That's how it is, that's how we do it That's how it is, that's how we do it Critics and cynics complain that it's a fallacy Claiming rap music has a lack of musicality But in reality none of the critics can rap So they don't know the facts but they're always on the attack see Rhythm and poetry that's what a rap is It takes musicality, focus and practice The rhythm is rapid like the notes of a jazz lick Or if it's a triplet it slows down like traffic You might point out that it lacks a melody But rap can be melodic like Ella or Della Reese I don't care about your musical pedigrees 'Cos I'm the half breed of a jazz funk legacy You better be on point when you diss it 'Cos we know the critics of rap are all bigots So dig it, this is how I kick it and it's beautiful Don't ever try to tell me that my rap isn't musical That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music The same critics talking trash and dissing rap Listen to jazz, rhythm and blues and classical gas Maybe they never studied the past or just don't mind That jazz wasn't considered a music at one time They don't want to admit that it might last A very long time like jazz and it's no fad Rap tracks continue to pack kiddies knapsacks So listen to the sax sayin' somethin' and that's that Now I can rap alone spontaneous like a saxophone solo Without a chaperon or a stack of poems I'm deep like a baritone singing in catacombs Back in the days I used to freestyle for accolades What other musical genre besides rap Crafts lyric gems just as rhythmic as hi-hats What other music improvises up wisecracks To make the crowd happily clap and why is that? That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music See I grew up in Philly listening to the Roots And Black Thought taught me the rules of this rap sport And now I'm hip-hoppin' on planes taking it worldwide To make the fellas clap and the beautiful girls sigh And every now and then critics emerge Telling me rap's not a music and I think it's absurd 'Cos I transcribe the rhythms and I know that I'm right And I show and prove my theory when I'm holding the mic I know you might not respect what I do But at least hear me out when I'm stepping to you 'Cos I'm not your average cat waving a gat When I rap I freestyle while I'm taking a nap Making them clap to the music as I travel the globe A representative with my pen I give a sensitive consideration to my sentences that's the concept Take it to the hook let me put it in context That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music That's how it is, that's how we do it That's why I love this hip hop music

I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine I'm right where I wanna be, most of you rappers is wannabes I move over squares like I'm playing chess, I think that Hov might've said it best Cost me nothing, I pay you no mind, they told me stay focused and stay on ya grind I know I been gone for a minute, but I'm back snapping like I'm breaking ya spine I just been taking my time, I been scheming and plotting Shoutout to my homie and grandfather, I know that you gone but you not forgotten Look... ain't nobody realer, even a hospital patient ain't iller Hop in the booth and I turn to a killer, got so far to go like I was J Dilla I got the moves like Big Sean, you don't make moves, like you paralyzed Or a mannequin, they panicking, cause these sick lines got em terrified Get it jumping like a trampoline, a young bull like Zach Lavine No Jayceon, but I'm in the game, and they falling off like saggy jeans I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine

Yea This that Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter, game on the line with a couple seconds I finally got a chance to eat, ima get a plate and ima come for seconds I came for first, I ain't come for second, I can't accept nothing less So I'm never slacking, this ain't a movie audition homie, you can stop the acting I'm pulling strings like a violin, took a loss and had to try again With these bars, man I'm good for a body, just like a vitamin Where the competition, invite em in, and watch me knock em off one at a time I'm on my level like Wiz, I feel like a boss how I handle my biz I just put on for the team and the fam, you just put on for the gram They watching my moves like TMZ, cause I'm bout to blow like TNT Well if they watching, I guess ima give em a show to remember Boy it's Tay Rob, a GOAT was born on that 14th day of December Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work I'm well connected like Wi-Fi, I been the prince like CyHi Can't wait til they label me king, like Meek Mill boy I'm chasing a dream Like James I'm going hard in the game, taking off like a rocket You dudes is way out of pocket, I was born to win, you can't stop it If I want it I get it, 110 percent is what I give it This is my life so please just let me live it, they selling they souls it's like they work at Hibbett Sports, catch me balling like I hoop at the courts, smoking rappers like a pack of Newports Married to the game, we won't divorce, Obi-Wan boy I came with the force I got em tripping like they in a scary movie, people showing love and barely knew me I feel so legit, the days I was stressing how I could I forget The come up is real, and if you ain't rocking with that you get left in the past I ain't taking breaks, I'm just punching the gas, I'm gunning for first, I can't settle for last Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work I just put on for the team and the fam, you just put on for the gram They watching my moves like TMZ, cause I'm bout to blow like TNT Well if they watching, I guess ima give em a show to remember Boy it's Tay Rob, a GOAT was born on that 14th day of December Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work, just sit back and watch me work Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work (watch me work) Watch me work (watch me), just sit back and watch me work Just sit back and watch me work Just sit back and watch me work Just sit back and watch me work Just sit back and watch me work

