Fully Equipped

Lyrics

Verse 1
I was raised in the shit,
ain’t no need to explain it

Praised in the shit,
but the pain never changed it

Mama kept the stove hot,
I kept my face in the window

Learned quick who was real,
who would fold, who would dim low

I was abtained in the shit,
yeah, I know how that sounds

Left it raw on the page,
same scars, same ground

I was built by the nights
when the fridge had air in it

Had to make somethin’ shake
when the shelf was bare in it

No handouts, no saves,
just a jaw full of grit

Every lesson came hard,
every blessing got hit

Took a bruise, kept a grin,
made a throne out the block

Now they talk like I’m legend
’cause I rose from the rock

Pre-Chorus
Say my name, let it ring
I was cut from the floor

Every wound got a voice
and it wanted some more

Hold that line, hold that stare
when the wolves come around

I was made in the storm
and I still hold my ground

Chorus
Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
that’s what I know

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
watch me move slow

Raised in it, praised in it
I don’t fold

Fully equipped for this
I came for the gold

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
say it again

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
I survive, I win

Verse 2
I seen friends turn slick
for a little bit of shine

Seen family go cold
over pennies and time

Had to learn how to read
every face, every twitch

’Cause a smile can be poison
and a handshake a switch

I was out in the rain
with my back to the wind

Tryna carry my name
like a weight I could lift

You can ask where I been,
I been deep in the code

Where the truth cost a dime
and the lies got sold

I was hungry with pride,
I was stubborn with scars

Had a dream in my chest
and a hole in my guard

Now my steps got a purpose,
my word got a spine

If I said I would ride,
then I ride every time

I don’t talk for the room,
I don’t beg for a seat

I was taught from the mud
how to stand on my feet

Pre-Chorus
Say my name, let it ring
I was cut from the floor

Every wound got a voice
and it wanted some more

Hold that line, hold that stare
when the wolves come around

I was made in the storm
and I still hold my ground

Chorus
Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
that’s what I know

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
watch me move slow

Raised in it, praised in it
I don’t fold

Fully equipped for this
I came for the gold

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
say it again

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
I survive, I win

Verse 3
I got dirt on my soles
and a crown in my mind

Got the kind of calm
that can cut through a riot

Every room that I enter
gets quiet, then tense

’Cause I speak from the scar
and I move with intent

I was nothin’ but pressure,
now I’m built like a wall

Every crack turned to gold
every loss taught me crawl

Every “no” made me sharper,
every door made me loud

Now they watch from the sidelines
while I walk through the crowd

I don’t envy the flash,
I don’t need any proof

I got pain in my memory
and fire in my youth

If the world want a war,
then I bring my own peace

I can sit in the storm
and still make it release

You can try to erase me,
but I’m carved in the stone

I was raised in the shit,
now I reap what I sow

Bridge
Half-time
Remember the nights
when the floor was the bed

Remember the words
that stayed stuck in my head

Remember the look
when they counted me out

Now I’m here with the proof
and I’m built from the drought

Chorus
Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
that’s what I know

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
watch me move slow

Raised in it, praised in it
I don’t fold

Fully equipped for this
I came for the gold

Gangsta shit, gangsta shit
say it again

Gangsta