Top Of The World
Sidney Samson & Will.I.Am Lyrics

Rich by popular demand
We have become wealthy because people want what we offer

The wait is over homie
We have been anticipating something, but now it's finally arrived

Yes it is
Exactly, it is here

A town connect
We have a connection to our city

Know the city gon' feel this
Our music will have an impact on the city

Damn right
That's exactly how it is

Say Toob I know you see me
I'm acknowledging someone who is watching me

Say Chris
Addressing someone named Chris

What up boy
Asking how someone is doing

I know both our pops
We have a common bond because our fathers know each other

Lookin' at us
Our fathers are observing our success

I used to dream (I used to dream) oh whoa
I had aspirations for my future

About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)
I wanted wealth, fancy cars, and attractive women

But now I see (now I see) oh whoa
I now understand something

Because I'm sitting on top of the world (the whole world)
I have achieved great success and have everything I want

And now I see (hey) see (hey) see (hey) see
I am fully aware and conscious of something

Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
Because of my success and position of power

Sitting on top of the world
Being in a position of power and success

Man I remember before I say that wait let me issue this statement
Before I reminisce, I want to clarify something

No way should reflection be mistaking for glorification
Thinking about the past does not mean I am glorifying it

Now I remember so vivid me and my niggas was living
I have a clear memory of how my friends and I were living

Sub-standard condition still handling business
Despite our poor living conditions, we were still taking care of business

Still laughing and tripping still having the bitches
We were still having fun and being successful with women

I'm rapping now reminiscing and goddamn it we made it
By reflecting on the past, I realize that we have achieved success

From trapping standing and pitching with rich we stand in the kitchen
We have gone from selling drugs to cooking with wealthy people

Splitting it eight ways flip it in eight days
We were able to split the profits eight ways and reinvest within eight days

Thought that while in a room it was just the way to behave
Selling drugs was just a normal thing for us to do

Kept the weight and the yey for most the paper we made in all dimes
We were keeping the drugs and the profits and most of our money was in coins

I ain't lying the pleasure was all mine
I'm not exaggerating when I say it was a pleasure

Have big work to move but we served the small time
We had a large amount of drugs to move but only took a little at a time

I always out shined the niggas with small minds
I was always more successful than people who thought small

Who would of thought we would be arguably the greatest of all time
No one would have predicted that we would be one of the most successful groups

'Round here we developed such a sound down here
We created a unique sound from our hometown

But duplicate it off the steel it can only be found here
The sound can only be replicated here, in its original form

Only listen to gs that other shit I don't hear
I only listen to people who are genuine and successful, not those who are not

Shit they so far in the rear how would I even care
That type of music is so outdated, so I don't even care about it

I'm too busy being a player staring at niggas careers
I'm more focused on being successful myself and am watching other people's careers closely

Been talk about it for years and now we finally here
People were talking about our success for a long time, and now we have achieved it

They say what goes up must come down
People often say that success is fleeting and can't last forever

But I ain't reached my cruisee altitude
I'm still ascending and haven't hit my peak yet

Take a look at what I did but can you imagine what I'm about to do
If you think what I've already accomplished is impressive, just wait until you see what I will do in the future

The places I'm bout to go and the money I'm bout to see
I will be traveling and making even more money in the future

Gave Bill Gates some binoculars and said look out for me
I'm so successful that even Bill Gates is impressed and watching my success

And see these expectations even at def jam
Even though I am successful, people still have high expectations for me

Cause I married the streets and Atlanta has been my best man
The streets and Atlanta have been instrumental in making me successful

My momma quit her job and now she works with six figures
My success has allowed my mother to no longer work a regular job and instead make a lot of money

Cause I'm a self-made nappy-headed rich nigga
I am a black man who created my own wealth and am proud of it

Private planes help me travel in peace
I use private planes for travel to avoid the stress of commercial flights

To four cities in one day and four countries in one week
I can travel to many places in a short amount of time because of my success

Cause I work for myself and no one else cause I'm too smart too
I am successful because I work for myself and am intelligent enough to do so

Put one of my partners right through culinary art school
I paid for one of my friends to go to culinary school

Now he my personal chef so that bread he get it
He is now my personal chef and makes a lot of money from it

Put them all in houses cleaned up all of my friends credit
I helped my friends buy houses and improved their credit scores

And now they witness all the glitz and the glamor
My friends are able to see and enjoy my luxurious life

Catch us eating at straits Atlanta with women with table manners
We are eating at a fancy restaurant in Atlanta with women who have good manners

Order in seeapore and lobster
We are ordering expensive and luxurious food

Celebrating coming from nothing to winning Grammy's and rappers winning Oscars
We are celebrating the fact that we went from being nothing to winning prestigious awards

And they say rappers shouldn't act nah suckers
People say that rappers shouldn't act in movies, but I don't care

We see Samuel Jackson like whats up motherfucker!
We are in a movie with Samuel Jackson and are excited to see him

I know them haters don't stop plotting and wish you would fall
People who dislike me are always trying to bring me down

Cause I'm standing on top looking down at it all
Despite the hate, I am still successful and on top

I see you down there to y'all this ain't like I got it all
I am aware that not everyone is as successful as I am

Homie I ain't get enough I'm still trying to triple up
I am not satisfied with my current level of success and want to make even more money

So all we got is street cred and a cool building up
Our success is built on our reputation and image

Say I'm doing too much shit I say I ain't did enough
People say I am doing too much, but I know I still have more to accomplish

Remember saying damn if I could just get to a million plus
I used to think that having a million dollars would be a huge accomplishment

And now I'm like shit what the fuck is a million bucks
Now that I have so much money, a million dollars doesn't seem like much

Triple that on my bun thanks to bigs and run
I now have way more than a million dollars, thanks to my successful ventures

But never mind what I've been through just look at what I become
I don't dwell on my past struggles, I am focused on my current success

All the shit I've avoided what I done for my sons
I have been able to avoid many negative things in my life and I have done good things for my children

And daughters and momma just call her
I have also done good things for my daughters and mother

I sold dope and dropped out of school seems its all they can see
People only see my past of selling drugs and dropping out of school

They don't notice none of my family did that since me
No one in my family has done what I did since I did it

I broke that cycle now my family live a life of
I have changed the negative pattern in my family's life and they are now living differently

Mandatory minimals but not when the judge sentence them
My family members have minimum sentences when they get in trouble, but not when the judge punishes them

Cousins in college where you think they get tuition from (answer that)
My cousins are able to go to college, and people might wonder how they can afford it, but I provide the money for tuition

Jeffrey standing around wishing huh
Someone named Jeffrey is standing around wishing for something

And while you standing around looking dumb
While he is wishing, you are just standing there looking stupid

I make it happen taking action over time goddamn good at it
I am able to make things happen and am very skilled at taking action over a period of time