I'm just a young man living it
Upper echelon type of people who I'm dealing with
Follow the connect upgrade from the middle man
Plug on play got grades on a dinner plan
I treat life like a campaign
That's what got me on this spaceship
We ain't on the same playing field
I'm off-road made my own lane and treat fear like a candy cane
Round table conversations on every level
Chokehold to the game yeah you looking at it
I paint these bars like a closed caption
Leave your shorty soaked like a wet napkin, I'm drafted

That the difference between you and me
They never told me what I have to be
The only thing that I have to be
Is already inside of me

I'm just a young man traveling
Back and forth motions got me triple what I'm averaging
Playing your position then you know what we establishing
We running coast to coast of these commas we unraveling
Sticking to the script main we wrote that
We live that life that they play the role with
Back in the day, we was made in the way that the lil boys ain't raised with today hey
Modern Warefare team crackers rolling in nah
First 48 close quarters only headshots
Mind over matter got his brains in the passenger
Driving up the street just to meet his son And1
I'm just a young man focused
Had a lot of losses but my heart shield golden
Not for who I am, to salute me is appropriate
I'm fighting in the middle of a battle most won't ever win

That the difference between you and me
They never told me what I have to be
The only thing that I have to be
Is already inside of me


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    Manifest Destiny is a mindset that many Americans held during the 1820s and 1830s.

    While the gold rush, growth of opportunity, and easier transport and communication grew in the United States, the need and desire to expand territory into the West was advocated. The native americans inhabiting the West didn't discourage them from moving in. Americans believed, by the power and will of God, that they were entitled to that land. It didn't matter if it was already inhabited or who it belonged to. They wanted to expand and find new opportunities for themselves and their families. "Said they were guided from above" is a reference to this. Americans used the word of God and the heavens above as an excuse to expand into the West at whatever cost, even if it meant expelling Natives from their homes and the land they inhabited.

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