Never back down if I said it then I meant it
Here to make sure that the town is represented well
We live on through the stories we tell
So when I spin a yarn I hope it suits you well
I learned from old heads that put weight on scales
Get locked and they end up in a 12 by 12
Come home & he looking for a pack to sell
Cause his daughter need food and his Ma ain't well
Hit his girl on the hip but she ain't there
No love from the streets cause they don't care
So what you do when you feel like you ain't got no other options
Got em a nine and started robbin
Tried the wrong one Got popped and he lost his life
It's another dead body on the news tonight
There's another rose placed on a young man's grave
As we kneel to our knees to pray there's gotta be another


Feel like the whole hoods just (drifting away)

Insanity is doing the same things over and over
And expecting the problems to blow over
Loved ones giving you the cold shoulder
Worn out ya welcome enough the cleaners know ya
Working so hard to sustain yaself
But everybody needs a little bit of help
There's a thin line between haphazard and a moral hazard
Saying that'll you'll change and it hasn't happened
They still remember back when you wasn't happy
Searchin for an exit in a little packet
You hurtin all the folks that really got ya back
It's sad but they truly ain't forgiving you for it
Thats no way to help a broken heart move forward
But at some point you gotta take charge
Let ya eyes adjust when you step into the dark
It's never too late to start you gotta find your own

It's like time keeps (drifting away)

Losing myself but getting things that I've dreamed of
It's getting harder to remember who I was
Every day I think about my cousin
I feel like I watched and did nothing
Mainly in this so that I can help my mother
What if I do and she falls back under
I should call her up and tell I love her
I keep putting it off cause I'm sure she'll tell me something that ain't positive
The tone of her voice makes it obvious
I'm just tryna make enough bread to get her outta this
Ran into my cousin's ex and told her fuck outta here
I don't like riding through the neighborhood he'd Polly in
I don't like coming home at all to be honest
Too many ghost and broken promises
Regardless of where we all stand today
We're not where we been its a blessing that we came a long