Sometimes it's kinda hard to take 16 bars
Of some of everything you've got going on in your heart
But I cook up all my verse with great intent and purpose
Always peeling back the surface, n***a, I'm never nervous
There's still a few things that I won't say
But at the rate that I'm going it don't matter no way
It's been about two years since I walked across the stage
I'm just getting a degree and this album it turned the page
A lot of sh** in this album was really going on
A lot of sh** had me f**ed up, a lighter kept me strong
I really had some things that I really had to sling
But I wasn't in the streets only banged it at the range
I tell you all the truth because I know you don't get a lot
Real sh**? These n***as don't spit a lot
You really don't brag when you did a lot
We different
I got some friends that really play it down so they don't get no attention
Kinda like me when I was waiting on these cla**es
Sitting around, bullsh**ting, thinking about a Masters
I did my best work when my ex left
Crazy thing is I planned out everything that she expect
You couldn't stick around to see the best sh**
You stay down until you come up
I guess we all ain't learned that yet
And on that note, a big shoutout to my team
All my n***as out here grinding, dog, achieving all their dreams
Time for me to join the workforce, what's my experience?
Always on time when the package is delivered
And attention to detail: make sure your scale's right
Works well with a team and doesn't mind long nights
Works well with deadlines, the plug needs paying
Your lights go out with too many delayed payments
I had to get it, I swear to god I had to get it
Tina was gonna evict us and n***as can't get a living
My grades was too low, I spent a summer just applying
My grades was too low, they spent a summer just denying
But ain't nobody see that sh**
I bet before I put it on the beat you wouldn't believe that sh**
I lost financial aid twice, I live one hell of a life
I remember this time she left me in the middle of the night
I remember the first time we lost it in the mail
I remember the second time I almost went to jail
But you wasn't there
And I ain't doing no explaining
We're not really friends till you make a couple payments
A lot of sh** I did was really old and outdated
I'm writing this sh** because I want some fresh pages
This album close a chapter, with this I start anew
But I know where I been, so I know what I can do
See, they liable to b**h, liable to switch
When you finally do score they gonna lie about a sis
To be honest dog, I know I'm blessed
And I keep praying for blessings
I'd rather take those than hard lessons
Nonviolent offender coulda been my direction
But now I'm on my own, I ain't open for suggestions
St. Louis, it raised me
Capperman, they made me
Carlton Ave. paid me
None of y'all gon' play me
In high school I got caught, in college I was ghost
Life hit you with those blows if you chilling on the ropes
When you stop fighting is when you start losing
When you start spazzing they start moving
When you winning they start choosing
Fake love and fools, too many lies move them
But I've seen it all, so to me you've gotta prove it
I said but I done seen it all so for me you've gotta prove it
[Voice Recording]
“Daily business, doing what we do. We have a package coming through one day, and my man said that while he's in LA, I searched the sh**, says “Seized by law enforcement.” So, you know, n***as is naturally shook, like “Well that can't be good…” like… [laughter] That's not good! So, I'm a little bit shook, lowkey, get a phone call, “Yo, y'all n***as is hot,” like “the boys just ran to our spot, took us downtown, they're asking us all these questions, this that and the third.” All this n***a had to say, he was like “We gotta go.” And I was like “Alright, we gotta go.””