[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...