Through the Storm - Fat Tony

Never took a liking to the lifestyle

Dabbled just a little but I’d never say I’m that wild

Never say never, since the beginning I was that child

Ready and willing to get it in, focused, hoping to be a rap god

Quite odd, few screws loose, on my iPod

Mac Dre, UGK, 12th grade in the H

Went hard every day at Carnegie Vanguard

Letting niggas know exactly what my next plans are

Few years later I’m in LA with Tom Cruz

2012, the years prior I paid dues

Fucked with Das Racist to this day they still my dudes

R.I.P.

Yams, had me and Rocky on Pro Tools

At Daniel Lynas studio, damn it, I was studious

Learning each inch of the game, put every tool to work

Do it like my duty, yeah, need more than a souvenir

In this shit to get the glory, you can keep the free beer

Learned a lot about myself but still got more to figure out

Glad I took this route, I’m underground, come and dig it out

Dig a bit deeper, find something you can smile about

Life hard right now, I swear I’m finna work it out

Now I’m back in California

Lived a bit in Brooklyn, Houston, Mexico

In that order

Atwater Village, where I first resided in this city

Still dear to me

Acted such an ass I need an Emmy

Used to puff it, pass it to my niggas

Now I take a break from the smoke to keep my mind in it

Never liked The Strokes but I stroke it like you pet a kitty

Thinking bout the only girl I ever see when I ain’t busy

Back up like my nigga Juve said for the Nine-Nine

Finna call this fuckin A&R for the 9th time

Ima need the splits to hit my BMI right on time

If the side is soup, you know I gotta get the wonton

If I die today, I’ll die with pride on and offline

Know enough to know when I fail, it ain’t the last time

Older, I know how to prevail when it is crunch time

Bolder, I know more of myself, ain’t finna fuck around

Learned a lot about myself but still got more to figure out

Glad I took this route, I’m underground, come and dig it out

Dig a bit deeper, find something you can smile about

Life hard right now, I swear I’m finna work it out