[Z-Ro:] About time they opened up the door' for 
Z-Ro 'Cause 
I've been droppin' hits since 10 years ago 
Tryin' to do it legal & not slang yayo 
If I can't get it legal to the corner 
I go I never took pride in slangin' cocaine 
Never could get a job, but needed some more change 
CD's wasn't sellin' because 
I had no name 
Nothin' but a 
T-Shirt, no piece no chain 
Too many times, 
I was ready to give up 
Run up in a bank & say this is a stick-up 
Put my pain on records & record sales picked up 
The tears 
I done shed led me to the big bucks 2004, 
I ain't broke no more '
Cause God is my life jacket when 
I sink solo 
I went to a hundred thousand from a whole fo' 
So all you haters hate me, as 
I make a little more. [Chorus: Z-Ro] 
I'm goin' 
Platinum this time, this time, this time. 
I think you fellas better respect my mind, mind. 
I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels & my dimes, my dimes, my dimes. 
And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine, shine, shine. [Z-Ro:] 
They got me livin' in a '56, 
Mass L My locker full of commissary & my fan mail 
My city sayin' "Z-Ro, what you gon' do when you get out of hell?" 
I can't do no more pyrexes, no more scales 
Tryin' to make a million dollars off my melody 
Couldn't see it comin' so 
I caught a state-jail felony 
F1 bunk 12, there resides the stars 
Special thanks to love 'cause "I Hate You Bitch" climbed me to the top of the charts 
Bein' free is like bein' on lock 
Niggas still kick it with ya, but try to get some of what ya got 
I ain't never seen so many feminine men 
Swear to God they holdin' in the world, but ain't nobody seein' dividends 
That ain't the life of me, 
I had to get it 
Might not be rich in the present, but 
I'm a be rich in a minute '
Cause I got 3 
Cuzos sittin' up high, rollin' 24's 
Screamin' 
A.B.N. get in the door' waitin' for 
Ro. [Chorus: Z-Ro] 
I'm goin' 
Platinum this time, this time, this time. 
I think you fellas better respect my mind, mind. 
I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels & my dimes, my dimes, my dimes. 
And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine, shine, shine. [Z-Ro:] 
Jealousy & envy, play a major role 
Everytime a player try to get his pockets swoll 
Somebody said 
I did this & said 
I did that 
Even told homicide, 
I pushed the homey's wig back 
They don't wanna see a nigga make it out of poverty. 
When will they realize 
God is runnin' with me ain't no stoppin' me? 
Probably never will, so keep on tryin' 
You can clip my wings, but 
I see happyness in the sky so 
I'm a keep on flyin'. 
Until I find a rested place 
So many battle scars, blood on my chest & face. 
Whether I'm workin' or rappin' 24/7, me & 
Satan be scrappin' 
He want my soul, but 
I ain't gon' let it happen. 
Even if I lose my life, tryin' to chase my dream 
Whoever do me gon' have hell when they face my team. 
I got them same 3 
Cuzos holdin' me down, if 
I ain't comin' back 
Bet they bury me with 
G-Stacks, plus a 
Platinum plack. [Chorus: Z-Ro] [x2] 
I'm goin' 
Platinum this time, this time, this time. 
I think you fellas better respect my mind, mind. 
I'm here to collect my pennies, my nickels & my dimes, my dimes, my dimes. 
And ain't nobody gonna block out my shine, shine, shine.