[00:00:00] Nothin For Nothin feat. CL - Cradle Orchestra (クレイドル・オーケストラ) [00:00:12] Yeah these cats still don't get it know what I'm saying [00:00:18] Tell 'em like this [00:00:20] Lights out it's over can't push this boulder [00:00:23] Jaded and faded is this concrete soldier [00:00:26] Rhymes getting deeper now as I get older [00:00:28] And fate is the weight bearing down on my shoulders [00:00:31] Everyday I ponder life and time [00:00:34] Amazed how fast the movie passes by [00:00:36] It was like yesterday when I was on my block [00:00:39] With my boys on the corner trying to beatbox [00:00:41] It was like last week when I got my new bike [00:00:44] Jumping hills on my dead end until we lost sunlight [00:00:47] See I knew I'd be special in life [00:00:49] Cause I'm a father to sons husband to a wife [00:00:52] But my passion still be the beats and mics [00:00:54] See I'm in college on the weekend the studio at night [00:00:57] Writing on breaks jotting down my mistakes [00:00:59] Successes and all else that takes place [00:01:02] This world gives you nothing for nothing [00:01:05] Gotta stand tall stand for something [00:01:07] When it comes down it goes around [00:01:10] It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [00:01:13] But I stay right no shame self-made [00:01:16] Going on my page [00:01:18] Reminisce on days past [00:01:20] Holding on but it just won't last [00:01:23] This world gives you nothing for nothing [00:01:25] Gotta stand tall stand for something [00:01:28] When it comes down it goes around [00:01:31] It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [00:01:33] But I stay right no shame self-made [00:01:36] Going on my page [00:01:38] Reminisce on days past days past [00:01:41] Holding on but it just won't last [00:01:43] Yo not much dough but this cat still flows [00:01:46] Been down and out and spent some time in the last row [00:01:49] Persistence it be my middle name [00:01:51] No shame in my game in the pursuit of fame [00:01:54] You take shorts [00:01:55] You end up short [00:01:56] So recognise ain't no lies when you look into my eyes [00:01:59] Dressed proper well-schooled like a doctor [00:02:01] Golden-aged hip hopper nine-to-five show stopper [00:02:04] Grown-a** man doing what he can [00:02:07] Dreams shattered by years working for the man [00:02:09] Been knocked down but always got up [00:02:11] Been myself but still got labelled like a product [00:02:15] Most stay down until you hit a cliff [00:02:17] Some rich people still think life's a b**ch [00:02:20] Get busy dying or work on how you live [00:02:22] See life through my kids stay doing it ya dig [00:02:25] This world gives you nothing for nothing [00:02:27] Gotta stand tall stand for something [00:02:30] When it comes down it goes around [00:02:33] It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [00:02:35] But I stay right no shame self-made [00:02:38] Going on my page [00:02:40] Reminisce on days past days past [00:02:43] Holding on but it just won't last [00:02:46] This world gives you nothing for nothing [00:02:48] Gotta stand tall stand for something [00:02:50] When it comes down it goes around [00:02:53] It's hard to keep your feet on the ground [00:02:56] But I stay right no shame self-made [00:02:59] Going on my page [00:03:01] Reminisce on days past days past [00:03:03] Holding on but it just won't last [00:03:06] It's like I sit back and I wait for it to happen [00:03:09] And when I look over it seems like everybody's laughing [00:03:11] Remember high school [00:03:12] When people asked where you see yourself in five years [00:03:15] Your type of career [00:03:16] A doctor a lawyer maybe a cop [00:03:18] A CEO if you're the type to try to make it to the top [00:03:21] Work for the state and not go to college [00:03:24] And try to get by on this real world knowledge [00:03:27] Join the army to pay for school [00:03:29] But see anything that you avoid just ain't cool [00:03:31] Now it's CL baby and everything is gravy [00:03:34] Been around for a minute now you can't phase me [00:03:37] Life is love so love your life