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Desolate
01:53
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I got my heart on my sleeve
It’s getting harder to breathe
I seen patterns repeat
Grown men turn weak
Young kids don’t eat
Getting lost in the street
I see death in the air
Niggas really don’t care
Losing focus, I stare out the window
The rain pouring at a different tempo
Can it slow down
It’s a flood now
I see my blood on the ground
What if I bleed out
I been in a drought
Can’t cope with doubt
I been walking on the same route
Got my foot on the curb
Lately I been disturbed
My mother’s words help me when I’m hurt
I can’t tell if I’m blessed or cursed
Had to stay alert from my first breath
I was bout five when I learned about death
I was being bout eight thinking I was next
But I’m still here, got my foot on they necks
17, I had to fly, left my mommas nest
Since then I been saying shit from the chest
Now I’m 21, nowhere near my best
I’m working too hard, need some time to rest
Bags under my eyes
I seen the sun arise
Lightning crack from the sky
Ain’t no guarantees in life, all you gotta do is try
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What you need
What you want
I can’t front; I need them dollars baby
Problems coming crazy lately
I was in the crib all day, my mind is hazy
Walking on clouds, face to face with the lord
Only he knows all the shit that I saw
Face my issues with a grin
Every L I take it to the chin
Still growing from my deadly sins
Seven of them
pressure coming
I face it with ease
Not alone, know I got a team
You can catch me sitting by the creek
Hot as hell, it’s like 90 degrees
My mother proud of me
I dropped out, fuck them degrees
They wasn’t in my state of mind
That shit was nothing more then wasted time
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3. |
Gravel
01:25
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I got my fist to the gravel
Long battles that I tackle
Away from the chains, breaking shackles
Me and wilf goats, ya niggas cattle
Sorry to say you can’t fuck with my shadow
Been in a hassle with the thoughts that I unravel
Too many words in my head, it’s like scrabble
But I still dazzle the masses
You niggas slow like molasses
I just want to make classics
I can’t afford to be passive
My goals too massive
Gotta do it all before I see the casket
And the facts is, I became this nice without practice
I remember days couldn’t get my back off the mattress
Had to change my tactics
I’m just living through the madness
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4. |
Shit Ain't Easy
01:51
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I send a prayer to the air, hope the angels hear
Really working hard, hoping that the money near
Shit I been hurt before, really had to shed a tear
Learn and growing through the years
I been shedding my fears
I been shifting the gears
2020, yea the vision clear
If you didn’t know, I’m top tier
Hope the future bright like a chandelier
making issues disappear
Tryna be king of the city
Where kids become gritty
I been living filthy
I been feeling guilty
Hope my demons don’t try to kill me
I was really stuck in them trenches
Why would I lie
Why pretend shit
I seen niggas lose they life for a slice of the pie
That shit don’t sit with me easy
I never had a lot, of course I’m greedy
I seen the worst of life please believe
All my troubles I just bury beneath
I seen the fam struggle, can’t have that pattern repeat
I know it’s all on me
If we in a race, guarantee that I’m in the fucking lead
Show love to my gang, show love to me my team
I just want my niggas to eat
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Many problems done rise
I took beatings with pride
Plenty scars in this life
Been grown since the first steps
Deep breathes
Can’t control the stress
On the train with the Jordan face
Tryna keep faith alive
Who you know shine as bright in the darkest night
They tryna cover my light
I always stood out, wasnt fond of fitting in
I just mind my business
I’m a lost cause you can catch me with my dawgs
Take a pause
Is it a loss if you grow from it
Making sure my soul doesn’t plummet to the bottom of the pit
I seen niggas never make it out the ditch
Life is a bitch
I sit and reflect on the times when my life was a mess
Tally up the days on my flesh
Can’t forget I got another 24
My blessings refresh
My confidence restored
Feeling like I’m reborn
You can’t ignore a nigga anymore
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Royal Issues
03:27
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Nerves
01:38
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Still the same, but I had to change
Learn & grow, back to back with pain
Throwing caution in the wind
Fuck a risk
Life a trip
Easy to slip
Caught a grip
Marching to the rhythm
feelings that I kept hidden
See my wishes in the distance
The future written, saw it vivid
Spoke shit to existence
Still I be drifting
In a tussle with my nerves
Speech slurred
Stumble over words
Problems occur
The past was a blur
Really grew from the dirt
Threw my hurt in the verse
Had to toss them away
You could see it in my face, I was scared, afraid
Had to man up, now I’m never fazed
We can run the fade
What a difference a day make
Still running round in the same maze
Still writing on the same page
Need to make haste
Can’t go to waste
We really take space
Took the bait
Shook the weight off my shoulder
Mama really raised a solider
Purple Heart
Hopping over hurdles in the dark
Barking up the wrong tree
But I’m still me
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Gunshot
01:32
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Damn it done happened again
When will it come to an end
Write it away with the pen
It’s real I cannot pretend
I done seen the worst
I was close to the hearse
Had my face to the dirt
you can say I’m down to earth
Me and wilf stay alert
I peep the fake, I know you lurk
I was close to the edge
Problems they lay in my head
Should solve them instead
Taking my time, m can’t rush
Write lines with a gentle touch
Never been the type to say much
I was stuck in the mud
Found luck now they showing me love
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Heart
01:29
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On the road to the gold, where my brothers at
I been getting old letting these problems pass
Dropped out of class cause I got the gift of gab
Since then I been having a blast
People fuck with my ass
Swear shit happened too fast
I was throwing raps in the trash
Now they over the map
Niggas know the name
Yea they fucking with the boy
I been staying calm, never annoyed
I been speaking up more, using my voice
I been soaking up the sun, getting black is my choice
And I love it
I remember dropping tears in a bucket
Had to switch it up, now I’m like fuck it
I was holding shit back, for what
I was down bad, needing some luck
Thinking too much, my brain could bust
In the past tense
In the past tense
I felt my heart tense
I feel my heart clench up
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10. |
Margiela
01:22
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Time limited
But I’m taking initiative
Stomping in timberlands
Tryna reap the benefits
Trapped in a deficit
Wonder where heaven is
Where is god
Got to defy the odds
That been the mission
If you look like me, then it isn’t competition
Cause we all in the same place
All tryna keep faith
Try to live with grace before it’s too late
Can’t lose to anger
Friends became strangers
Staying calm in the middle of danger
Telling stories like a painter
Never had heroes im my own savior
It’s innate, it’s only nature
I seen niggas do stupid shit for the paper
Placing bets, taking wagers
Can’t waste my hours, can’t waste my minutes
I’m at the end, I see where the line finish
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11. |
Flask
01:54
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Had to cut the class but I took the pen and pad
To everyone who did me wrong y’all gonna feel the wrath
It’s a bloodbath on my path
I found passion in the words, you find yours in a flask
People search for heaven at the bottom of a bottle
Got my foot on the pedal, going full throttle
I’m not a role model
I’m just speaking bout shit that made my heart thump
Facing fears my whole life, I never run
Took Ls to the face but I won some
Can you handle this life of mine nigga please don’t front
Understand that I only had pennies
Young and hungry so I’m always ready
My heart stays heavy
I’m just trying keep steady
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