[Hook 2x]
And it's true
In this life
I've never been the one
In your eyes
I've never been the truth
All you saw
Was a broken mirror
[Verse 1]
We ain't kin of the land to them
We're black folk
Refugees on a raft
Just trying to stay afloat
I'm trying to enter my mode
Emotions out of control
How can I sit still
They want to put me in a mold
Just because I have a dream
They say that rap is a joke
Well I hate all these motherf***
I hope that they all choke
In this life that I'm living
I ain't never seen a GOAT
In this life that were living
Man we all just gotta grow
But I'm turning into something
That I've never seen before
Looking in a broken mirror
Picking pieces off the floor
See my idols in my iris
Tears falling over my eyelids
Will I make it to their level
I don't really f*** know
Gone off a bean
Young boy wilding
Never planned to be a fiend
Young boy breaking down
Same boy starts to scream
Stuck in a trance
Trying to wake from his dream
People starting at me
Like they ain't understanding my silence
If all lives matter
You ain't understanding the violence
We're victimized by police
And that's why we run from the sirens
They're in the streets to protect
But it seems like they do the opposite
I'm positive
People are just prone to popping sh**
Off of the mouth and sh**
Their just actors running plays
No Greg Popavich
It's propaganda
And they're ga**ed as Auschwitz
To profit from it
[Hook 2x]
And it's true
In this life
I've never been the one
In your eyes
I've never been the truth
All you saw
Was a broken mirror
[Vesre 2]
I ain't never ran from a n***a
And I damn sure ain't bout to pick
Today to start running
I ain't never gang bang
But I might start gunning
Hit you dead on arrival
If you f*** up the money
If you f*** up progression
I could end it in a session
Lyricism leave you breathless
But the tech will leave you chestless
Young n***a reckless
Blow out your necklace
F*** your new b***
And then steal your Lexus
That's how I'd rap if I
Didn't prefer the realness
That's how I'd rap if I wasn't here
For the children
That's how I'd spit if I was
Just in it for millions
I don't want to be ill yet
I ain't tryna be brilliant
I just wanna be real and
Get listeners to feel this
What Ever I'm feeling
Cop beats and drill them
Pray God I heal some
Pray God I heal myself
In the process
Obsessed with objects
Of past
A new mind of gla**
Freshly failed cla**
Will the memories last
Will the memories pa**
Or will they stay etched in mind
Will I soon fade away
Or will I stay etched in time
And will there come a time
When I find the spine
To lay it all on the line
For the will to shine
The will to grind
Will I find the will to live
Or live to die
Either way I've
Cast the die
[Hook 2x]
And it's true
In this life
I've never been the one
In your eyes
I've never been the truth
All you saw
Was a broken mirror