Lil Durk, J. Cole “ALL MY LIFE” Lyrics
[Intro]
Durkio told me he been on some positive shit, yeah, yeah
Lately I just wanna show up and body some shit, yeah, yeah
Always been a little mathematician
Lately, it’s cash I’m gettin’
Got me losing count of these bags
I been moving too fast
Hard times don’t last
Remember when cops harass
Talkin’ out my ass
Boy, you ain’t shit but a bitch with a badge
[Verse 1]
All my life (All my life)
They been trying to keep me down (They be tryna keep me down)
All this time (All this time)
I never thought I would make it out (Never thought I’d make it out)
They couldn’t break me, they couldn’t break me (No, no)
They couldn’t take me, they couldn’t take me (No)
All my life (All my life)
They been trying to keep me down (They be tryna keep me down)
[Verse 2]
I decided I had to finish
But the media called me a menace
I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I’m tryna change the image
You can’t blame my past no more
I come from the trenches
Some said I’d never be a superstar
But I know I’m different
[Verse 3]
I’m a voice
But the system ain’t give me a choice
Know some people that’s still undeployed
I know a felon who tryna get FOID
Child support your only support
For a visit I’m going through courts
Went to jail, they was chaining me up
And you know that I’m famous as fuck
See how you gon’ joke about stimulus
But they really had came in the clutch
I know some kids wanna hurt theyself
Stop tryna take drugs, I refer to myself
Tryna better myself
Tryna better my health
But
[Verse 4]
All my life (All my life)
They been trying to keep me down (They be tryna keep me down)
All this time (All this time)
I never thought I would make it out (Never thought I’d make it out)
They couldn’t break me, they couldn’t break me (No, no)
They couldn’t take me, they couldn’t take me (No)
All my life (All my life)
They been trying to keep me down (They be tryna keep me down)
[Verse 5]
First generation ghetto ****
Cold world, hello ****
Made it out the city with my head on straight
**** keep shooting, let the lead out
Young Jordan Peele, gotta get out
But the shit that I spit out
Is a cheat code like I’m facin’ a RICO
And how a **** put a hit out
And another one and, and another one
I got like a hunnid of them
‘Bout to lap **** so they think they ahead of me, but I’m really in front of them
Now some of them fumbling they bags
Fuckin’ up the little crumbs that they had
A reminder to humble yourself, this shit can be gone in an instant
Me, I’m running long distance
All pistons firing
I be stuck between maybe retiring and feeling like I’m just now hittin’ my prime
These days seem rappers be dying
Way before they even gettin’ they shine
I never even heard of Lil Buddy
Till somebody murder Lil Buddy
Now I’m on the phone searchin’ Lil Buddy name
Got ’em playing his tunes all day in my room
Thinking, “Damn
This shit wicked, to get they names buzzin’
Some **** just gotta go lay in a tomb”
And media thirsty for clicks
I gotta new rule
If you ain’t never posted a rapper when he was alive
You can’t post about him after he get hit
It’s simple
It’s the principle
On any tempo
I’m invincible
Don’t even rap, I just vent to you
I rather that than an interview
Most days
Fuck ’em all like I’m going through a ho phase
Young **** shoot out the whip like road rage
I pray all of my dogs stay so paid
And the only thing that kill ’em is old age
[Outro]
All my life (All my life)
They been trying to keep me down (They be tryna keep me down)
All this time (All this time)
I never thought I would make it out (Never thought I’d make it out)
They couldn’t break me, they couldn’t break me (No, no)
They couldn’t take me, they couldn’t take me (No)
All my life (All my life)
They been trying to keep me down (They be tryna keep me down)