[Verse 1: August Alsina]
I just gotta be real, never been on no fake sh**
Say you wanting the truth, but I hope you can take it
Lot of n***as had doubts, said I wasn't gonna make it
If I were to rap the same sh**
They probably would've been on my dick
And I probably would've been on freshman list
BET wouldn't bench this
R&B n***as would've been missed
b**h n***as wouldn't understand this
Real talk n***a, couldn't plan this
Young n***a coming for the top spot
Do know some n***as back home
That'll k** tryna get what I got
Still got some homies on the block, I'm just being honest
n***as tryna see me shot, I'm just being honest
I know I got some hoes high, I'm just being honest
But a lame n***a I am not, I'm just being honest
[Hook: August Alsina]
Name another n***a hot, I'm just being honest
More hoes than I got, I'm just being honest
Treat bad b**hes like thots, I'm just being honest
Ain't never give 'em my heart, I'm just being honest
(Gotta tell the truth)
I keep my day one n***as with me true
And we ain't never going back to what we used to do
You know I can't lie to you so I had to tell the truth
I'm just being honest
(Gotta tell the truth)
I keep my day one n***as with me true
And we ain't never going back to what we used to do
You know I can't lie to you so I had to tell the truth
I'm just being honest
[Verse 2: August Alsina]
Since I'm being honest, I've been way too modest
But lately I've been stressing, I've been tryna hide it
They be all up in my business, can't do sh** in private
And I hear all the sh** they say, but still I'm silent
(To tell the truth)
I know ya, lame n***as always hating
Probably took the b**h they dating
She choosing on a n***a, just face it
Really don't like this fame sh**
Hate what the music came wit
And my brother telling me he ain't sh**
Won't be sh** and he's kept it
That's f**ed up to be so stuck on that street sh**
When they took Mel
We both said that we'd get right
It's been three years and I can't tell
Know there's an outcome
He laid down or be in jail
Pray he keep his head up
Cause Lord knows we've been through hell
Truthfully, I'm cutting people off
Who can't do sh** for me
Cause I've made mistakes of helping people
Who just take from me
Seen me tryna get it
So they plotting on me faithfully
I know if I lost it all tomorrow
They won't stay with me
Most n***as be flexin'
Like they keeping it so real
Ain't getting no bad b**h
These hoes really ain't boss chicks
Never fall for that game sh**
Hoes know that I peep that
So sick of these rap n***as
Who talk crack but they don't trap
So done with these gold-diggers
Who f** just so they get racks
Nobody's got ambition
Wish I had a way to fix that
My niece is getting older
Gotta lot up on my shoulders
No muscle, no hustle, everything's a struggle
(Gotta tell the truth)
[Hook: August Alsina]
I keep my day one n***as with me true
And we ain't never going back to what we used to do
You know I can't lie to you so I had to tell the truth
I'm just being honest
I keep my day one n***as with me true
And we ain't never going back to what we used to do
You know I can't lie to you so I had to tell the truth
I'm just being honest
[Rap Verse: Rocky Diamonds]
n***as be talking about what they gonna do
But when they press circle on 2K
Only time they shoot
And I'm out with the same face it
None my n***as know
My lil' bro be yelling bruh, bruh
My lil' n***a too
Ain't got sh** to prove but got a lot to lose
Cause when it come to light
Sometimes I get confused
Can't even call Fly
Damn I miss you dude
It's hard to see the same sh**
When you got different views
But if that sh** ain't working
Then make different moves
My bezel say I'm winning
Ain't got time to lose
And I heard homie be snitching, I can't f** with dude
And if you f** with homie, we can't f** with you
Look, cause over here we don't play both sides
You f** with us, you f** with us, period, no talking (none)
And I'mma tell you like a n***a told me
Whatever happens in the streets stay in the streets, yeah
[Hook: August Alsina]
Name another n***a hot, I'm just being honest
More hoes than I got, I'm just being honest
Treat bad b**hes like thots, I'm just being honest
Will never give 'em my heart, that's just being honest
(I tell the truth)