Vouch for That

Doing R. Kelly covers at School 85
My godmother’s nephew’s cousin signed me to a deal
But the demos got lost and I couldn’t drop a song
Fast forward to 02, at RPMS
I was just goofing around, doing a stupid dance
Rapping some dumb little bars, something 'bout Savvy Wood
Someone got wind, years later the second dude
He came my way like «Mr. Speed, man, here’s a fire choice»
«Got that sorta hearty flow to make these girls' panties moist»
You can sing and rap, so lemme give you a chance
To be Captain Planet of our label, man… and it seemed legit
I signed ish, and I got some bars posted on Soundclick
They tried to keep me on mute, so then I went and dissed
The so-called CEO, especially since he’s stealin' my flow
I intentionally bombed more of so-called hits
«Vouch for That» (x24)
Went to UMD, started beefed with Ikey
Then deaded that ish, 'cause wanted to get him
On a song, with DK, put it out like a UMD hymn
But then J-Roc died, RIP, that dream never happened
So, I kept working on returns but that ish was taxing
Recording even more no-fi than when I was passing
Out, dying from thirst, over these chicks, man…
You thought «Heartbreaker» was no-fi, go back and listen…
So I remixed and mastered some of my bars
Dropped OG RAQUEL, people sang along
Then me and my homeboy beefed, let’s not get into that
Soon after, man? True hit me and we began DAR Business
And at first it was just him and me then 'Pollo and AX came
The team started to do things…
Meanwhile, I was double shifting (double shifting)
(Double Shifting) Dropping S4 and cooking crack
For some people that I forgot…
But they can’t forget me, bruh, my beats were hot
True, Steve Omari, DK, and all the others, man…
DOTK came, my mama died the next year
Unhinged was the highest low point of my career
When Mama Young died, I thought that was it for me
I had to quit this rap shit before my heart ceased…
I had two kids that were growing up right in front of me
But I didn’t see some of it, too in-tuned with beats
So, if some of my later 16s seemed kind of salty
There was NEVER any DAR diss in any of them, pardon me
I was working through about a million and two things at once
And my bars suffered just as much…
As my relationship with the oldest one
That’s why I quit it for a bit
…And DAR still remains
I’ve stepped back to the point that DAR’s a trilogy
Of epic artistry, I can’t gum up the team…
Just because I’m getting old and can’t flow on the beats
Roger that, roger that, vouch for that, vouch for that…