Yea Sometimes I don't know where I'm headed, I just gas up the whip and I ride But I'm never feeling lost, as long as the lord on my side I took all my losses I'm stride, I'm searching the world for the truth Found it the first time I stepped in the booth, biting my style and you might chip ya tooth Too much watching from the sideline, I had to get in the game Just put some respect on it, whenever you mention my name Ima grind til I'm deceased, I guess that's why they call it dedication Everyday I put in work, I focus only on the destination I got the heart of the city, I'm feeling like Jigga I took a shot like I'm pulling a trigger You said I wouldn't make it, man how do you figure I'm in a league of my own, I'm taking the throne, I'm making it known Guarantee nobody breaking my zone, can't stop til my greatness is shown My potential had a late show, that's why I call it David Letterman I earned all this from balling hard, like a varsity letterman What would I stop for, I ain't even made it up to the top floor Got the keys to success, I'm tryna open up these locked doors Them platinum plaques, I'll grind for it, I'll rhyme for it, I'll shine for it Put my heart and soul in every line for it, if being real was a crime Then I guarantee that I'd be doing time for it, top of the mountain I'll climb for it I know they love it when I switch the flow, it's Tay Rob if you didn't know Sometimes I don't know where I'm headed, I just gas up the whip and I ride But I'm never feeling lost, as long as the lord on my side I took all my losses I'm stride, I'm searching the world for the truth Found it the first time I stepped in the booth, biting my style and you might chip ya tooth Too much watching from the sideline, I had to get in the game Just put some respect on it, whenever you mention my name Ima grind til I'm deceased, I guess that's why they call it dedication Everyday I put in work, I focus only on the destination We up right now, and we staying up My crew too dope can't hang with us I'm laid back and I'm soft spoken I ain't saying much We in different leagues, can't play with us, we ball different I'm D1 and you D3, I ain't playing games, even if I was at E3 Most of you rappers can't see me, you Ray Charles with the vision Look how I work I'm a man on a mission I wanted this bad but was too busy wishing Too busy wishing and not enough doing Said ima make it and that's what I'm proving Like bubble wrap boy I been popping They watch all my moves like they binge watching, wait I remember nights I broke down, they was sleeping on me but they woke now I left all the bs behind, just spilling the thoughts in my mind I'm ahead of my time, ahead of my class Winning the race and you suckas in last This is my moment I can't let it pass See right through these fakes like I'm peeking through glass Sometimes I don't know where I'm headed, I just gas up the whip and I ride But I'm never feeling lost, as long as the lord on my side I took all my losses I'm stride, I'm just searching the world for the truth Found it the first time I stepped in the booth, biting my style and you might chip ya tooth Sometimes I don't know where I'm headed, I just gas up the whip and I ride But I'm never feeling lost, as long as the lord on my side I took all my losses I'm stride, I'm searching the world for the truth Found it the first time I stepped in the booth, biting my style and you might chip ya tooth Too much watching from the sideline, I had to get in the game Just put some respect on it, whenever you mention my name Ima grind til I'm deceased, I guess that's why they call it dedication Everyday I put in work, I focus only on the destination