Certified Authentic Lyrics

Sold a couple souls for resale like the sneaker spots

Certified authentic dead stock just to achieve a lot

An outcast as a youngin' bumpin' Andre out the speaker box

Y'all ain't bout that shit you speak about though you just tweet a lot

Sold a couple souls for resale like the sneaker spots

Certified authentic dead stock just to achieve a lot

An outcasts as a youngin' bumpin' Andre out the speaker box

Y'all ain't bout that shit you speak about though you just tweet a lot

I'm from two different worlds, suburbs and where the cops be watchin

Bodies droppin', uncle poppin', molly lozenges and oxycontin

Riding with death, no Basquiat, I'm sittin' passenger

Smoke dead opps while feds watch, roll it in leaves of lavender

Shed light on my life through peepholes, adjust the aperture

I just checked my calendar, this whole year I'm out rappin you

No passin' us pussy, put me in Pasadena, cast the spell

I don't even smoke or pack a bowl, I'm out here passin' L's

I did it on my own like Pat LaBelle, homie I rap for real, no cap Pharrel

My tracks are gon' get plaques wrapped in platinum builds

Who's grasping the passion from everyone rappin', just ask yourself

I'm in my bag, Chanel, these bars is cold, homie I rap from jail

I rap from hell until it's frozen over, I'm supposed to scold ya

I'm no joke, you think you next, I postpone it

I Post Malone ya, close ya throat and choke ya

Breath of fresh air like post-pneumonia, post-corona

Got those hoes loathin' on your persona, I'm so prolific

They ask why I'm so specific, if I don't get it how I want it

Then I might as well just close the business

Y'all gettin' no percentage, y'all don't bring no attention

Everything I've done's from word of mouth and y'all ain't gon' mentioned

If you ain't gang, you not on payroll and that's case closed

I chose to stay cold, and y'all just softened up like Play-Doh

Here's a shovel, rest in peace, let all your music lay low

Prolific sent my career here, engraved on your gravestone

Sold a couple souls for resale, like the sneaker spots

Certified authentic, dead stock just to achieve a lot

And outcast since a youngin' bumpin' Andre out the speaker box

Y'all ain't bout that shit you speak about, you just tweet a lot

Smokin' on your album, puff puff, I'm a rasta

This ain't even pressure, you ain't nowhere near my ganja

Rap is my bitch, she want steak dinner with lobster

Say it how you mean it, don't take back words like manga

Took the time to conquer, now these verses are my mantra

You speak to me with bullshit, I'm sayin' no habla

I guess the times changed

My homies went from honor roll students to smokin' high grades

Never one-sided like migraines

I doubled down on my sadder days and my lavish ways

I cut off all my accolades, gave side eyes like Jack of Spades

I got past a couple bumps, I need some aftershave

Left my main girl to my side twice like Apple Pay

I don't regret it, but I can't say it's a blessing

Tired of the stressin', only in my adolescence

My uncle told me quit, but that's way out of the question

If I wasn't rappin', I'd be stuck in a depression

Remember bein' homeless back when I was just a freshman

Yeah, I was skatin' and livin' reckless

Found my first love, even got the bitch a necklace

But I kept her in the bag, like rye trips in Chex Mix

I didn't want it, I left it, but ain't lost it

I live a wealthy life, but you will never see me flaunt it

Got homies in the projects while I'm doin' shows in Boston

Smoke away they pain their life a blur like the Gaussian

I'm in the UK, shockin' mates they take the chair

I'm in your hair, I'm fuckin' up your roots like fake veneers

Y'all see me from the nosebleeds, wait until my nasal clears

Just wanna make sure that y'all made aware of what I'm doin

I'm lookin' at y'all stupid, you won't step into my reign

Like you put on some new kicks

Eight deep at rehearsal

Dolo up in Toads Place, I went from parking lot shows to openin' for Ghostface

Sold a couple souls for resale like the sneaker spots

Certified authentic deadstock just to achieve a lot

An outcast as a youngin' bumpin' Andre out the speaker box

Y'all ain't bout that shit, you speak about, you just tweet a lot

My brother on the block, we go back to elementary

Almost caught a body, stabbing on the news affect me

Penitentiary, juveniles, house arrest, mama crying

They grew up in the suburbs, now her son ducks for cover

Had a gun inside the cupboard, only 16

We used to talk about them big dreams, now the reputation underway

I was with my brother Jay when I heard that he run away

Sleepin' at my grandma's, memorials right up the road

Pop, pop, the block hot, that's the neighborhood cop watch

Telling y'all another soul staining the concrete

This where I'm from but I don't think about it fondly

I can't fuckin' settle, comfortability is not me

I was homeless that embodied what got me to show my innocence

And in a sense I represent the sins that didn't fit me

In the box of the devil, the silver tongue

Give a fuck about some rocks and a bezel from bigger funds

I just chose to only rock with the rebels that didn't run

I ain't keepin' nothin' confidential

Seen enough, I gotta get this shit to work

They say I got potential, times I fell down, I can name several

I'll just run the instrumental, I'm not runnin' from police

Won't see me gunnin' on them streets

The drummin' on these beats, the only company I need

I'll just run the instrumental, I'm not runnin' from police

Won't see me gunnin' on them streets

It's not for me

I can't disappoint my mama, most importantly, can't disappoint my granny

She lookin' from above, I know she understand me

I don't wanna use a gun, I wanna win a Grammy

I just wanna have enough to give the money to the family

I stay humble where I'm sitting, cause of humbler beginnings

Barely see me smile, cause I don't feel like I'm winning

I could be on top and feel like everything is ending

Huh, real shit

I'm tryna grow, they tryna burden my apprentice

Flyin' on the wall, tryna learn why y'all against us

Y'all are getting sentenced to be murdered by a menace

Huh, real shit

I always kept it real, so now I'm certified authentic

Certified authentic