Fabolous — Young OG II

[Chorus: Abir Haronni] Troubled tears, they'll land you here Open your eyes it's all a disguise The fear that you feel is not real, not real The fear that you feel is not real, no Similar sky, similar ties But I know all about you, I do [Verse 1: Fabolous] It's not real, yeah... look The saddest stories comes from those who once had the glory Had the forei's, diamond watches and the baddest shorties Now they in their latter 40's, bunch of kids, scattered shorties No respect from the neglect, they call they daddy Corey I'm from a different cloth, that ain't the pattern for me There's levels to this shit, it's different categories Can't be like these niggas out here, lookin' fat and gaudy They ain't never won no rings, but be mad at Horry Talkin' 'bout, "Man that nigga don't deserve that shit" Like, "I was really in these streets, I used to serve that shit" We started from the bottom, had to topsy-turn that shit Get it while the getting's good after that preserve that shit My ex texted me last night, but I curve that shit Coulda end up hittin' it, be too late to swerve that shit That's a young mistake, Lord knows I made me some I love gettin' brain, that never made me dumb All that did was made me cum, swear these hoes made me numb Only feelings for this bitch, you been shoulda gave me some I knew some niggas who had some bread never gave me crumbs Drank the whole fuckin' juice and never saved me some I know how young niggas feel, I had to live through shit See the world as constipated, nobody gon' give you shit I learned that niggas gon' be niggas, yeah we shouldn't do it But hoes gon' be hoes, they just ain't admittin' to it Where I been? Gettin' to it, goin' through and gettin' through it Runnin' round killin' shit and tellin' cops, "I didn't do it" That's why they call me "Young OG" And I'ma spit this dope shit until my tongue OD I flew my shorty in from Cali and she brung OG She got me chillin' in my city but my lungs OT, yeah And fuck them niggas online, reply why Broke niggas talkin', 'cause it's free Wi-Fi, yeah [Chorus: Abir Haronni] Troubled tears, they'll land you here Open your eyes it's all a disguise The fear that you feel is not real, not real The fear that you feel is not real, no Similar sky, similar ties But I know all about you, I do [Verse 2: Fabolous] Yeah, haha My son gon' be a king, I tell him every morning I put my chain on his neck, right now it's heavy on him One day it'll all be his, so I'm forever on him I test him all the time and I never warn him I pop quiz him like stop, listen and drop wisdom Pops vision; the bottom's crowded, the top isn't We talk guap missions, cops, prison I help him see it clearly, I'm his life optician Could learn from my experience but youngin' gotta live Just not with that mentality, that something gotta give 'Cause that's how we grew up, probably should've picked for boogers Nah, we was on them streets, juggin' for that mugger Still, scared that you still could get killed That fear that you feel was that real But I'm there like, "I will not get killed" So that fear that I feel is not real, boy I'm a true King, tryna raise a new king I wanna show him stuff, teach him how to do things How to ride a bike, how to tie his shoe strings How to be a man, how to treat his boo thing Gotta have the OG, give you that "Go 'head" I don't blame you niggas, I blame your old head I know all about that, my poppa wasn't down Poppa used to come through, poppa doesn't now Shoulda' protected me, but poppa wasn't 'round So now I got this 9, that pop-a-dozen round Them kids grow up quick, usually grow you up too Turn you to a big dog, that's what havin' pups do Did a lot, but I know I ain't done yet Before it goes down, I make sure that my son set You made so strong, you made this whole song You made me Young OG, love you Johan [Chorus: Abir Haronni] Troubled tears, they'll land you here Open your eyes it's all a disguise The fear that you feel is not real, not real The fear that you feel is not real, no Similar sky, similar ties But I know all about you, I do [Outro: Abir Haronni] I do...