You can pay for school, but you can't buy class

I love you so, But why I love you, I'll never know.

No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here

Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron.

Little brothers ring fingers get cut up to show mothers they really got em.

The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set.

As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.