Know My Name - John Calhoun

Ain’t no playing safe

Don’t got shit to save

Hope you ain’t standing in my way

I don’t pump my breaks

I had to take a leap of faith

Go against the grain

They told me I’m insane

Til they heard who I became

Now they know my name

I don’t take no shorts I don’t take no loss

Bet I come right back better than before

If you speak on me better hold the salt

I’m a stay in motion bet I know my law

Bitch I’m poppin now

Bout to lock it down

Who gon' stop me now

I got the shit they bumpin

From the 9 down to Hockeytown

I got the crown

All my people proud

Speakers knocking loud

I remember be were on the ground

And you were not around

I’m flexin up

Like I’m on the juice

Don’t get us confused

I’m not like y’all

I’ve been off the wall

And you just wear be shoes

Pay my dues

Bitch I’m breaking news

Showtime pay per view

Never seen my city on the screen

Until I took you

Where the suns never shining

So they always got the chills

And the kids who wanna party

Give they life up for some pills

I’m a go and make a killing

Leave it to them in my will and

Throw a prayer up for my city

While I’m thumbing through these bills boy

Ain’t no playing safe

Don’t got shit to save

Hope you ain’t standing in my way

I don’t pump my breaks

I had to take a leap of faith

Go against the grain

They told me I’m insane

Til they heard who I became

Now they know my name

I don’t take no shorts I don’t take no loss

Bet I come right back better than before

If you speak on me better hold the salt

I’m a stay in motion bet I know my law

Put that bullshit behind me

I put my team right beside me

Only my future in front of me

Look like I hit the lottery

Man don’t tell me 'bout patience

I wipe my ass with a wait list

These other rappers complacent

I took the bar and raised it

I’m brazen

Cuz they not gon' see what I see

Till I show them in 3D

Then they gon' say they know me

Frontin like we was homies

Then they gon' say that I changed

I don’t owe them anything

They didn’t make my name tho

They didn’t make my lane tho

Thought I was playing games

They dont know what’s in my veins tho

When shit got messy

I remember who helped rearrange tho

I felt the pressure

But it’s nothing like the hunger pains tho

See the glow

And now they know

Exactly what I’m made for

Ain’t no playing safe

Don’t got shit to save

Hope you ain’t standing in my way

I don’t pump my breaks

I had to take a leap of faith

Go against the grain

They told me I’m insane

Til they heard who I became

Now they know my name

I don’t take no shorts I don’t take no loss

Bet I come right back better than before

If you speak on me better hold the salt

I’m a stay in motion bet I know my law