[Verse 1: AKX]
Allow me to re-intro-
duce myself, My name is
A!!
K to the X, homey,
Grew up in Boston, sweating
cold nights and hot curry,
poster child of the
immigrant and nerdy, see while
you was rolling weed, I was
rolling them D-twenties, I
hit the college circuit and made it
worth the while, lost the
'stashe, made some cash, over-
hauled the style, couple
years into the coding and com-
piles, heck, lemme try this
law s#!% on for size, now I'm rocking
charcoal with a tie, [“button
down to match”], star's about to
rise with the tide, [“batten
down the hatch”], she hit me with the
smile and the eyes, [“never
stood a chance”], got me straight
trippin' outta town just to
make with the romance, now we
shacked up in the manse with the
wagon and the whip, and it's
funny just how lovely I done
Anakin'ed this s#!%; but the
money in the clip, means
nada if, I can't stay
true to my Lady, and my
Luke, and my Leia, and my Clique, get it playa...

[Chorus]
And now I’m looking at my life
and it be [“marvelous!!”]
I'm just grinning in the mirror like, “You made it, muh'f#@%a!!”
And just maybe I got lucky
but it's [“marvelous!!”]
[“Looking, smelling, feelin' like a mill-i-on bucks!!”]
So when we step up in the place
Baby, we [“marvelous!!”]
Every time we hop up in the jam
you know exactly who we am
We da profit to the plan, we be [“marvelous!!”]
[“Looking, smelling, feelin' like a mill-i-on bucks!!”]

[Verse 2: V.S.O.P]
Hi kids, do you like
violence? Then come with
me, join the corps, F#@%
liberal arts and science!!
My mind state was mind-
less, blessed with the
best, but couldn’t see it through
trees; a blind mess
I took that shit for granted
walked away Empty handed
The greatest thing I did
But didn’t think to plan it
These Parris Island blues,
taught me to stick and move
You know I miss my people,
but I got shit to do!!
Study abroad in I-
raq, I left a boy and came
back a man, with a plan
some thaaangs - a couple stacks;
Got my ass into
school, sharpenin’ up my tools,
put in work, through the
dirt, it made me fin’ to rule
And now I’m packin’
degrees and talkin’ salaries;
My reality moved from
fallacy to actuali-
ty; now my wifey, she my
queen, The one I dreamed about;
Open my eyes, what I
see - it’s amazin’ how...

[Chorus]

[Verse 3: Dell Prochard]
It's
funny how money change a
situation, when you ain't
got none, waitin' on that
next check and pissy cuz it
ain't come, that's when you learn your
first life lesson, couple
eggs'll do amazing things to
ramen, didn't grow up
poor, but we was grindin', well,
moms and pops was, working
overtime so we could have e-
nough, [“Sho ‘NUFF!!”] but, when I
seen the sacrifices, and the
things they did for love, I just
had to get my own pennies to
rub. Bounced to
VA, and got a job, slinging
Java, sipping Java, 3 A-
M inna de bull-pen,
pullin' da all nighter, week-
ends up inna de dance hall,
making the party live-er, [“Bitch, you
barely broke!!”], it only stoked the
fire!! Finally got a
little scratch together, and
though it wasn't much, paid the
car note, “[Dat's dope]”, still
had a couple bucks, now it's
my turn, Kangol,
Coogi down to the socks, hop
out the truck, dust off the
chucks, fly as a “[Whaaaatttt!!]”