I Am RAW lyrics - Hopsin (feat. SwizZz)

[Intro:]

You motherfuckers are quick to judge. It's all good though. You don't know shit about shit. If you only knew what I do, if you only knew what I could do. If you could only see what I could see you would probably stop bothering me

[Verse 1: Hopsin]

I independently started this shit

Marketing hits, starving for chips

No gasoline to start off the whip

Felt like the only nigga labels wasn't bargaining with

My heart has been ripped, I stuck with it as hard as it gets

These producers would always blow me off

Now that I'm blowing up, they don't recall

Talking about "Yo, you my homie, dawg"

Oh, now you wanna hop on the Hop train

Knowing damn well since '04 I had hot flames

My real buddies was mainly the worst

Hatin' to shoot my videos without me paying them first

So I slide 'em 100 bucks to watch 'em bitch on how it ain't enough

That money got my cell, internet and cable cut!

A real homie would've gave a fuck

And not expect to pay upfront

Then get the money later when I'm making some

Nobody saw the bigger picture except me

They neglect me

Only thing that protects me is FV

[Hook:]

You don't always have to stick by my side

Just make sure you remember me when I die

I am raw, I am raw

Just to let you niggas know

Bitch I am raw, I am raw

Don't forget me when I'm gone

Bitch I am raw

[Verse 2: SwizZz]

I was a high school grad preparing to go to college

An enthusiastic freshman, major in Economics

I didn't have a clue what to expect to be honest

Banging beats in my dorm, streaming Pornhub constant

I figured I could make it out in 4 years tops

Study religiously and graduate, apply for a job

The rap thing was secondary, I was putting it off

Calling it quits, assuming "I have better chances playing ball"

My third year came and suddenly that changed

I couldn't bear watching my mom at home suffering pain

Tryna fight off the strain of only having half a stomach

Plus a handicap back from a surgery that helped nothing!

So I returned to the valley and called the homie

Hop was on Ruthless getting shelved like a trophie

I told him how I left my life in the OC

And we concluded we could both use FV

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Hopsin]

This was written for niggas who wouldn't give me dap

Niggas who told me that I had sissy rap

This was written for all the bitches I used to called who never hit me back

Until they heard the word I was buzzin', c'mon don't give me that

You backed out, now you tryna roll with my clique?

Where the fuck were you when my signing bonus was spent?

Where the fuck were you when I got the notice for rent

Saying I was getting evicted and I was hopeless as shit?

See I keep some names handy and you got thrown on the list

That's how you know that I'm pissed

I got you, don't even trip

Cause I'm rude over the nicest beats

You had to go ignite the heat

You might agree to beef, but yo I'm not the type you'd like to meet

Life's indeed a journey that I have yet to finish

Hopefully my career's something that will be epidemic

You'll always know it's Hopsin the way I wreck a sentence

Realness, I represent it

Raw, I'm the definition

[Hook]