They used to tell me
Used to tell me
I hope you learn to make it on your own
And if you love yourself, just know you'll never be alone
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know
Hope you get the pretty girls that's pretty at everything
Million-dollar cribs, havin' million-dollar dreams
And when you get it all, just remember one thing, remember one thing
That one man could change the world
That one man could change the world
All I, all I wanted was a hundred million dollars and a bad chick
Imagined it so much, some nights, it felt like that I had it
Back on the mattress
Starin' at the ceilin' tryna connect the dots, but it's hard makin' those attachments
I'm talkin' dreamin' so hard, some nights, it felt like draft day, you know
My, my stepbrother used to flip them bags outside the crib like it was trash day
No Kim K, but he bagged yay (Yay)
But when you're gettin' fast money, slow down, don't crash
With all the drive in the world, swear you still need gas, look
Think about it, close your eyes, dream about it
Tell your team about it, go make million-dollar schemes about it
Success is on the way, I feel it in the distance
Used to look up at the stars and be like, "Ain't too much that's different"
I be shinin', they be shinin', get your one shot, don't you miss it
What you know 'bout wakin' up every day like you on a mission?
And I hope you learn to make it on your own
And if you love yourself, just know you'll never be alone
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know
Hope you get the pretty girls that's pretty and everything
Million-dollar cribs, havin' million-dollar dreams
And when you get it all, just remember one thing, remember one thing
One man could change the world
One man could change the world
My grandma told me, "If you write your name in stone, you'll never get the White-Out"
I grinded out that black hole, then performed up at the White House
Standin' next to Jim Carrey, we traded stories, then laughed
I said, "You not the only one I know got rich wearin' masks"
Where I'm from, I swear they broke, they need way more than a cast
We need more than what you have and then we need more than that
But how I'm supposed to say I'm tired?
If that girl from West Virginia came up in conditions that I couldn't survive?
Went to war, came back alive
On top of that, became a female Black captain when, bein' Black, you had to extra-extra try
Way before James Brown made us proud
She bought a crib on the same street as Marvin Gaye right there on Outer Drive
And she taught me how to drive
And she raised her kids, then her kids' kids, and she did it right
Taught me how to love, taught me not to cry
When I die, I hope you teach me how to fly
All my life, you've been that angel in disguise, and I
I hope you learn to make it on your own
And if you love yourself, just know you'll never be alone
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know
Hope you get the pretty girls that's pretty at everything
Million-dollar cribs, havin' million-dollar dreams (Oh)
And when you get it all, just remember one thing, remember one thing
That one man can change the world
That one man can change the world
Thank you for callin' me and thinkin' about me
It's all good, I love you, grandma
Bye