#proud contest entry BEAT: LIL BABY FREESTYLE LYRICS COMPOSER: FLEXY WAN From an early age I was cast into a dark cage Full of wild lives with food shortage I had no other choice but to gather courage Fought through with my blood sweat and tears out of strong rage Slept on them cold streets Until Grandma took in I freshen up and eat some porridge I had no idea who my parents were then Still thankful for the lessons she gave Turn em into my weapon Fast forward couple years Been studying the game Now I'm a prodigy Is a win win on the this side No new friends No enemies Use to be called a skinny man But now we eating good Guess I gain some calories I just made a couple dollars Mama proud of This ain't no luck ain't no lottery Top gee Big G thats who it gotta be Been studying the game now I'm a prodigy Ok let me break down in my hometown Imma a champion don't need my little sis Writing my rhymes I got crown many try taking it from But Everytime I break em down Like Kwadwo Sheldon Shouting bars my naiga I've dropping all these bars Just to stay sober Same bars that I drop give y'all Hung over Seeing all this black faces on billboards Reminds me Africa is taking over Not ashamed of my background Proud of the motherland Proud of my culture Proud of Ghana 🇬🇭 That's where I'm from I'm a black star Shining so bright they think that I'm white Like we back in the 1900s Cinema Living life like a movie Now we in the big league And I see no competition All I'm worried about is making my family proud Only people that never doubt my ability of making it out It gave me the strength To stand against my haters When They said it wasn't my turn Just like flawless real talk I just told is cool never said I was waiting nah I just don't argue with fools need a chance to show them I got the juice Open my mouth acid rap flowing thru Is a work in progress But there's a lot of room to improve