Gotta keep my head above waternGotta stay head-strong, keep rolling onnNo point getting caught in the hype is longnLike I don't know right from wrongnSo I gotta be realnNothing to prove, I'm stillnBig in the hood, I feelnSo in control, I'm chillnNo one ain't knocking off DillnSo I stay top on the billnI'm the main event, the headlinernWent from jungle DJ to rhymernNever thought I would be the big timernBut I still par it like, yo, it's a minornCause I still rep my ends, still check my friendsnCan I keep it up? nI guess it all dependsnIf I can keep my mind rightnDon't get tempted by the limelightnI think I'll be alrightnnTemptation leads like your naughty matenThe one that used to get you in bothernThe one you can never bring yourself to hatennCan't avoid the temptationnBut I know I gotta change my waysnAnd keep my nose clean, gotta fix upnTake a look at my life cause I ain't sixteennAnd I ain't no boy, ain't no kidnThe world ain't flat and the picture's bignCertain things that I gotta get ridnAnd a whole lot more that I gotta get withnSo I gotta stay and roam on my ownnGotta move on, I can't stay at homenCause I know what's there is all the samenCrack, cocaine and ghetto famenCold hard cash and a bit of a namenAnd I've see it all, so I need a changenLost too many bredrens to the gamenAnd you could say temptation's to blamennWe used to be tightnMe and my naughty friendsnCaused pure madness in the endsnI mean day and nightnWe robbed, we stole, we loved to fightnSmoking, drinking, joyridingnDrugs, thugs, not law-abidingnReckless youngsters, no directionnNo sign of correctionnBut then I switched it up, changed my waysnGot in the area like, Oh my daysnBut not my naughty friends, they're not fazednCan't believe that this music paysnSee no reason why we can't donAll the things that we've always donenStill in my heart I know that's just wrongnBut it's hard to fight the temptation, son