What Do You Do When You're Branded

Branded, scorned as the one who ran
 What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
 Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man
 See now I'm back wit the force
 Read about the kid from the front to the back of the source
 You see me back on the course
 Scream on every beat until my voice get crackled and horse
 Front seat niggas never sit in the back wit a boss
 Fuck the fact that it cost, the pricetag of the Porche
 Will cost ya life, have ya motha feel an immaculate loss
 But of course, come and speak to the best
 And watch me spit a jewel sharper to carve the meat of your flesh
 You lookin' weak in the chest, you see the street is a test
 Women on the stoop smokin' holdin' a seed to they breast
 You see the street is a mess
 Strugglin', holdin' a couple pounds of weed then the rest
 Now I proceed to the rest of my niggas keepin' it fresh
 Though we must stay on the grind I supersceded the stress
 We always seem to finesse from the east to the west
 You know we keep the teflon from the street to the vest
 Kill that nigga slow like how you get defeated in chess
 Got you under pressure, hairline receaded effects
 Hot air niggas I only feel the heat from your breath
 Rap niggas beef in they album probably needed the press
 And as a man I never found the slightest need to impress
 Another man because I'm proud and I believe that I'm blessed
 But yo, I always found the need to address these weaker niggas
 That speak to the street always keepin' the people abreast
 Now you've been
 Branded, scorned as the one who ran
 What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
 Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man
 Higher science and I'm changin' the crime in
 I watch my son 'cuz you'd be fuckin' wit the child of a giant
 I'm in a place stuck between bein' lovin' and violent
 Becomin' more of a threat when I move subtle and silent
 Then set it off to be the only one to quiet the riot
 My destiny's the only thing between the sky and the pilot
 Relate, it's like bustin' a 3-8
 Be late, I be takin' most of the brick leavin' a pile outta shape
 I never quit watchin' these niggas tryin' to hide they mistake
 Takin' a shit watchin' they body floatin' by in the lake
 Make it quick you weak niggas, better try to escape
 And create the quickest way to reach the fire escape
 Snitch niggas always quick to go and lie on a tape
 But it's okay 'cuz super hero niggas die wit a cape
 It's so great to watch them finally break, stand aside from the fake
 Street niggas gotta slide for the take
 Bein' broke and not bein' able to buy me a steak
 Stackin' my paper so see now I can buy an estate
 So I rely on the love and I reply to the hate
 So much pain in the struggle my whole body'll ache, come on
 From the gates, so awake that was the plan of my fate
 Now, I'm straight, got me my own knife and fork on my plate
 Wanna scorch a debate, wait, do me a favor nigga jus' remember
 The date 'cuz you been
 Branded, scorned is the one who ran
 What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
 Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man