I'm a young nigga who just lives life I done seen so much shit just from the very bottom Love is just always above me Get me out the mud I just want a nigga to go with I thought I got it out the jungle It's we is bigger than him As you know, God put me on a position for a reason I was deep like in the street life Was on my grind do I didn't sleep nights Used to push rocks out on my block Saw police lights, I heard the gunshots I had nowhere to go At the end of the rope Had to do something fast Now I ain't out of my mind 'Cus I found the light at the end of the tunnel That's why I kept my head high Instead of sellin my faith Sittin here wishin I would die Living in hell on earth They lied so I couldn't see at first But I know it wouldn't get worse so it only got better Better and it's getting better 'Cus I know one thing – the life would get better Finally made a way so now it's all better 'Cus I know one thing – the life would get better Finally made a way so now it's all better A nigga help city, mine is the only way to survive is kill And that may mean protecting myself Or I'mma come up and shoot em up bang bang on every nigga Ya dig? It's my squad against yours And a lot of niggas got that mentality Thinkin, you know, that's the way to come up That's New Orleans

My name is August, I'm so far from flawless This heart has been damaged, need a bandage where my scars is These eyes have seen plenty, these hands have shook many These lies took a toll from all of those friends, folks turned enemies And I'm really from the streets, really where they play for keeps Really where we taught hard heart Don't show emotion, you'll look weak But I've always just been me, who got hard leakup for weeks Wear emotions on my sleeve, on the grind until I'm weak But I gotta keep movin' Grindin' for more, keepin' my hope Covered in prayer, God, please, don't let me go Work on my trauma, lick all of my own wounds Love myself like I'm supposed to Keep my light when my days look low Tell me could you do the same too? Still love me when it's very scary Ride with me, babe Do a bid, stack and grind, say I'ma pray with you Do-or-die type of love that vow to stay with you Ride top, bang hard, just caught a stray bullet Reckless love February to forever-ary, say swear, ain't no endin' to us Could you be my future, like June into July, don't you lie Let me introduce myself My name August (August), have you fallin' (fallin') Like it's August (August) Pardon, let me introduce myself My name August (August), have you fallin' (fallin') Like it's August (August) Pardon, let me introduce myself

I love the way you keep them heels on Hair ain't yours but it's paid for and it's real long Show them tattoos when you switch it up With your jays on And you got an ass so fat that I can't help but feel on And You keep it real when it comes to having sex Girl you don't ever flex Long as I fuck you good You ain't worried bout what's next That's why I keep you here You ain't like them other hoes Cause you the fucking best Just in case you didn't know Cause you ain't got A half a million dollar condo And you ain't got A hundred thousand dollar car But you got a billion dollar body Trust me I know You keep it hood no matter where you are Cause you come from the ghetto Love em from the ghetto You're the type of girl I like That's why I keep you right you off the ghetto Love em from the ghetto Ain't afraid to let it show Baby, gone and let them know You are the ghetto Let them know, you from the ghetto Better let'em know Girl you are the ghetto Better let'em know Better let'em know You are that G-H-E-TT-O You hold it down And you never let them haters Come around, girl that's why I keep you on speed dial Just in case some shit get bad Keep that ratchet in your bag Got a little cash Just in case I need you If they lock me down I know I'd see you That's without a doubt I know you understand how it go But you're down for the ride That's why I still keep you by my side Cause you ain't got A half a million dollar condo And you ain't got A hundred thousand dollar car But you got a billion dollar body Trust me I know You keep it hood no matter where you are Cause you come from the ghetto Love em from the ghetto Girl your the type I like That's why I keep you right you off the ghetto Love em from the ghe... o Ain't afraid to let it show Baby, go on let them know You are the ghetto Let them know, you from the ghetto Better let'em know Girl you are the ghetto Better let'em know Better let'em know You are that G-H-E-TT-O She G-H-E-TT-O My little buddy, my little hoe Been fucking with her since I was in high school She had my heart and secrets too She was born and raised in the projects Never listen what other guys said She been going though shit I can tell, because her eyes red Her Heart hurt it been beat up I wanna Start up but don't mislead ya I cry my heart like the pledge alligence I give my all if you don't leave me She G-H-E-TT-O I love that shit Cause you never see her with money Don't mean she broke Yeah Shawty down my pimping Shawty know how it goes Shawty know her position And shawty play her role Got August in here with me And I could rap it acapella I fuck with you lil baby Even though you from the ghetto Love em from the ghetto Girl you the type I like That's why I keep you right you out the ghetto Love em from the ghetto Ain't afraid to let it show Baby, gone and let them know You are the ghetto Let them know, you from the ghetto Better let'em know Girl you are the ghetto Better let'em know Better let'em know You out that G-H-E-TT-O

P-P-P-Lo, time to bring the bass back Got a call on my cell phone Heard you in the 5-1-0 Don't you got a party at the hotel? Me and my friends, we all wanna go Please keep quiet I don't wanna start a riot I understand you're excited Don't tell nobody L.A. face with a Oakland booty So you know that's fat I try to get the number, she like catch me outside I'm like "How 'bout dat" Party at the hotel Things seem to be goin' well Walking past money on the floor Please don't go I know you want me, but you're indecisive Head in the clouds, you captain, I'll be pilot I know you want me, but you're indecisive Head in the clouds, you captain, I'll be pilot And you already know me, yeah, yeah, yeah Uh, It's a must, yeah, you gotta eat Ay, this a game not a gameplay Yeah, big bank take lil' bank Ay, the account gettin' a lil' weight Woah, if she want me, that's on her Ay, I with it too, but I can't make it clear to her Ay, I'ma kill it, I'ma put it on her shirt Ay, yeah, you should let me do the work Ay, I know you see her with the L.A. face with a Oakland booty So you know that's fat I try to get the number, she like catch me outside I'm like "How 'bout dat" Party at the hotel Things seem to be goin' well Walking past money on the floor Please don't go I know you want me, but you're indecisive Head in the clouds, you captain, I'll be pilot I know you want me, but you're indecisive Head in the clouds, you captain, I'll be pilot

Watching, waiting Rising, falling Listening, calling Drifting Touching, feeling (I see your) Seeing, believing (shadow coming) Hoping, sending (closer every) Leaving (day) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini If I tried to write a million words a day I see your shadow (I could not) Coming closer (say why you and) Then watch you (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) Watching (watching), waiting (waiting) Rising (rising), falling (falling) Listening (listening), calling (calling) Drifting (drifting, drifting, drifting) Touching (touching), feeling (feeling) (I feel your) Seeing (seeing), believing (believing) (shadow coming) Hoping (hoping), sending (sending) (closer every) Leaving (leaving) (day) (Leaving, leaving) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini We are travelling a million worlds away I see your (watching) shadow (waiting) (I could not) Coming (rising) closer (falling) (say why you and) Then watch you (listening) (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling) Watch you (watching) (I could) Drifting away (not say why) Falling (falling) (you and I) Listen who's calling (calling, calling) (are Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling, calling, calling)