Venting While Im Perking

Nobody knows the risks I take Mike, Mike, you be goin' crazy I hate when my efforts go unnoticed And I feel underappreciated and undervalued You don't know how hard I'm tryin Fannie 808 You don't know how hard I try To be a better person But lately it ain't working I even quit the dope game for a minute and started working They said the streets ain't worth it Death That's the only thing that's certain You don't know how hard I try To make it all worth it I started from the bottom, I'm emerging The streets turned me into a whole different person Let me vent to you while I'm perking Fire headies was waitin' on me in the alley for me to serve em I get the money, go right to the mall and start splurging Cover up every insecurity that I got with a purchase Patchin' up my flaws on the outside, I appear perfect I just wanna be who they wanna be When I walk in the room, people notice me All the hard work it took, they ain't noticing People so judgmental and don't know a thing They don't know a thing Don't know about them high speeds We know we gon' get away, so we don't throw a thing I got anything you think you need, just give my phone a ring Bet I can compensate you, if you got the paper Phone always ringin', but I don't hold no conversation I should've been a receptionist or an operator Tell me what you tryna get and the route you takin And I'll be there in a jiffy, it's crazy in my city Got a ride with the blicky My biggest fear is runnin' and still dyin' like Ricky Or dyin' like Nipsey They say real is rare to find, we dyin' out quickly Can't wait till I catch shhhhh I'm dyin' just to kill em Whole city ridin', strikers shit, we used to ride pillies I remember wearin' pennies, now I put my feet in Fendi's I grinded hard for this shit Late nights, 2 a.m., cold and dark as a bitch I was ridin' in that fin, out here sharkin' and shit Need a press for them grams to get it hard as I can You gotta move like a shark to outsmart all the pigs To get to where I'm at, it was hard than a bitch You don't know how hard I try To be a better person But lately it ain't working I even quit the dope game for a minute and started working They said the streets ain't worth it, Death That's the only thing that's certain You don't know how hard I tried To make it all worth it I started from the bottom, I'm emergin The streets turned me into a whole different person Let me vent to you while I'm perking