Platinum

'Bout time, they opened up the do' for Z-Ro

'Cause I've been dropping hits, since ten years ago

Trying to do it legal, and not slang yayo

If I can't get it legal, to the corner I go

I never took pride in slanging cocaine

Never could get a job, but needed some mo' change

C.D.'s wasn't selling, because I had no name

Nothing but a t-shirt, no piece, no chain

Too many times, I was ready to give up

Run up in a bank, and say, "This is a stick-up"

Put my pain on records, and record sales picked up

The tears I done shed, led me to the big bucks

2004, I ain't broke no mo'

'Cause God is my life jacket, when I sink solo

I went to a hundred thousand from a whole fo'

So all you haters hate me as I make a little mo'

I'm going platinum this time (this time, this time)

I think you fellas, better respect my mind (mind, mind)

I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels and my dimes (my dimes, my dimes)

And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine (shine, shine)

They got me living in a '56, Mass L

My locker full of commissary, and my fan mail

My city saying, "Z-Ro, what you gon do when you get out of jail?"

I can't do no more pyrexes, no more scales

Trying to make a million dollas off my melody

Couldn't see it coming, so I caught a state-jail felony

F-1 bunk twelve, there resides the stars

Special thanks to love, 'cause "I Hate U Bitch" is climbin' to the top of the charts

Being free is like being on lock

Niggas still kick it with ya, but try to get some of what ya got

I ain't never seen so many feminine men

Swear to God they holding in the world, but ain't nobody seeing dividends

That ain't the life for me, I had to get it

Might not be rich in the present, but I'ma be rich in a minute

'Cause I got three Cuzos sitting up high, rolling 24's

Screaming A.B.N. get in the do', waiting for Ro

I'm going platinum this time (this time, this time)

I think you fellas, better respect my mind (mind, mind)

I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels and my dimes (my dimes, my dimes)

And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine (shine, shine)

Jealousy and envy play a major role

Everytime a playa try to get his pockets swoll

Somebody said I did this, and said I did that

Even told homicide, I pushed the homie's wig back

They don't wanna see a nigga make it out of poverty

When will they realize, God is running with me, ain't no stopping me?

Probably never will, so keep on trying

You can clip my wings, but I see happiness in the sky

So I'ma keep on flying

Until I find a rested place

So many battle scars, blood on my chest and face

Whether I'm working or rapping 24/7, me and Satan be scrapping

He want my soul, but I ain't gon' let it happen

Even if I lose my life, trying to chase my dream

Whoever do me, gon' have hell when they face my team

I got them same three Cuzos holding me down, if I ain't coming back

Bet they bury me with g-stacks, plus a platinum plack

I'm going platinum this time (this time, this time)

I think you fellas, better respect my mind (mind, mind)

I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels and my dimes (my dimes, my dimes)

And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine (shine, shine)

I'm going platinum this time (this time, this time)

I think you fellas, better respect my mind (mind, mind)

I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels and my dimes (my dimes, my dimes)

And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine (shine, shine)