Lyrics Ryan Leslie

Ryan Leslie

The Black Flag

Your red lights

Ain't never slowing me down, oh no no

Uh yea

My passion – a reason for my existence

My success the product of my persistence

Self-made, I did it with no assistance

Luxury suite view through these Cartier lenses

Huh, and we started in the nose bleeds

No my feet up on the wood in my own seats

Court-side and it's cheap bucks versus Knicks

Watch my homie B Janice, drop 36

And that's a definition of, when pain meets love

And it turns the game, and you earn your name

Then girl come, will you earn your fame?

Get off me, I'm too hot, you can't burn a flame

And my teacher told me, got my rap dreams whooped

I still pursuit even though I seem ridiculous

The taste of success bittersweet like licorice

I fly with the wings of Icarus

And when I achieve, I could turn with much satisfaction

To reply Michael Jackson was not ignorant sexist

So back to my dreams of riches

More money, more balls, more rings -

Hear me?

Yet many believe in God but they ain't religious

I'm suspicious, I believe in them digits

I believe in them digits

So picture me above the sky

Shine a brighter day, sunlight

I'm a write a name in the stars

So everybody knows who we are

And I'm a be about, be about, be about, be about, be about, be about it

Before they even think about, think about, think about, think about, think about, think about it

Said I'm a be about, be about, be about, be about, be about, be about it

Before they even think about, think about, think about, think about, think about, think about it

Yea, let the black flag fly uh

Yea, and it's a waste when this new money can't buy taste

Bought their selves some Versace, mispronounce it Vercese

It's my time, blow your mind like an ounce to the face

Yea I do believe in miracles, heaven is so empirical

You could see the way I climbed up the ladder

Education – Ivy League, I'm talkin mind over matter

And so called innovators is always asking for favors

Then they take the credit to the fruit of your labor

But not me, I'm a beast, that's JF Leccord Jeezy

Not many can say they play keys with Eas-E

Or they had a couple girl on their knees to please me

I can't leave the game, not yet, it still needs me

Uh, so let the black flag fly

My vision of ascending the heights that rap can't buy

It's fully realize when I open my eyes and stop dreaming

I'm stuntin while you lames is scheming

Kiss the ring, I got the gifts of a king

So picture me above the sky

Shine a brighter day, sunlight

I'm a write a name in the stars

So everybody knows who we are

And I'm a be about, be about, be about, be about, be about, be about it

Before they even think about, think about, think about, think about, think about, think about it

Said I'm a be about, be about, be about, be about, be about, be about it

Before they even think about, think about, think about, think about, think about, think about it

Yea, let the black flag fly uh yea