E. Haynes - Shepherd lyrics

SHEPHERD I'm just tryna give you that... Swear that these n***as be sleep... (Yeah) (VERSE 1) Welcome to the jungle where the humble and the thugs Get to rumble over trouble and the hustling of d** Struggle over crumbles just wondering where the love at? Cuz There's no fun in having to run away from some gun claps And this sh** will end with someone getting bust back Just Reminiscing on the bus with my bus pa** Use to get by off lunch snacks and Rugrats But now we getting high off dub sacs in em blunt raps Other days I need an eight or an ounce Best believe I'm gon' be facing that loud Cuz most these n***as smile in your face but they hate and they doubt While b**hes choosing based on Savings in your banking accounts damn Been popping pills and drinking since the 7th grade Round the time my friends was sellin' weed for better Jays Now they either down in Jail or up at heavens gates As I'm praying for some better days but we gon get it straight Even though I grew up around some violence Ambulances and sirens A Misfit misguided with no guidance But i know that the lord knows that I'm trying In deep search for enlightenment These Streets are a lions den Hoping to be inspiring to make your pain stop Cuz ever since they beat my a** man I hate cops Feeling like I got no umbrella walking thru the rain drops And This ain't a fable no Aesop n***a (CHORUS) I'm just tryna give you that real But I swear that these n***as sleep! I know that Id rather be the Shepherd than to ever ever be the sheep No one can ever tell me what to think No one can ever tell me who to be Nowadays it's k** or be k**ed Is it gonna be you or will it be me What is it gon be? What is it gon be? Is it gonna be will it be me? (aye) I'm just tryna give you that real But I swear that these n***as sleep! I know that Id rather be the Shepherd than to ever ever be the sheep (VERSE 2) Yeah I Came from the gutter, got my name from my mother, learned the game from my brother Seen some things during the summers, but that sh** made me tougher Never played for no s**er, remember when we was younger, Belly was full with hunger Often labeled as a statistic or even a number But when n***as die the immediate suffer FOX News barely give us with any media coverage As we Blind like the sheep even Stevie he wonder But I don't really know why they like to go and throw shade.... on everything that I do You and I ain't never been the same, yeah... Been feeling this way since high school I Don't got time to complain... Imma Keep it briefer than a haiku Thinkin bout it put me in a daze... Getting dizzy at the looping the cycle Cuz I'm a product of my environment Catch me ridin round my town hear the tires spin And My day 1's the only ones that I'm ridin' with b**h I'm grindin' to get that early retirement Use to sell dope but now I sell quotes for a better price It was all we knew so we could have a better life And Music is my second chance that got me feeling limitless My Pops told me it not how start its how you finish it (CHORUS)