ZJ Mission - Old Ways lyrics

[Verse 1] Rapping with a full plate and Thinking back to my old ways when I would say whatever I want doesn't Matter how I think you'll take it Act before I had a chance to think Laughing even if it's serious Let it go until the 7th ring Probably playing games I ain't hearing it Focused on myself though You can hit me when I got the time Living life tryna hit the top getting What I want has been the bottom line Disrespect you if you in the way Man my method's been despicable My pride is at the pinnacle Truth be told man I've been a fool Dealing with the fallout from the life I chose to lead Those decisions I made just because they benefitted me All the family that I pushed aside to chase after the dream What's the point of showing them I can do it if they ain't even there to see ? [Hook] Lookin back some times at my past sometimes I just wish I could make it go away Feelin bad sometimes and I've had sometimes Where I didn't think that I could take the pain And I had some times it was all my fault But I'm done now I really wanna change But the past reaches out tryna pull me back in I'm just tryna not fall to my old ways Wanna give you all I got, on the spot But I'm fallin to my old ways You the one I want nothing else But I'm fighting with my old ways Take me in your arms when it's hard Give me freedom from my old ways I wanna leave it all behind now Leave it all behind now yeah, yeah [Bridge] I'm bound by my own pride Can you come and set me free? Give me life and let me breathe... [Verse 2] Sometimes I've neglected you That's something you'd never do You always been here for me Even when I disconnect from you Even when I did it wrong again You were still giving me compliments I was looking for the condemnation You were building my confidence Thinking back to like 1AM A few weeks ago I did some reminiscing Thought a lot about the things I know And after thinkin bout it I'm never quitting Getting on a vetted unofficial knitted mission Tying ends up where I finished leave the past behind the vision I don't meddle in the business I just find a chest to pin it on and Stretch it to the limits every bar I've ever written it was real Never made up, working on the Dream every night I stayed up, listening to Sermons and tryna change up, I don't wanna keep the Old ways that made it break up no more I just wanna live life free Me and my girl and the midnight team Doing my job gettin to live my dream So one day the kids'll wanna get like me [Hook] Lookin back some times at my past sometimes I just wish I could make it go away Feelin bad sometimes and I've had sometimes Where I didn't think that I could take the pain And I had some times it was all my fault But I'm done now I really wanna change But the past reaches out tryna pull me back in I'm just tryna not fall to my old ways Wanna give you all I got, on the spot But I'm fallin to my old ways You the one I want nothing else But I'm fighting with my old ways Take me in your arms when it's hard Give me freedom from my old ways I wanna leave it all behind now Leave it all behind now yeah, yeah [Outro: Genesis] I'm like bro, you're living your own life It ain't about your crew. If you going down your crew ain't coming with you. I guarantee that. And I had to advocate that to my cousin 'cuz he's in a gang. I was like bro, you gotta get out of that 'cuz honestly, you could be down with your crew, and you could love the heck out of them; but I promise to God the minute you go to jail that you're not gonna see any one of them. And it really made me mad cuz when he told me that he was like "Bro you just don't understand" I'm like, "I do. I've seen this, I've seen this multiple times. We folks lived through this. You ain't gotta go through this life. This life wasn't meant to be lived, it was meant for you to die in...