From the recording The Adventures of iLLa The Sleeping Giant- Past, Present, Future: Volume 1
"Put It in They Face"
Doubted and denied, now you've arrived. This is the ultimate declaration of arrival—a confident claim of the greatness they said you'd never achieve. Stop hiding; your success is your best revenge.
Lyrics
(Put It In They Face LYRICS)
(Intro)
Broke through the back cause you locked the front door,
I’m from the CHi, I don’t need to act hard.
fought out the bottom of the slums, now I’m on.
GOD, in this body got me lit like a star.
(1st verse)
I heard him saying I ain’t gonna never be nothing. (Ok)
..A footstool, you Haters can’t play us, we way above you.
The sky is the limit, but we keep ascending.
blessings on blessings,
Got away with some priors.
This time the bag is gripped good like some pliers.
(Pre-Chorus)
Man, they don’t know, cause it don’t show when your backs against the wall.
But I get back up, cause I got back
up, in some places you can’t go.
This is my season, ain’t no reasoning, just give me all that I want.
While the whole world is watching, WATCH ME take what’s rightfully mine!
Broke through the back cause you locked the front door,
I’m from the CHi, I don’t need to act hard.
fought out the bottom of the slums, now I’m on.
GOD, in this body got me lit like a star.
(Chorus)
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
Man, I’m here and I’m great
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
I’m here and I’m great
I’m here and I’m great
I’m here and I’m great
Put it in they face.
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
I’m here and I’m great
(2nd Verse)
I studied every angle while I waited for my turn,
From street calculus to boardrooms, every lesson I learned.
From the bottom to the blueprint, from the corner to the charts,
God whispered in the silence, put his plan in a real one's heart.
Stock options in my verses, business plans in my flow,
LLC, my new identity, watch the status grow.
Real estate in my mind, residuals designed,
Offshore dreams in the day, insurance policies aligned.
(Pre-Chorus)
Man, they don’t know, cause it don’t show when your backs against the wall.
But I get back up, cause I got back
up, in some places you can’t go.
This is my season, ain’t no reasoning, just give me all that I want.
While the whole world is watching, WATCH ME take what’s rightfully mine!
Broke through the back cause you locked the front door,
I’m from the CHi, I don’t need to act hard.
fought out the bottom of the slums, now I’m on.
GOD, in this body got me lit like a star.
(Chorus)
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
Man, I’m here and I’m great
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
I’m here and I’m great
I’m here and I’m great
I’m here and I’m great
Put it in they face.
(Chorus)
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
Man, I’m here and I’m great
Put it in they face!
put it in they face!
Put it in they face!
I’m here and I’m great
I’m here and I’m great
I’m here and I’m great
Put it in they face.
(Outro)
(I’m here… I’m great…)
Broke through the back…
Lit like a star…
Put it in they face…
Rightfully mine…