Released: September 15, 2017

Featuring: Aha Gazelle

Songwriter: Wes Writer Cardec Drums Halo Hitz KB Aha Gazelle

Producer: Halo Hitz Cardec Drums

[Intro: KB]
K to the second...

[Verse 1: KB]
This ain't my first rodeo, uh
Check my portfolio, uh
Without the Holy Ghost, I would be gettin' my commas
On quote-on-quote, quote-on-quote, quote-on-quote
I am not so-and-so (no)
Might be the rapper that no one knows
But I got the clique like a metronome
Lit thats immeasurable, new intellectual, yeah
I was the Oreo, I was the Oreo comin' up (Yeah)
Told 'em, "At least I'ma get my degree
Then I'll be back on the scene and my cream will be double stuffed"
Either that or we'll knuckle up
Started boxing to toughen up
Then I met Jesus and seen that the strong don’t survive
They will sacrifice all for the other one
I ain't got no records with me braggin' on it
Under the blood, blood, ain't no stackin' on it
Shout out to Reach Records, they put the master on it
Every record got the Master on it
But this free freedom ain't no man can hold me
Man, it's Jesus, Jesus, 'til I'm mad annoying
We indeed are living, la-la vida
He has redeemed us innocent and
I am loyal 'cause

[Pre-Chorus: Wes Writer]
Boy, I used to be a monster (be a monster)
I was tweakin', had my mama goin' bonkers
Yeah, you probably wouldn't believe it
If it hadn't been for Jesus
I'd be still runnin' around like I'm a gangster

[Chorus: Aha Gazelle]
Boy, I used to be a monster
Now it's 50,000 people at my concert
Got they hands up screamin', I'ma tell 'em all about Jesus
How He turned me to a man from an imposter

[Post-Chorus: Wes Writer]
Boy, I used to be a monster, used to be a monster
Boy, I used to be a monster, used to be a monster

[Verse 2: KB]
Boy, I used to be a playboy
Yeah, don't you leave your girl around me, boy (No, no)
Yeah, they don't take sand to the Beach Boy
But I got me an island in my queen, boy
Bankroll, fake though
Hundred ones wrapped up in a Franco (Franklin)
Wanted chips and that queso
Make diamonds dance when I say so
Draco, slang dope
Until the Feds ex'd them like Kinkos
I carry different, my aim though
My game dope, you already know

[Pre-Chorus: Wes Writer]
Boy, I used to be a monster (be a monster)
I was tweakin', had my mama goin' bonkers
Yeah, you probably wouldn't believe it
If it hadn't been for Jesus
I'd be still runnin' around like I'm a gangster

[Chorus: Aha Gazelle]
Cool! Boy, I used to be a monster
Now it's 50,000 people at my concert
Got they hands up screamin', I'ma tell 'em all about Jesus
How He turned me to a man from an imposter

[Verse 3: Aha Gazelle]
I used to be, I used to be a monster
I used to hide the pain, I tried to keep it inside, locked up
But now I'm out my shell, I'm on the table at Red Lobster
I can't believe I almost missed it but I found the golden ticket like I'm Willy Wonka
I can't believe I'm on the team, they put me on the roster
If we both servin' God, I guess 'mi casa es su casa'
I take these boys to school, I got 'em singin' Alma Maters
They like, "Whatchu singin' in vibrato?"

[Outro: Aha Gazelle]
Boy, I used to be a monster

KB

Kevin Burgess, better known by his stage name, KB, is an American Christian hip hop artist from St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the leader of the hip-hop group HGA and was signed as a solo artist to Reach Records in 2010. He was formerly a member of the Reach Records-based hip-hop collective 116 Clique. Releasing a mixtape in 2011 entitled “Who Is KB?”, he would go on to top the US Christian charts 3 times, first with his debut album, “Weight & Glory”, which was released on July 17, 2012, it topped the US Christian charts in August. On March 4, 2014, he released his first EP, “100” which topped the US Christian charts two weeks later. On April 21, 2015, he released his sophomore album, “Tomorrow We Live” which went on to top the US Christian album charts in May 2015.

On October 20, 2017, he released his third album, Today We Rebel which went on to top the US Christian albums charts in November 2017 and it also went on to win a Dove award in October 2018 for Hip Hop album of the year. On April 9th, 2020, KB announced he left Reach Records and on April 13, 2020, he announced his signing with Essential Sound, an imprint of Sony Music.