I just wanna thank y'all for takin' the time to listen   I appreciate that      Yo, regular TV to cable from bouncin' label to label   Just tryin' to get the horse outta the stable   Was once part of a dynasty, well, least I was tryin' to be   Think it was the time in my life when I was findin' me      Sittin' in the spot with the dimes   Willin' to do anything just to be a Bad Boy at the time   Then I rolled the dices, nah, the money didn't add up   But just that whole experience, it was priceless      No free rides to the bank   On top of that was the untimely demise of Frank B.I.   Then the 'No Way Out' tour, we was smokin' outdoor   Made eighty stacks off Cee-Lo that without tour      Videotaped it all, I still watch it now   I traveled the world, learned how to rock a crowd   It ain't much but it beats poor things that I've been through   Is all I can speak for      I can only speak for the things that I've been through   I can only speak for the things that I've been through      Now I'm on Ruff Ryder, Interscope   Same shit partnership, joint venture fifty, fifty, same split   Jimmy put the money up, two singles off of 'We Are The Streets'   Then after that seemed like he was done with us but it wasn't over yet      Styles had a plan from the jump   Which was to come out with my solo   Next thing's a little better   These the niggas that I been doin' it wit forever   Next, so I'm like whatever      The first album dropped, promotion was hella   Every stage I rocked, the performance was stella   Had the whole world ready to ride or die for me   And I wasn't platinum, I was just side money      X was bringin' in the moollah   I was in the hood in the kitchen wit the digital ruler   I can't tell you 'bout the evil men do   I can only speak for the things that I've been through      I can only speak for the things that I've been through   I can only speak for the things that I've been through      As far as the LOX, we all fine, cellar is all wine   Selfish for me to say Rocfella is all mine   'Cause it ain't , I'm just a another employee that's on line   Tryin' to get my act together and do it one more time      Twenty one guns salute with all nines   And I know it's on me to make sure that we all shine   Gotta fall back, let the weed contact your mind   Confined bullshit in any contract you sign      But if you from the streets though, it's plenty of loop holes to eat yo'   Once they let you in you're supposed to keep doe   But I can't give you the formula, I'm on it though   Expect the worst, the outcome is enormous, though      Stay humble, still keep your heat for insurance though   Things that I been through to get it weren't normal yo'   Yeah, this is what my heart beats for   Things that I've been through is all that I can speak for      I can only speak for the things that I've been through   I can only speak for the things that I've been through