“I Do This” reveals a lot about the artist Phyno; to many, music was just about fame, riches, and a luxurious lifestyle. In the track development, he mentions the real reason he chose the path of music: to make his family better, to be a voice for his people in the hood. Music to Phyno was a vehicle of redemption to family, friends, and even to those who belittled him.
D Smoke kept his rap flows on the real subject matter of the music; his lyrical power is clean, simple, and very factual.
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[Intro]
Yeah
[Verse 1]
Yeah!
I do this for my family, ndị na-adụ m ezigbo ndụma
Do it for the fans na-adaa atụnye m to onye ọbụna
Friends na-aghota nwoke ma mụ daba ezigbo ọdụda
After unu na God, mụnwa e-sendịrọọkwa onye ọbụna
I do it for the hustlers na-ata ụgba n’ọnụ Asata
Na guys gala away, maka akwụkwọ, ha anụba akata
Boys banye street, maba conductor n’afịa Abakpa
Boy i mele evict, egogo ụnọ naabọ n’Otu Onitsha
I do it for the money, ka m nọkatazii gbawa akwụna
Do it and they hating, ụfọdụ e jezie gwọwa atịkpa
Mee ya for my mum, nwaanyị jeelụ m ekpele Ufuma
Mee ya for ogbe m, ewepụ unu aka m ịbụ ezigbo mgbada
I do it for my brothers na-agba boy n’ugwu Awụsa
Kọọlụ gị ife anya na-afụ, mana akụkọ anaa ekwe nkọcha
Boniface onye obodo, kịtaa bụzi onye okpogho
Ọdịnaka Mass-server, kịtaa bụzi onye okuko
Obi mma ya na-ele oroma, mechazii gbuwa ọkụkọ
Ị ma nkụnwu ihe ọ kụfọọ, chairman n’ime Ọkpọnọ
Onye mee mkpọtụ, anyị ajụọ ya “Ị na afụkwa iru mpịtọ?”
Maka m nwee gị n’iru ọlụ, ife m na-arụ bụ ọlụ two people
I do this for the doors a kwachili, sị na anyị ama ngafe
And all the girls kpapụtaa ya mgbe owu ji m na mkpọfe
Njideka, Stephanie, Amara na Kambili
Mgbe ụgbọ naa aka efehidịị, ma still unu ekwechirii
I do it for the tears a na-ebe sometimes ma ụgwọ ọnwa bịa
Do it for the guys na pass na-adaa akpa oke ọkpụkpa
Mens na-enye m signal ma ndị nnwa chọọ m bịa
Ma ndị bu m n’isi, na-ekwerọọ ka ndị ilo chịị m taa
I do it for ndi na-amarọọ na ife anyị nwelụ bụ isi nkume
Anyị ma na anyị ajọka, ọ nwerụọ ife anyị na-achọ n’iru ugogbe
Ka ị na-achọ udene, i gbuo udene, ị ga-eri ozu udene?
Ọlụ ahụ bụlụ ntụ, mechazii wee bụlụ ọlụebube
I do it just to prove, its bigger than all of y’all
Ọnụ kwubuu sị I‘m done, the ọnụ ka na-akpọ na call
E mele enu, e mele anị, the afịa ka na-azụ na mall
I do it for the love, echezona m when I‘m done
[Verse 2]
I do this for Lil Ricky, my future, that **** born to fly
Do this for my diddy, that **** came out of morning side
Do this for my haters, they made me greater
The honest nest I was burning was honey, yes, I still balance that borderline
Its for my niece, who will never know what it means to be severed from family ties and to be thrown in a hall with thieves
Over a gold meddalion, was stolen and hope the keys jingling and they get to mingle it with open air, with open breeze
I do this for my pistol and virgin ready to fuck it up
For my uncle Rich, when I cried, he told me to suck it up
With the reckless, we knew the chunk and buck, we knuckle up
Life a rollercoaster, best keep a toaster and buckle up
This for the psycopath, in the path where the grass is greener
Whether chit chat later, a belle Latina
This is for the women who acknowledge God inside, she polished but down she wild, if they pull me up, she hold the nina
This is for my ancestors sold into slavery
And doing the unspoken, while tightly holding their babies
That's another level of strength that I got in my veins
I swear, we not in the same league, I‘m magic in the 80s
I’m averaging the way I‘m savage
I obey the Almighty Young
They can’t hold me, I’m Kyrie Kobe and Toby
I’m likely to run away and come back with a chunk of fody
Ready to blow it any moment
Pay me what you owe me, bitch
Listen
This pa' la gente que me apoyaron
Que no me dejaron cuando otros me castigaron
Y ahora que todo va según mis planes, están en plena vista
Tratando 'e fumar la pipa con reyes with bright tomorrows
A sight to see, if they are fighting me, they should fight a chalo
This is for the alliance in my pipe of the cuban cigaros
Its for the future generation that just need that inspiration, let them know we got them care, what you need and borrow
Ay! This is for my Anglewood
The bay down to L.A in every singlehood
They love to watch me fight, just like an eagle should
Cos when I do good, we do good
[Outro]
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Uploaded by: Nnamdi • Upload date: 10/21/2025