You gotta block out the devils.
The devils is the ones that not gonna help you.
You trying to get up and you trying to turn this TV on right?
The devil’s gonna tell you, “Man nah, you ain’t push that button."
"All you gotta do is stick something up in there in that socket, just stick a metal thing
in that socket.”
You know what I mean?
They’ll tell you to bullshit.
Every time you trying to excel, here they come.
So you gotta learn how to stay focused.
If you know it’s bullshit, don’t even listen to it.
Shout out to my boy J. Cole man.
Keep smashing man.
Keep doing what you doing bro.
You already know.
Salute.
We was on the freshman cover together, you know?
Over the years, we’ve been watching each other grow and everything.
We was all in the same studio one day.
He walked through, “What’s up Rock!”
We exchanged numbers and he was like, “Man we gotta get it in."
"We overdue.”
So I sent him one record.
He was like, “This dope.”
Then I had sent him this one.
He was like, “Yo.”
Sometimes it feels like I’m on a time limit, you know what I mean?
‘Cause anything can happen so you gotta know time is precious.
What you do with your time, you gotta make sure everything counts.
On the outside looking in, everybody’s like, “Oh man he up."
"He on!"
He got a Dodge Magnum.
That nigga got a mansion.
They probably gave them niggas 3, 4, 5 million dollars.”
But all the time, they don’t really know what’s going on, man.
I’m still in the projects.
I was just like, “Yo I’m Jay Rock."
"I fuck with your music man."
"I see you out here doing your thing."
"I’m next up."
"We gotta do a record.”
He was like, “For sure blood.”
Every time he came to the city, it was all love.
Big shout out to Lil Wayne man for even doing that.
He didn’t have to, you feel me?
There was a million niggas probably wanted a verse from him but he did a verse for me
at that time and I appreciate you.
There was just a whole lot going on at that time.
You feel me?
Like a whole lot of shit.
Everybody in my ear.
I just had to get grips and get myself together and stay focused on
the music.
That was the whole goal.
Growing up man, if you from the east side of Watts man, everybody and they mama had
a GS Regal or a Buick.
That’s an east side rider whip man.
You already know.
I feel like if I wasn’t doing this music man, I wouldn’t be here.
The path I was on back then, I’d probably be dead or I’d probably be in jail doing
life right now.
Music really saved my life bro.
Going through what we was going through, it’s like we learned the game.
Now it’s like, we done maneuvered.
Now we know.
We know what’s up.
Who wanna leave this world with nothing?
Or have nothing to show for?
That’s why I’m going hard like I’m doing man.
That’s why I said it’s more out there to get.
People keep telling me, “C’mon Rock, you on!”
Ay man, Rock’s still moving man.
Rock’s still grinding man.
Just stay on it.
Stay consistent.
Stay humble.
That’s what I’m doing man.
Hustling like I’m broke baby.