Jon Dubb - Ladder lyrics
rate meFt. Kool G Rap
(Verse)
East boy, you fuckin' with a pro
I started out with nothin', now I'm watchin' money grow
Money come and go, but the drama holds relentless
You can see the heart through the words I send as sentence
You pretend and I make it real
You ain't gotta hear me, cuz I give you sum' you can feel
Taste, touch, smell, somethin' you can sell
My feet of birth, barefooted walkin' through this hell
But you ain't seen me give up, I'm just tryna live up
To the expectations without drownin' up my liver
Look how far I've made it, my strive is neva breakin'
Neva handed what I got so I decided just to take it
You can try to stop me, but I ain't bein' broke again
Used to hustle drugs, now I hustle through this pad and pen
Grimmin', tryin' not to slip
But as I clock, this time, I see somethin' that's difference
(Hook x2)
Started at the bottom, now I'm at the top
Movin', stumbled on my way up, but I ain't neva droppin' it
(Droppin' it, droppin' it, droppin' it)
Hold the ladder steady cuz they know I'm neva comin' down
Until I'm good and ready
(Verse 2: Kool G Rap)
Still on the road to the riches
Grind never stop it's like the time on a clock
I'm a G Rap in his prime and a prime never stop
Went from dimes on a block now it's dimes on a yacht
Suitcases is benjamin hazard, that's the minimum brag
Young diamonds embedded and shit like Clemence instead
See a man's ambition, the palms of my hands' itchin'
Runnin' in the same back then, backslabs have risen
Like Rocky enemy freezer
Uncut like it was done neat with a meat cleaver
Dreams far in the train yard but beat's fever
Rest em fools to the fuckin' ground and beat the cheaters
I should cut more and arrest more faces
Go to war, steppin' inside the restmore(?!) cages
Play with a winner hand, I'mma dug all the aces
Get in the way of mine, you get left with the faith, kid
(Hook x2)
Started at the bottom, now I'm at the top
Movin', stumbled on my way up, but I ain't neva droppin' it
(Droppin' it, droppin' it, droppin' it)
Hold the ladder steady cuz they know I'm neva comin' down
Until I'm good and ready
(Verse 3: Jon Dubb)
And I've proven at the mic, I'm abusin' it
Started at the bottom, now I'm blowin' through the roof with it
Burn it with the fire and there ain't nobody cool with it
Takin' you to school with it to teach you how we doin' it
Double G rap, boss shit status, it's a classic
Now I'm swervin' with the baddest to the addicts
Hip-hop junkies holla at me for their fixes
I didn't have a pot to piss and now I'm on my road to riches
It ain't nobody stoppin' me, not strong enough for blockin' me
Break through the monotony and prove that I'm the prophecy
Blood sweats and fears have washed away the tears
And I persevered through the shittiest of years
Now the ladder that stirr at used to look tremendous
Neva ended, I climbed it, easily ascended
Up unto the heavens, no progress if you down
How ya shootin' fo' the stars if you aimin' for the ground?
(Hook x3)
Started at the bottom, now I'm at the top
Movin', stumbled on my way up, but I ain't neva droppin' it
(Droppin' it, droppin' it, droppin' it)
Hold the ladder steady cuz they know I'm neva comin' down
Until I'm good and ready
(Outro)
You know what it is, it's yo boy Jon Dubb
Kool G Rap
We climbin' the ladder, baby
We ain't goin' back down
