The Love

For The love,
Like tip Ali shaheed when I speak
For The love
Making sure even the haters vibe with me
For The love
This isn't just grabbing the cash
I'm grinding to make the music that lasts
Follow the math
Since about grade three
Rappin oochie walley
With Chris and the twins
Got the teacher saying, "do it again"
Through a slick grin
Thought for sure she had a thing for the kid
Even then she knew the gift could big
She helped nourish it
Marking up my poems
I was flourishing
Kids that stole my notebooks
Poking fun
Didn't occur to them
I'm ahead of my time
Been that way since the day that I died
Revived by my fathers hands
The lord wiping tears from my eyes
As I depart from the sky
With the peace of mind
That I'm gifted
Puttin in work with Josh 
Till the lord needed his spirit
Now I'm hoping that he's looking down
Head boppin like when I'd beatbox for the 16s 
I promise the fam gon eat Kid
Yo sarkaztik I told em they ain't have enough bars to be fuckin with me..
Not over these beats..
They aint fucking with any of us
Imma tell you why
Because we do it for The love
Like tip Ali shaheed when I speak
For The love
Making sure even the haters vibe with me
For The love
This isn't just grabbing the cash
Im grinding to make the music that lasts
Follow the math
Fast forward to Freshman year
Me and reef playing Khaled
Said we were taking over
The school was gonna be ours
And I was puttin in hours
Notebooks getting stacked 
The practice
Taking jabs at the actors
I thought of as squandering talents
They were taking bout bitches
I was rapping taking action
Peace loving little bastard using a smile to hide the madness
Going on behind the fade I'd wear
Get a little braggadocios when I'd feel myself
Cuz nobody was showing love for real
But the skill 
Attracts the ears of my peers
And now I'm claiming fam
Black and ugly as ever
However we done persevered
Throwing little shows to show the city that we here
But a couple of bad mixes had em covering ears
So fuck em
For The love,
Like tip Ali shaheed when I speak
For The love
Making sure even the haters vibe with me
For The love
This isn't just grabbing the cash
Im grinding to make the music that lasts
Follow the math
Graduated
I went to school because they said they'd send a Mac
Felt like the East when the plug sent a pound of pack
Knew I had the goods
Had to cook
Make my money back
Dropped out of school
Kanye before they trapped his ass
Been on the grind since
Had a couple tapes fall through
Because realationships
My pride verse the ego
Tried to get the city to love me
But we different people
But they know
Whether it's Mulu or C.holt 
That I do it for the
The love
Like tip Ali shaheed when I speak
The love
Making sure even the haters vibin with me  
For The love
This isn't just grabbing the cash
Im grinding to make the music that lasts
Follow the math