[Intro]
This message is for everyone
[Verse 1: Brandon Carter]
This message is for you grandma
No difference with you grandpa
It's for my uncles, aunts, and the baby
I wish I met
I go everyday thinking what it'd be like if y'all never left
It's just too unreal for me to believe that you're gone
As I see it, there ain't gon' be a way I'll move on
Come on man, what's going on?
I know, but I hate the fact you'll never respond
You'll never pick up again
A wound will only heal if you stop touching it
But, I can't forget everything you meant to me as a kid
I can still feel you even though the tension is stiff
I turn back on our past and it shocks me that I fell shy
Of all the chances I could've spoke to you that's why
When each year winds down, our memories wind up
I wish I could grasp you in my arms, and give you a long hug
Please send this to them, let them know that they're still loved
I just can't forget the face of someone that was my last hope
Our time spent, was not wise
I'll see you later, cause there's no such thing as "goodbye"
[Pre-hook: Malia Carter]
I tried to call you, you didn't pick up
I wrote a letter, where does it go?
I need you right now, Involved in my life
You ain't there for me, can't be here to see
We have a bond, all honesty for you
We can depend on each other, you're loyal
They aren't here now
But y'all here, and you down
[Hook: Brandon Carter]
This message is for my family
My friends or who's listening
Any person that can hear me
Any person that I'm missing
[Verse 2: Brandon Carter]
This message is for you, my friends
I hope that this road don't end
Actions speak louder than words, I'm just hypocrite
But to look at you now, hurts
Words can't describe it
I've lost friends and family
I cannot handle this
How do you let go of someplace where you felt welcome
When now if you show up, you've invaded and they won't tell you
Friendships happen by accident, but we were worthy
I thank you for being a part of this journey
Hope we, see each other in the future, see how we've turned out
'Cause y'all were close to me, even when we were spread out
I'm recording this message, can't tell if you wanna see my face
Y'all just kept praying that you got through to me
When sometimes, I was through with you
You think you've wasted time? I don't think that personally
I'm the one who wasted mine, I'm talking socially
Yeah, This message is for my friends
The ones who answered the call from the beginning
I mean this from my heart, I'm positively certain
[Pre-hook: Malia Carter]
I tried to call you, you didn't pick up
I wrote a letter, where does it go?
I need you right now, Involved in my life
You ain't there for me, can't be here to see
We have a bond, all honesty for you
We can depend on each other, you're loyal
They aren't here now
But y'all here, and you down
[Hook: Brandon Carter]
This message is for my family
My friends or who's listening
Any person that can hear me
Any person that I'm missing [Hook: Malia Carter]
This message is for the people
The people in this city
Any person that ain't listening
Listen up and so you can hear me
[Verse: Brandon Carter]
I've sent more messages in my lyrics, than you've sent in a convo
I wasn't supposed to provide a beat you could bobb to
Everything can change in the second you aren't trying to
This is a simple message I've sent with pride, so
This is the explanation I'll summarize, know
This is reality
Why don't you look around
Don't change for anyone
But yourself, whom you should rely
We were all in my dreams
'Till we exited the borderlines
It's 'bout time I've confided
Confessed everything, look alive
We all tryna live
I'm not tryna live a lie
I have a way with words
Some rappers don't even try
Mentality settled in
I overcame the odds
I had to man up
Some fail to do the job
I am a renegade
Everyday's do or die
I am a prodigy
My name's where that proof resides
I saw Déjà vu
These goodbyes seem to multiply
I am living legend
'Not exactly what you've expected
Now that you know me
Never expect less
I saved this for later
Hoping you've learned my message
You are one of us, and we're living in dependence
I just wrote a book half these artists don't even get and
I've looked into different moments in my life, in my perspective
No bird's eye view, but a boy in Armageddon
Tryna get through understanding that this is life and we're letting
Each millisecond slip from us, I am just in to leaven
How you think we got in here, there's no way out our sentence
'Till you enter the gates of reality: Hell or Heaven
Just when you think you had it all
Watch how it turns the tides
What you have listened to
Is an example of my life
It's what I did for 20 months
I gave you peak of what's inside of me
You may feel uncomfortable
But this is how it has to be
We're the tattoos, the glue
We are obscene
I don't care what you think
Don't have to be proud of me
We are the ink
That's the truth of reality
[Hook: Malia Carter]
This message is for the people
The people in this city
Any person that ain't listening
Listen up and so you can hear me