| Take it back to like 2010 prepping that first show with the Skeem |
| All our reps hanging on the line, just a dollar and a dream |
| Started that year solo-dolo, ended that year with a team |
| Started outside looking in, ended that year with our own scene |
| I was dealin' with some shit then, maybe someday I’ll air it all out |
| Think I only broke down once though, I don’t really let my guard down |
| I ain’t get a lot of z’s back then, we were grindin' on a lot of fronts |
| I ain’t where I wanna be yet, when I look back though, I gotta stunt |
| I was dean’s list, I was workin' jobs, I was makin' music crazy |
| Everything we did was for the dream man, that was way before the music paid me |
| That was way before these people knew me, that was way before they needed savin' |
| I got no respect for entitlement, I got no time for the lazy |
| Whatchu know about going door-to-door tryna get your music out? |
| Dead of winter, we were skippin' dinner we were skippin' class tryna spread |
| this shit word of mouth |
| You just see the doors that we open, no idea how it went down |
| Don’t nobody make it rapping out of our town, this shit |
| Area 51 (51) (Five-one-seven) |
| Yeah we came up outta Area 51 (51) |
| (Five-one-seven) |
| Yeah we came up outta area |
| Five-One-Seven, I consider it a blessin' |
| All my people yellin', «We were made out in Area 51» (51) |
| (Five-one-seven) |
| Came up out the area |
| In-state but we road-trippin', got a couple out-of-town gigs |
| Showcase in front of eight heads, half of 'em I came with |
| Whole team packed in the Windstar, they were sayin' all the right things |
| Can’t tell you how bad I needed that, shit was still just a pipe dream |
| Kept my head on straight, they were the key to that, coulda quit in the heat of |
| that |
| Long drive home, short night sleep, up in the morn' |
| Stick shift through a foot of snow, givin' wrong answers to shit I shoulda known |
| Straight to work, late to work, but the boss made it work, thank God |
| Hop up in the van, wouldn’t say a word, he would have a CD burned |
| He would play my new shit first, he would know my whole damn verse |
| He would cover for me when I had to go rehearse, that’s my dog |
| Signed out on my last day, went to try to make music my job |
| Took it to the West Coast, made 13 songs, man, I blessed those |
| Peepin' numbers, couldn’t guess those, now my out-of-town shows out of state |
| Out-of-town choes 'round the way, don’t know if I’d have found those if I’d |
| have stayed |
| But take me back home to the condo, get me paid, back to |
| Area 51 (51) (Five-one-seven) |
| Yeah we came up outta Area 51 (51) |
| (Five-one-seven) |
| Yeah we came up outta area |
| Five-One-Seven, I consider it a blessin' |
| All my people yellin', «We were made out in Area 51» (51) |
| (Five-one-seven) |
| Came up out the area |