Whatchu know bout a check
Whatchu know bout the power
Told you give my respect
I done did my forty hours
Whatchu know bout a check
Whatchu know bout the power
Told you give my respect
I done did my forty hours
Whatchu know bout spending all ya free time
Working on ya craft but in the meantime
People passing by they don't get it no
Put my heart into this music yall don't hear me tho
Yall don't hear it tho
Yall don't feel my soul
I keep it rockin' it and locking but I don't hear no
No man no man
Locked up in the studio this the flow man
Whatchu know bout tryna make a beat
But you can't make any heat
Worry bout ya family
Whatchu know bout them long nights
Long fights
Cause you worried if the song right
Alright
Whatchu know bout working 9to5
Whatchu bout that late night grind
Whatchu know bout it
Whatchu know bout that 22nd take
And you wanna take a break
But the song will go late
Whatchu know bout a check
Whatchu know bout the power
Told you give my respect
I done did my forty hours
Whatchu know bout a check
Whatchu know bout the power
Told you give my respect
I done did my forty hours
I took a look inside myself and realized I'm insane
Just a walking contradiction but still balanced through the game
God in the flesh swear since a kid that things been looking strange
Disappeared into another realm
Just to get away
But I'm ok
Shit, I'm a man I own up to my mistakes
I done did some people dirty still accepting what I take
When that karma come back is the only time that they pray
But that ain't me living righteous elevating every day
So don't play with Low or we be at ya neck
What you know bout that choppa
Keep that cutlass right next to the bed
Notty dread got me outchea living like Rasta
All that we demand is some respect
I seen niggas trade it for a check thinking they got power
Hard to keep that pride
On a side
When you thinkin that you got it
But really that shit is ours
Whatchu know bout a check
Whatchu know bout the power
Told you give my respect
I done did my forty hours
Whatchu know bout a check
Whatchu know bout the power
Told you give my respect
I done did my forty hours