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What if I told you this could be over?

I just can't bare to hear you say

Let's take it steady

One day you'll let me

But not till we're ready

But, ready is always too late

Tell me if it's something that you're lacking

Or something you need

I've been putting in all this effort

This is something to me

I can't deny it, I've been looking for more

Putting aside all my feelings

Cause in this life, it's just not worth it no more

I've been focusing my attention on the timing it takes

I think I'm finally catching a break, woah

Surprised cause I'm down for as long as it takes, woah

I was told if you're good with the time, then it's fate

I'm learning that patience is really needed in an industry like this

And like this, development's feared

And people are fake, posing as peers

Cause it's better for them to hear when you making plans

They livin' in fear, and they know that you're near

It's a typical mindset and it's sad

Competing with niggas out of your class

Stay back and witness a great mind

I'm coming into my time, they ask

Do you wanna be the best?

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What if I told you this could be over?

I just can't bare to hear you say

Let's take it steady

One day you'll let me

But not till we're ready

But, ready is always too late

Yeah

Lately I've been thinking of the past

And what is done in the present

Like building a fickle mind

From trials and all our lessons

From our adolescence to our present minds

Learning to appreciate my thoughts

And how it's streaming through time

I was so young, how would I know this

I wouldn't notice

I broke bread with niggas that I didn't notice

Was Judas and I feel ashamed

But give myself grace

Cause even Jesus did and I'm alive

But still I'm breathing at pace

This is different when it hits

But still I'm amused

I was living my life pissed

I was hot like a fuse, I had nothing

My father was gone

My mother and siblings were too distant

I resorted to songs

All I found was jagged pieces of love

A broken kid with a broken heart

It sucked but it was better than none

So I hope you understand

All the pictures I paint

I'm not sitting here posing a saint

This is me

What if I told you this could be over?

I just can't bare to hear you say

Let's take it steady

One day you'll let me

But not till we're ready

But, ready is always too late

Yeah

The hardest thing is not the effort

But what you get in return

Like Booker going for 40 but loses

The feeling burns

And I understand the process and the practice

Building your strength and building your mind

For some moments in time

This shit is timeless man, historical facts

Like Jordan and Pippen in 97

And they running it back

A subtle thing that's called practice

Still some are confused

Others spend their time looking for muse

Without a clue that they just gimmicks

Jealous of the attention

Others mimic their actions

And how they thinking

Not understanding they sinking

This is stupid thinking

And with it you're finished

You gotta change your mind

And change your thoughts

It's harder if you're not taught

And so I empathize

But shit you gotta change

No benefits thinking you're real

Because you stay the same

You gotta change

It's necessary for growth

It's something of higher value

And something to know

For real

What if I told you this could be over?

I just can't bare to hear you say

Let's take it steady

One day you'll let me

But not till we're ready

But, ready is always too late