[Trae:] This gon be the realest shit I ever wrote, so just know it's deeper than rap It was a lot of shit that go, but now I'm bringing it back I been a G all of my life, and tried to hold it for the best I'm the realest nigga living, they can write it when I rest Fuck it put me with the best, and I can stand out on my own It's survival of the truth, and I'll be coming for the throne Fuck being a bigger man, niggaz played the game wrong So I played it how they played it, while remaining in my zone These niggaz hoes, that's why they keep my name in they mouth It ain't hard to find me, bitch nigga I'm the streets of the South And ain't no banging over wax, nigga come see me in the hood In the section where fake is twisted, like the W in wood I been repping since I was 12, but now I'm 25 strong With the family of A.B.N., running and toting some'ing chrome I never trained to be in battle, even though I been at war Mob made motherfucker, prolly leave you with a scar I'm the truth
[Hook: Billy Cook] This be the realest, the realest shit I ever wrote This be the realest, the realest shit I ever spoke All I know is, (this gon be the realest shit I ever wrote) All I know is, that I'm gon be the truth
[Trae:] They better know I peep everything in the game, they got me looking at my life different Niggaz out here thinking they can know it, if my vibe different These other niggaz out here falsified, telling lies Sell a couple records, now they profitized keep it real You niggaz ain't got the credibility, to be the truth Unless you out here living what you talking, in the booth Everyday it be the same, niggaz know I'm in the lane Only fucking with the killers, cause we feel eachother pain I hit the highway with my niggaz, never toching the caine Now they got me watching for the FEDs, bitches mention my name Since I'm the leader of the gang, it make it hard for me to move I'm the truth, it ain't gon be a pretty sight for me to lose Trae bail on street shit, got it on a lock Everytime I'm going off, niggaz done got it on the block Never something that it's not, I only know of being Trae And that's the truth every motherfucking day, it ain't no other way
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[Trae:] Niggaz saying I got the name to be the truth, and I ain't even mad at em But that expression on they face, had me taking jabs at em This a warning shot, ever seen a nigga at his last If you haven't, I advise you let this motherfucker pass I ain't here to be mistaken, so respect it when I spit it Fuck it keep it yourself, cause anyone of you's will get it I'm a Asshole, and it's self explained by the anger And I'm holding on a glock, that's keeping one up in the chamber I'ma strut it like a gangsta, so my niggaz get they bang on Hopping out the slab, Dickies sagging with my chains on Hopping fly, cause they seen the dropper with them thangs on Lord knows, Trae'll leave them niggaz with they brains blown I'm in another zone, niggaz still on cloud nine And I'm a loner, you niggaz don't need to crowd mine Trae the Truth is what it is, niggaz know it's time Plus I'm here to make em lay it down, 'fore I spray it down
[Billy Cook:] The truth be the realest shit I ever spoke, be the realest shit I ever wrote (this gon be the realest shit I ever wrote) Be the realest shit I ever spoke, be the realest shit I ever wrote - 2X
[Trae:] This be the realest shit, I ever spoke Even if they never see it, this gon be the realest shit I ever wrote Pay attention, to the shit I quote Even if they never hear it, this gon be the realest shit I ever spoke - 2X
[Billy Cook:] One hundred percent real, one hundred percent reeeeeal Heeeey, Trae let em know ooooh This be the realest shit, that I ever spoke and wrote Th