Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Since day one I say *** the fame and everything it dealt But the fame is really here just to facilitate the wealth But the wealth attracts you haters like mosquitoes to a well And the water's getting deeper, so I'm wasted at this sale Someone called my cell and left a voice mail That said congratulations on a million record sales As I'm flipping over furniture, knocking *** off the shelf I told myself I never get too deep to take a breath But I'm sinking and it's so hard to breathe, yeah And even more so to sleep when no one cares It was all I could need But now I'm sinking so deep I can't come up for air Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Yeah, I've seen the valley of the shadow of death I've seen the mountains of wild childhood That's why I sing about it I just try to move on and keep my peace about it But come to think about it I can't even count the days that I spent storming Trying to find some decent housing That's why I'm always smiling But on this beat I seem so violent So ask me about the music scene and what the *** I think about it Time flies, I guess that's why I'm bugging Just yesterday I was rapping with my brother and my cousin If you had a stove or toaster on, you couldn't use the oven We knew that we were struggling, we just acted like we wasn't It was either make it rapping, if not that, then hustling So all I see is magazine covers in this game You either surface or you plummet It's a dead line and I'm just trying to keep my head above it Damn And it's so hard to breathe, yeah And even more so to sleep when no one cares It was all I could need But now I'm sinking so deep I can't come up for air I sink away I sink away I sink away I sink away I sink away Get carried away Get carried away And it's so hard to breathe, yeah And even more so to sleep when no one cares It was all I could need But now I'm sinking so deep Damn, never in a plan But hey, it's a long way from beating Poppin' Pan Damn, never in a plan But hey, it's a long way from beating Poppin' Pan Damn, never in a plan But hey, it's a long way from beating Poppin' Pan Damn, never in a plan But hey, it's a long way from beating Poppin' Pan But now I'm sinking so deep I can't come up for air Air Ah Ah I I I I I I I I I I