The Long Way Lyrics - Tech N9ne

Tech Nina, lets get it 

Mama told me get it and I did 

Make a beautiful livin' for my kids 

Man, I'm really in love with my gig 

Wasn't always known I couldn't take the throne 'till I raced for home and I slid 

For my labels flown where I lived 

But the Yates was growin' in my biz 

And I couldn't even afford Reebok's 

It was Payless shoes and holy socks 

Then I started to earn G-knots, screamin' F-T-I on TV spots 

Livin' the lovely life we chose 

Still I'm livin' it by street codes 

Pain and poverty put these flows in Beast Mode 

Here we go 

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The road to my success from here was not a block away 

On the coast they told me I'ma part with Travis, not today 

We just wanted what's hot to play 

But they gave me no slot to slay 

Even though I'm not Lecrae, every day Tecca Nina would drop to pray 

On my knees in a cot 

There was multiple beds in my spot 

So let the champagne pop, everybody feelin' my gang, gang lots 

Took a lot of hard work to get guap, when you comin' from a scarred turf, could be stopped 

From the hurtful dirt to the top 

Yeah we gonna celebrate today cause we got 

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Let the song play (We got it) 

'Cause we done came a long way (We got it) 

They know we get that grown pay (We got it) 

Now they mess with me the long way (We got it) 

The long way 

Let the song play (We got it) 

'Cause we done came a long way (We got it) 

They know we get that grown pay (We got it) 

Now they mess with me the long way (We got it) 

The long way 

Too big and too ugly, would you ever love me? 

Every city we visit, we get it, but people they look at us funny 

I feel like I'm way too fat, but what I'm packin' is making them kitties get after 'em 

They hearing me flippin' and rip the back up out the track, then they trackin' a pack of 'em 

Applause, applause, now we sell it enough to get our house and our cars up 

Gotta get them bars up to be part of the upper echelon and hit the stars up 

And we did it 

Me and Nina stay committed to our art, we always doin' our part 

We get it 

And we knew we gettin' the cheese or we siezin' our G's up, Jesus 

Only breaking from making 'em rock 

The pushin' manuever been making the block 

Indusin', I'm cool when I'm oozin' 

I'm cruisin' the planet, they think I'm faking a lot 

I gotta get to the money, gotta get to the money, and they think I'm making a lot 

I'm keepin' a millimeter pilly under the tummy for dummies, if they wanna plot 

New money, I ain't trying to save, cause I just made it 

Look at my royalty state, thank God for the ones who gave it 

Lots of props for the ones who made it 

Cause this road ain't paved 

Sippin' till I'm elevated 

We made it, so we gon' 

Let the song play (We got it) 

'Cause we done came a long way (We got it) 

They know we get that grown pay (We got it) 

Now they mess with me the long way (We got it) 

The long way 

Let the song play (We got it) 

'Cause we done came a long way (We got it) 

They know we get that grown pay (We got it) 

Now they mess with me the long way (We got it) 

The long way 

Yeah, we started this Strange Music in Trav's basement 

Now we gonna have our fifth Strange building because we had patience 

And I got all these mass payments with a mad cadence 

Kill it when I rip it up, I'm makin' 'em listen, not pickin' me up, and I never have a cash craving 

We appreciate this, so we create hits 

See me lay this, inebriated 

And we be faded, indeed we stay lit 

From the oddest, to people listen, and look at me Godish 

Not a time for Nina to be modest 

People celebrate with me 'cause we got it 

Let the song play (We got it) 

'Cause we done came a long way (We got it) 

They know we get that grown pay (We got it) 

Now they mess with me the long way (We got it) 

The long way 

Let the song play (We got it) 

'Cause we done came a long way (We got it) 

They know we get that grown pay (We got it) 

Now they mess with me the long way (We got it) 

The long way