Flex ft. A.I. The Anomaly Lyrics

How you gon', how you gon' flex on me How you gon' flex on me

06, I bought a house off of rap money

I was only 25, I was always on the grind

My box of rhymes had me sharin' stages

With James Brown, serenading the crowd with raw underground

Hunger of a youngin', never slowin' down

Went around the world, it was a whirlwind kept my head spinnin' around

Then my daughter was born, November 12

When I held her in my arms, my heart melted

The nurses took her to the NICU, and I felt helpless

Rollin' with the punches and the cards I was dealt with

Hospital bills fillin' my mailbox

Plus the godfather, a soul laid in a coffin

Merry Christmas, I know this life is a gift

Countin' my blessings, but I'm feelin' the effects of the curse

It got worse, July of 07 I was the first to arrive

And see my dad after his brain vessel burst

Lifeless, never had a chance to say goodbye

So I bottled it up inside, wishin' I could rewind time

I put my eggs in one basket, tried to make a classic, it didn't happen

The economy was crashin, I took a few losses

And I had to sell my house before I lost it

08, now I'm back in an apartment

But my passion wasn't phased by the hardship I kept goin

I booked more shows, I made more songs

And I even brought my daughter along

Now she's walkin', we gettin' back on our feet

It's bittersweet to recall, I didn't know how far we would fall

From cloud 19 to losin' everything

There's so many details hidden in between

Even if we still had a house, it would've been burned down

Abandoned and betrayed, and there's nowhere to turn now except God

There's nowhere to turn now except God

The work of my hands couldn't stand

So I learned to stand on a rock instead of sand

That's my flex

Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom

Let not the mighty man boast in his might

Let not the rich man boast in his riches

But let him who boasts, boast in this

That he understands and knows me

That I am the Lord who practices steadfast love

Justice and righteousness in the earth

Who am I that you love me

Who am I that you want me

Who am I

Who am I that you love me

Who am I that you want me, that's a flex

I fight with my carnal

A carnival full of foolishness, fill up my barrels

I polish my outer, hopin' you see the shiniest me

Adornin' the surface, don't journey too deep

I've been crooked and narrow, I mistook me for Pharaoh

I'm holdin' me hostage, gun to my inner carcass I'm killer

Brutal, brutish, a viper, eagle reachin'

Burj Khalifa, pride at the highest, no longer deny it

I run from the fire, flames remind me that I am

In position to perish, no works or no merit

Can save me from violence, it's vital that I

Stretch my heart to Messiah, hands to the highest, holy flex

Who am I that you love me

Who am I that you want me

Who am I

Who am I that you love me

Who am I that you want me yeah