Released: July 15, 2016

Songwriter: Metro Boomin 21 Savage

Producer: Metro Boomin

[Intro]
Savage
21 Savage, the one and only
How it feel to be a real nigga, man
21

[Verse 1]
Them same niggas doubted me
Now they tryna hang around a nigga
I ain't got nothin' but bullets for you, nigga
I feel like a bully to you, nigga
I ain't countin' nothin' but hundreds, nigga
Ain't nothin' but mud in my stomach, nigga
I kept it real with a lot of niggas
Ain't gotta deal with a lot of niggas
I ain't sign no deal like a lot of niggas
So they don't treat me like I'm poppin', nigga
I kept it trill with all the trill niggas
I get accepted by the real niggas
I was raised to be a real nigga
Every nigga 'round me like to kill niggas
Red bottoms on a real nigga
She tryna suck it through the Hilfigers

[Chorus]
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga

[Verse 2]
How it feel to be a real nigga
Bronx niggas say I'm ill, nigga
All the pain, had to let it go
Now it ain't no place I can't go
Watch me thumb through that bankroll
Ain't no ones in this bankroll
Ain't nothin' but blues in this bitch, nigga
On Boulevard with the Crips, nigga
She got an ass, but her titties little
But I hope she brought her sister with her
'Cause you know I got the gang with me
You know ain't a damn thing changed with me
Got them VVS's on me now
Got them VVS's on me now
Look at my watch, this shit done cost a house
You talkin' to a boss, please watch your mouth
That boy came a long way, didn't he?
Yeah, I came a long way, didn't he?
That boy came a long way, didn't he?
Now I'm ballin', Hardaway, Penny

[Chorus]
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga
How it feel to be a real nigga

21 Savage & Metro Boomin

21 Savage and Metro Boomin first connected on Savage’s May 2015 track, “Drip.” They linked up again on Savage’s July 2015 track, “Supply,” and once more on Savage’s “Deserve” in December of 2015.

The duo united for their first full-length with their July 2016 mixtape, Savage Mode. Since then, they have worked very closely together.

Metro provided production on nine of fourteen tracks on Savage’s July 2017 album, Issa Album.