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Hate Me

By Joyner Lucas

Album: ADHD 2

Released on July 18, 2025
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Hate Me Lyrics by Joyner Lucas

[Verse 1: Joyner Lucas]
I’m tired of this work, it’s shit, these jobs ain’t it
Need somethin’ that can pay me
Can’t get a break, need money in the bank
Tell me what it’s gon’ take just to make G’s
I hate the way it feel when the rent get real
And your landlord’s trippin’ on the eighteenth
Nowhere to run when the rain gon’ come
I’m lookin’ for the sun like KD
And the crib too hit, no AC
Broke nigga out schemin’ on your AP
I ain’t wanna do it, but you made me
Kids gotta eat and the bills got late fees
My cousin hit me up tryna save me
Told me how to sell crack, but that ain’t mе
Know there’s gotta be anothеr way to make cheese
This the life of a nigga tryna break free
The hatin’ niggas wanna curve me and block me
If this rap don’t work, then it’s robbery
Gotta make it out the dirt, nigga, watch me
Tryna get what I deserve like Taraji
Wasn’t waitin’ my turn, I was tryna get heard
You was lookin’ for the birds on the IG
When I was puttin’ in the work, you was poppin’ them Percs
Tryna get a nigga served on the Oxy
If I’ma get to where I’m goin’, I’ma need cake
Had a meetin’ with the plug over cheesecake
You was frontin’ me the money in the briefcase
Told ’em I’ma get it times ten, we gon’ be straight
All I needed was a dream, I don’t need breaks
Soon as I catch steam, I’m a heatwave
Had ADHD since pre-K
This is for them niggas that said I wouldn’t be great, bitch, mm

[Chorus: T-Pain, Joyner Lucas]
Soon a nigga thought that I was done, I done came to that bitch with an eight-piece (Eight-piece), uh
My baby needs shoes and the whip due too, rent due too on the eighteenth (Eighteenth), huh
I don’t wanna take it up a notch, but the bustdown watch ’bout to make me (Make me)
As long as I’m alive, folk, just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me
Uh, I’ma have to give you motherfuckers a reason
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me, yeah
Yeah, ayy, I’ma make sure that you mean it
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me
You better learn what I been through lately (Yeah, uh)
How many niggas told me what I can’t be?
Just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
I know they gon’ hate me

[Verse 2: Joyner Lucas]
I want this, believe that
Who got bread? I need that
Was André with three stacks
Delonte, I relapsed
I was stressed out, I mean that
I checked out, I’ll be back
I’m chasin’, I reached that
That’s major, a G-flat
I keep my pace when I’m in the rat race and the government wanna keep me trapped
And the school keep tellin’ me that I could be anything I want, but I really ain’t believe that
They was teachin’ me to work for another motherfucker when I graduate and I ain’t wan’ be that
‘Cause if the goal was for me to get rich with a 9-to-5 shift, I ain’t never gon’ achieve that
And what you know about riskin’ it all just to get a lil’ bread so you livin’ like a don, huh?
What you know about doin’ some dirt and you drawin’ up plans just to get to where you goin’, huh?
What you know about takin’ a chance on yourself ’cause ain’t nobody puttin’ you on, huh?
What you know about givin’ your heart to a ho when you know that ain’t where you belong, huh?
What you know about shoppin’ at Ross ’cause you ain’t had pockets for Louis Vuitton, huh?
What you know about sellin’ some crack to your ex’s mom when you knew it was wrong, huh?
But you ain’t got no feelings ’cause you up in the trenches and all your emotions gone, huh?
What you know about weighin’ out all of the pros, but you really too good at the cons, huh?

[Chorus: T-Pain & Joyner Lucas]
Soon a nigga thought that I was done, I done came to that bitch with an eight-piece (Eight-piece), uh
My baby needs shoes and the whip due too, rent due too on the eighteenth (Eighteenth), huh
I don’t wanna take it up a notch, but the bustdown watch ’bout to make me (Make me)
As long as I’m alive, folk, just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me
Uh, I’ma have to give you motherfuckers a reason
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me, yeah
Yeah, ayy, I’ma make sure that you mean it
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me
You better learn what I been through lately (Yeah, uh)
How many niggas told me what I can’t be?
Just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me
I’ma have to give you motherfuckers a reason
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me, yeah
Ayy, I’ma make sure that you mean it
‘Cause if you gon’ hate me
You better learn what I been through lately (Yeah, uh)
How many niggas told me what I can’t be?
Just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
I know they gon’ hate me

 

 

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2025-07-18

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ADHD 2

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