All My Life - Lil Durk ft J. Cole (lyrics) Durkio told me he been on some positive shit, yeah, yeah Lately, I just wanna show up and body some shit, yeah, yeah Always been a lil\u0027 mathematician, lately it\u0027s cash I\u0027m gettin\u0027 Got me losin\u0027 count of these bags, I\u0027ve been movin\u0027 too fast Hard times don\u0027t last, \u0027member when cops harrassed Talkin\u0027 out my ass, boy, you ain\u0027t shit but a bitch with a badge All my life (all my life) They been tryin\u0027 to keep me down (they been tryin\u0027 to keep me down) All this time (all this time) Never thought I would make it out (never thought I\u0027d make it out) They couldn\u0027t break me, they couldn\u0027t break me (no, no) They couldn\u0027t take me, they couldn\u0027t take me (no) All my life (all my life) They been tryin\u0027 to keep me down (they been tryin\u0027 to keep me down) I decided I had to finish, but the media called me a menace I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I\u0027m tryna change the image You can\u0027t blame my past no more, I come from the trenches Some said I\u0027d never be a superstar, but I know I\u0027m different (no, no, no) I\u0027m The Voice, but the system ain\u0027t give me a choice Know some people that\u0027s still on deploy I know a felon who tryna get FOID Child support your only support For a visit, I\u0027m goin\u0027 through courts Went to jail, they was chainin\u0027 me up And you know that I\u0027m famous as fuck See how you gon\u0027 joke about stimulus? But they really had came in the clutch I know some kids wanna hurt they self Stop tryna take drugs, I refer to myself Tryna better myself, tryna better my health but All my life (all my life) They been tryin\u0027 to keep me down (they been tryin\u0027 to keep me down) All this time (all this time) Never thought I would make it out (never thought I\u0027d make it out) They couldn\u0027t break me, they couldn\u0027t break me (no, no) They couldn\u0027t take me, they couldn\u0027t take me (no) All my life (all my life) They been tryin\u0027 to keep me down (they been tryin\u0027 to keep me down) (yeah) First-generation ghetto nigga Cole world, hello niggas Made it out the city with my head on straight Niggas keep shootin\u0027 up the lead out Young Jordan Peele, gotta get out \u0027Cause the shit that I spit out Is a cheat code like I\u0027m facin\u0027 a RICO, how a nigga put a hit out And another one, and, and another one I got like a hundred of \u0027em \u0027Bout to lap niggas so they think they ahead of me, but I\u0027m really in front of them Now some of them fumblin\u0027 they bags Fuckin\u0027 up the little crumbs that they had A reminder to humble yourself, this shit could be gone in an instant Me, I\u0027m runnin\u0027 long distance All pistons firin\u0027 I be stuck between maybe retirin\u0027 And feelin\u0027 like I\u0027m just not hittin\u0027 my prime These days seein\u0027 rappers be dyin\u0027 Way before they even gettin\u0027 they shine I never even heard of lil\u0027 buddy \u0027Til somebody murdered lil\u0027 buddy Now I\u0027m on the phone, searchin\u0027 lil\u0027 buddy name Got to playin\u0027 his tunes, all day in my room Thinkin\u0027, \u0022Damn, this shit wicked, to get they names buzzin\u0027 Some niggas just gotta go lay in a tomb\u0022 And media thirsty for clicks, I got a new rule If you ain\u0027t never posted a rapper when he was alive You can\u0027t post about him after he get hit It\u0027s simple, it\u0027s the principle On any tempo, I\u0027m invincible Don\u0027t even rap, I just vent to you I rather that than an interview Most days Fuck \u0027em all like I\u0027m goin\u0027 through a ho phase Young nigga shoot out the whip like road rage I pray all of my dawgs stay so paid And the only thing that kill \u0027em is old age All my life (all my life) They been tryin\u0027 to keep me down (they been tryin\u0027 to keep me down) All this time (all this time) Never thought I would make it out (never thought I\u0027d make it out) They couldn\u0027t break me, they couldn\u0027t break me (no, no) They couldn\u0027t take me, they couldn\u0027t take me (no) All my life (all my life) They been tryin\u0027 to keep me down (they been tryin\u0027 to keep me down)