Rejoice

To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Don’t let 'em tell you money’s better than respect
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Just give me my respect, give me my respect
Been a boss since I’ve been a boss
Paid dues, dues paid bro at any cost
Tossing in the towel, never thought of that
Had to watch all my dreams die, then I brought 'em back
Resurrected, too connected to be disrespected
My enemies so insecure that they’re ineffective
Collecting checks after the show’s done
Never flashing pistols, still consider me a shogun
I’m all war, West LA 'til they box me up
Or 'til them crooked ASS cops come and lock me up
A free man using free speech
Until they free Mumia and they free Meech
To each his own, and I got mine
First six figures that I saw, I was not signed
Undermined, underground, I was underrated
But if I listened to them, I would have never made it
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Don’t let 'em tell you money’s better than respect
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Just give me my respect, give me my respect
You gotta get down for you to get up
Eyes on the prize and keep your chin up
Look at how the Hot Boys split up
The ones we start with don’t always finish with us
It’s every man for himself
But I wouldn’t be SHIT if the fans didn’t help
Humble, level-headed and I’m down to earth
Never dealing with devils, I know what I’m worth
Ashes to ashes, and dirt to dirt
Down to die for the craft because I put in work
From the ground up, that’s how I built this
Put the murder to the music and I kill SHIT
One car ride from a homicide
Should have shot off all six but I let them slide
Wrote a song, killed them all in the same night
And it’s a trip that one track changed my whole life
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Don’t let 'em tell you money’s better than respect
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Just give me my respect, give me my respect
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Don’t let 'em tell you money’s better than respect
To the depths, I’ve been to the depths
From my last breath to the last check
I do it for the cause, never the effect
Just give me my respect, give me my respect