Chipmunk - Then & Now Lyrics
From the age of 10 I used to do a paper route
Just so I could see the paper roundSo I could splash in the corner shopAnd buy sweets till my teeth would rotI used to play football, I used to like dancingMan, I tried everything, even karateAfter 5 years I had to pull it'Cause blackbelt can't teach you how to dodge bulletsI never knew what I wanted to beBut I knew what the man above wanted for meThey said Jehmal, you're smart enough to be a doctor or a lawyerBut ***** that, them jobs are boringAnd footie's getting dry like ravin'But shout out to Craig, he's some other kind that made itI don't know my profession yet quiteBut one day I'm gonna get signedJust write the checkI'm out here spending money so I gotta make itRest to make it, things are different soDon't you take this shit for grantedWhen the money's in your hand, yeahMy big bro's MCing nowI might have to try this outAnd Dizzee Rascal's on TV nowShit, this could be my way outGood at English but I hate readingGood grades, just a few exclusionsMy story's inspirational and with the right helpI can execute this out to the nationsOr my words can lock down the pavementSkip Jamma's basementEskimo dance asideWinding, take it straight to the big stagesThat'll be amazing but damn, I gotta make someI'm doing it independent, spent before you make someThink I know my profession now, guysDamn, I got stars in my eyesJust write the checkI'm out here spending money so I gotta make itRest to make it, things are different soDon't you take this shit for grantedWhen the money's in your hand, yeahIf you ever knew what was getting soldJust so we can pay for videos8R from the bottom we rollSo when the checks came the first hundred bags got blownShout at to boy, better knowMe and Skeppy from the north sideWe charted on our own so they approached usWe never approached the majors and now look, we majorsJust write the checkI'm out here spending money so I gotta make itRest to make it, things are different soDon't you take this shit for grantedWhen the money's in your hand, yeah