[Verse 1] Real talk, this is real as it get The ones really getting shine ain't who really could spit And ain't nobody really helping, they ain't giving you sh** On the real ‘less they feel you can give them a hit And then they really going hard, really swiping the card Really thinking that you on the chain, house and the car But really that sh** is borrowed, really you getting duped And if they really spending money, you never really recoup Just look at who really last, really getting the cash You really don't see the label out grinding, busting their a** Who really be in the lab, really be in the trap Who really be doing shows in danger of getting clapped Executives sitting back, telling you what the streets want to hear You really know it ‘cause you really be there But you really want you a deal, really think it gon' get you a mil Who else really tryna give you the real? The real sh**, man [Hook] “I do it for y'all” “Real rap music for y'all” “Got the sk** to keep it real” “I'm authentic” “Always real, I don't get synthetic” “The realness, I bring to it” “I know you feeling this” “They talking a good one, but they don't know how real it is” “100%” “it's all real” “Word of mouth, the f**ing sh** is real” [Verse 2] On the real, this rap sh** ain't really all that it seem Ga**ing you to sell records, really selling a dream But getting eight cents an album really getting no cream Your record contract is really a scheme, really see what I mean? The artists revolt, the labels evolve
Your problem is selling records, then their problem is solved ‘Cause they'll drop an act quick and sign another tomorrow It's real talk that I'm giving to y'all The realness is the [?] The showing fearlessness to help you make the illest sh** The real is this I'll probably never pop ‘Cause when you give it to them smart, it never really get hot I'm surprised there's a spot for Cole and K. Dot Keep ‘em stupid, feed ‘em slop, the more just come from the top That's how they stay in the spot, the real's in the music Now I can give it to you, but what you gon' do with it? [Hook] [Verse 3] I've been real since day 1, credit been A1 Ask them who real as Tor, they real, they say none My gold chains is real, diamonds too, homie Rather rock a real flood than fronting a fake rollie Tock ticking, the realer you are, then your stock risen But they got it backwards, that's how the plot thicken Man who really getting cake, really pushing weight And if you really bout it bout it, you really put it on tape That's real, like being responsible black males Know about the latest kicks, don't know when the last meal for your kid And real ain't just doing a bid But getting better in time and knowing more than you did When you first got knocked, on the real, all my verses knock And that's real sh**, believe it or not I'm the realest with the quotes, the realest with the liners in the notes This really the realest sh** I ever wrote [Hook]