir
Che Noir
Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Uh
Yeah
****
[Instrumental]
Yeah, uh
Uh, look
[Verse 1]
I built a catalog of classics from spittin' pain
And built a portfolio full of assets I liquidate, yeah
I got investments and shit that pay me in stock options
In ten years, bank accounts look like a box office
Yeah, uh, I gained a splurgin' salary
Eatin' food for thought is a jewel when you burnin' calories
The price of freedom and fame, money, it capture me
The dream of makin' it became better than the reality
Greatness is defined by the people that you involve
But it's hard to carry when most of 'em don't evolve
Rappers don't impress me 'cause most of 'em look desperate
Stayed on my toes so long, gave **** a foot fetish
Greatness is defined by your influence that's left
Success like an elevator, I was usin' the steps
I'm like the hip-hop's eye doctor
I paint visions for the blind with my words like an acuity test
Success a lonely road, you'll see the proof when you finish
Can't have it, you ain't willing to lose something to get it
Yeah, weight of the world on my shoulders left me with thick veins
Buried underneath is the Buffalo roots of Rick James
It's all hunger, I'm givin' specials on free food
Bars come in cups, but the wisdom measured in teaspoons
I don't bite the bullet, I reload clips
My vacations is sightseeing off of ego trips, let's go
[Chorus]
Watch the paddywagons on the block, on the block
From the bottom, so our only mission was the top, was the top
It's been low this year, our biggest villain was a clock, was a clock
Even if I fell, my ****, I could never stop, I'll forever be the
Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the
Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the
Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the
Illest, illest, greatest, I'll forever be the
[Verse 2]
What I become
Ill is decidin' to dodge death when the casket fall
Scholarships are for basketball skill
For an ex-gang member the street raised
Back in his empty your pockets, take them Jordans off your feet days
The greatest is a father helping a son create his
Own slice of heaven and hell
At eleven and twelve, he decides what his fate is
The illest or realest, educatin' those still misinformed on who's behind combined companies tryna kill us
The greatest walk miles that determines the size of his shoe worn
Running back in the burning unit to save a newborn
Are you torn between who's the illest or greatest?
When it's my time, I can pause it, get ahead of it and make you feel this for ages
The illest is doctors who kill illnesses with herbs that disturb the pharmacists in the 'burbs
The greatest is Ali, Biggie poppin' bottles in VIP or Queen Latifah writin' U-N-I-T-Y
Because the murder rate was up, how you regurgitate
A piece of the pie you thought you deserved when they didn't serve a plate
The greatest buy us turkeys on Thanksgiving
School supplies is a cool surprise for teachers with students that met a cruel demise
The greatest don't abandon they daughters
In fact, the act left a few scorned that striptease and do porn
Are you torn between who's the greatest or illest?
In and out of state, it's the realest, heavyweight, sends a freightful to deal it
[Outro]
Our Black folk, we got Black folk, you know, Black folk, we gotta get, we gotta get stronger, though, you know?
We got to be tight, we gotta quit askin' people to give us somethin'
Keep lookin' for shit
Keep askin' motherfuckers to march for us
We gotta take care our fuckin' own
I'm tellin' it like it is 'cause I had a dream
Written by: Marche Avery
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