Sitting On Top of The World
T.I. Ft. Ludacris & B.O.B. Lyrics

Rich by popular demand
People want us because we're rich.

The wait is over homie
We're finally here.

Yes it is
We have made it big time.

A town connect
We have connections in Atlanta.

Know the city gon' feel this
The city is going to love our music.

Damn right
Of course.

Say Toob I know you see me
Hey Toob, I know you're watching me.

Say Chris
Hey Chris.

What up boy
What's up, man?

I know both our pops
We share a connection through our fathers.

Lookin' at us
They are watching us from above.

I used to dream (I used to dream) oh whoa
I used to have big dreams.

About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)
I used to dream about money, cars, and girls (of course).

But now I see (now I see) oh whoa
Now I realize that there's more to life than just those things.

Because I'm sitting on top of the world (the whole world)
I am now successful and on top of the world.

And now I see (hey) see (hey) see (hey) see
I now understand.

Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
I am successful and have achieved my dreams.

Sitting on top of the world
I am successful and on top of the world.

Man I remember before I say that wait let me issue this statement
Before I say anything else, let me make a statement.

No way should reflection be mistaking for glorification
Reflecting on the past is not the same as glorifying it.

Now I remember so vivid me and my niggas was living
I remember the times when me and my friends were living in poor conditions.

Sub-standard condition still handling business
We were still able to handle our business despite the conditions we were living in.

Still laughing and tripping still having the bitches
We still had fun and enjoyed the company of women.

I'm rapping now reminiscing and goddamn it we made it
We made it to the top and now I'm reminiscing about the past.

From trapping standing and pitching with rich we stand in the kitchen
We used to sell drugs and make deals in the kitchen with Rich (a friend).

Splitting it eight ways flip it in eight days
We split the money eight ways and were able to flip it in just eight days.

Thought that while in a room it was just the way to behave
We thought selling drugs was just a normal thing to do.

Kept the weight and the yey for most the paper we made in all dimes
We kept the big money for ourselves and used the small change to pay for things.

I ain't lying the pleasure was all mine
I'm not lying, it was a pleasure doing this.

Have big work to move but we served the small time
We had to deal with small-time drug deals, but we also had bigger deals to take care of.

I always out shined the niggas with small minds
I was always smarter than anyone with a small mind.

Who would of thought we would be arguably the greatest of all time
No one would have thought we would achieve such great success.

'Round here we developed such a sound down here
We developed a unique sound in Atlanta.

But duplicate it off the steel it can only be found here
No one can copy our sound, it can only be found in Atlanta.

Only listen to gs that other shit I don't hear
I only listen to real gangsters, I don't care about the rest.

Shit they so far in the rear how would I even care
They're so far behind, I don't even care about them.

I'm too busy being a player staring at niggas careers
I'm too busy focusing on my own career to worry about what others are doing.

Been talk about it for years and now we finally here
We talked about becoming successful for years, and now we finally made it.

They say what goes up must come down
Success doesn't last forever.

But I ain't reached my cruisee altitude
But I'm not done yet, I still have more success to achieve.

Take a look at what I did but can you imagine what I'm about to do
Look at what I've already accomplished, but imagine what I can do in the future.

The places I'm bout to go and the money I'm bout to see
I'm about to travel to new places and make even more money.

Gave Bill Gates some binoculars and said look out for me
I have so much success that even Bill Gates is taking notice.

And see these expectations even at def jam
Even at Def Jam (record label), people have high expectations for me.

Cause I married the streets and Atlanta has been my best man
I have a deep connection to the streets of Atlanta and it has helped me achieve success.

My momma quit her job and now she works with six figures
My mom was able to quit her job and is now making six figures due to my success.

Cause I'm a self-made nappy-headed rich nigga
I became rich through my own hard work and effort.

Private planes help me travel in peace
I can now travel in style and comfort on private planes.

To four cities in one day and four countries in one week
I can travel to multiple cities and countries in just a short amount of time.

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

Put one of my partners right through culinary art school
I helped one of my friends go to culinary school.

Now he my personal chef so that bread he get it
He is now my personal chef and is making good money.

Put them all in houses cleaned up all of my friends credit
I helped my friends get houses and clean up their credit scores.

And now they witness all the glitz and the glamor
Now they get to see the glamorous lifestyle that comes with success.

Catch us eating at straits Atlanta with women with table manners
We now eat at the finest restaurants with women who have good manners.

Order in seeapore and lobster
We order expensive meals like Singaporean cuisine and lobster.

Celebrating coming from nothing to winning Grammy's and rappers winning Oscars
We are celebrating our journey from poverty to winning prestigious awards.

And they say rappers shouldn't act nah suckers
Some people say rappers shouldn't act, but we don't care.

We see Samuel Jackson like whats up motherfucker!
We even run into famous actors like Samuel Jackson.

I know them haters don't stop plotting and wish you would fall
I know people hate on me and want me to fail.

Cause I'm standing on top looking down at it all
But I'm standing on top, looking down at all of my success.

I see you down there to y'all this ain't like I got it all
I see that people are struggling down there, and I know that I don't have everything.

Homie I ain't get enough I'm still trying to triple up
I'm not satisfied yet, I'm still trying to make even more money.

So all we got is street cred and a cool building up
All we have is our reputation and our cool building (studio) that we made our music in.

Say I'm doing too much shit I say I ain't did enough
Some people say I'm doing too much, but I think I haven't done enough yet.

Remember saying damn if I could just get to a million plus
I remember when I used to dream of just making a million dollars.

And now I'm like shit what the fuck is a million bucks
Now that I've made so much money, a million dollars seems like nothing.

Triple that on my bun thanks to bigs and run
Thanks to my hard work and good connections (Bigs and Run), I was able to make even more money.

But never mind what I've been through just look at what I become
Don't worry about my past, look at what I've achieved now.

All the shit I've avoided what I done for my sons
I've avoided a lot of bad situations and have done a lot for my sons.

And daughters and momma just call her
I've also done things for my daughters and mom.

I sold dope and dropped out of school seems its all they can see
People only see that I sold drugs and dropped out of school.

They don't notice none of my family did that since me
But they don't notice that I broke the cycle and my family now has a better life.

I broke that cycle now my family live a life of
I was able to break the cycle of poverty and give my family a better life.

Mandatory minimals but not when the judge sentence them
Although some of my family members were sentenced to mandatory sentences, they aren't currently serving them.

Cousins in college where you think they get tuition from (answer that)
My cousins are able to go to college, but people don't see where their tuition comes from.

Jeffrey standing around wishing huh
My friend Jeffrey is now wishing he had done what I did.

And while you standing around looking dumb
And while you're standing there looking dumb.

I make it happen taking action over time goddamn good at it
I make things happen by taking action over time, and I'm damn good at it.