THE VENT, Pt. 1 Lyrics

I was brought up off of love and hard lessons

Days up on the southside had us all stressing

But we ain't want for nothing every paycheck mom stretched it

It showed me you can come up massive off a small investment

I got robbed one time bullets was all in question

Shit made me feel like I was naked changed my state of mind

And now I feel like everyday I gotta stay with iron

Cause ain't no fair ones or no fades when it's danger time

Behind the laughter and these smiles is where pain reside

We elevating my old ways of thinking gotta stay behind

At the same time moving too fast done led to they demise

Ain't no shortcuts up in this life you gotta wait in line

Never would've guessed that my lane would be rapping

Reminiscing on days I would hoop at teen night after practice

Now shit ain't as simple had to change the chapter

Life gave me a mean one had to peddle backwards

I had to shake it off and get back on the track for real

Niggas tryna tell me I should stop to smell the daffodils

I can't stop until I pop and get to touch them racks for real

Got no time to be chilling I'm tryna build

Seem like the older I get the more my visions fulfill

The more I realize time is what's really precious for real

I miss my brother still can't get over his death for real

Feel like I ain't doing enough for my nephew and still

I pour my soul on these tracks they feel it like it's in brail

clutching moral victories next to my heart like holy grails

The coldest places can make you feel you in hell

Bridges burning left and right got me tweaking off the smell

If I could hear Rob voice one more time

I'd give up all this rap shit I swear to God

His name 'gon live forever within these lines

It's power in the tongue when I spit these rhymes

And we 'gon keep on adding to the legacy every time

It's the kid it's the basement it's the Southside

It's the stance it's the placement leave ya mouth wide

It's the regime it's the respect I get that off top

They gotta lump me with the best cause this was off top