On the tape I had asked, where you see yourself in ten
Since then, had some friends in the box and some in the pen
Lot of people depend on downfalls to breathe again,
Lot of people I dropped, they tried to see me descend
And when some friends are feeling needy,
I'm always a hand to lend, but some people just get too greedy
And take it to an extent
Some only talk when they need me
And then they try to pretend
Like they've been waiting to see me
So we could catch up again
I ain't ever ask for love
I don't even ask for much
I stay humble and generous
People try to boil my blood
Try to take control of the music
Just because of their lust
For where the money is truly
And so they try to construct
New routes for you to take
In hopes that you're in a rush
To get some money in your pockets
With a contract they'll cook up
And if you don't read that contract
Guarantee you'll be stuck
And if I stuck with the agreement
I'd make pop for y'all to bump
I cannot make this up
I don't got to tell a fib
We've been put in the position where
We almost lost the crib
My brother fell to the system
They tried to give him a bid
Fifteen years in prison to justify what he did
We used to say we gon be the first
To do it big
Promise to never get caught up and change the way we live
I had to talk to him straight
What happen to the plan
He could've went to the league
It wasn't in his demands
Things changing up with the fam
I wasn't ready
Used to say they were all good
But they were never steady
See my older cousin expressed all her feelings already
A drunken night explained why she no longer bang with us heavy
Said people go their ways
Don't you ever think that it's envy
Memories lost so we move
Like we don't even have any
Couple family members
Didn't get invites to the wedding
But that's a whole different story
That ain't mine for the telling
I never crack against the pressure
I never fold even with losses
I know that nothing lasts forever
I don't have time to lose my focus
Keep my mind from being broken
They say my hearts never open
I said a lot of y'all
Think y'all got the best men
Lot of y'all
Surrounded by some yes men
Who just try to
Act like they your best friend
But they're just tryna
Make the best investment
If that's your hustle no knocking ya
But some of y'all
Just feening to be known by the popular
People will do what they got to do
Til their clock is up
It's either you
Siding with The Zone
Or don't rock with us
Lot of y'all second guessing
Lot of artist in question
Lot of things that I peeped
Kind of changed my perception
Lot of y'all only speak
But fail to show the obsession
To ever put in the work
And get the things y'all been stressing
Lot of y'all like to creep
Lot of y'all like to sleep
Some of y'all hate these words
Because they coming from me
Some tried breaking me down
Because they lacking belief
What they had failed to see
Is I aint ever been weak
Never rush the greatness
Know that patience is key
Wildin in this game just know
I'm playing for keeps
Making a million moves
Without making a peep
No competition man you better off
Just taking a seat
I'm very rare
When it comes to the stakes
But I'm well done
When it comes to the plate
I'll never, sell my soul
Just to get me some cake
But I've been sacrificing leisure
Just to make sure I'm great
I never crack against the pressure
I never fold even with losses
I know that nothing lasts forever
I don't have time to lose my focus
Keep my mind from being broken
They say my hearts never open
Love all
But trust none
Believe in yourself
And never lose faith in others
Settle for nothing but the best
And give one hundred and ten percent
In everything you do
Find your purpose in life, and live it
I've been studying life
Doing everything I can to
Make sure that it's right
People tell me this a gamble
I ain't too scared to try
Take a risk
Life is over in the blink of an eye
Go and pick up the die
My only fear is time
It's too stealthy
Staring at the clock
It honestly doesn't help me
Seventeen, I said at twenty three
I'll be wealthy
I passed twenty three
Not rich, but I'm alive and I'm healthy
Guess you can kind of say that it's the same
Tryna stack my money flip it right, maintain
Couple people want me switch up
Switch cars, switch lanes but
Not to see me flex, for me to throw this down the drain
And flush this all down, the funny thing about
This expedition is the people that would always
Try to hound, me for, picking up this route cause
They don't see the proof that
I could show the world my own sound
They hoping that it flakes
And then they mention greats
And said I can't be one
Cause they were possessing traits
Basically tryna tell me that I don't have what it takes
My mind is a deadly weapon, I never let it just waste
My sister had a baby, his dreams I'll always embrace
His mother was a teacher to me
Showed me all the ways
Gave me all this knowledge
And I just learned how to pace
So I owe it all to him
Cause I see her inside his face
I never crack against the pressure
I never fold even with losses
I know that nothing lasts forever
I don't have time to lose my focus
Keep my mind from being broken
They say my hearts never open