Maintain ft. Been.Set Lyrics

I been through some thangs in life

I must say I paid the price

If it's up then it's stuck about mines

Lord don't let me get lost in my mind

Know what's meant for me one day I'll find

And there's things that I need to refine

I won't slow down or give up over time

Cause I promised my mother that her son would shine

That was a reference that you might not catch

Woulda had to be tapped in wit my first projects

Couldn't settle for less had to reverse my checks

I seen where I went wrong so I reversed my steps

Leave no stones unturned and show I'm blessed

For so long, my talent was so compressed

It was hard for me to get these feelings off my chest

Tryna be the best me but couldn't be my best

Bills paid kids straight but still I'm stressed

Lmk have you ever felt that type of pain

No food couldn't eat all night and day

Even when the sun would shine it would slightly rain

Couldn't let it knock me down or make me complain

Never could I let it take me off my game

And it's crazy thinkin bout the shit I overcame

Anybody else woulda been went insane

Everything ain't always what it seems

Got keep my head down tryna chase my dreams

Most the time I like to rap but sometimes I sing

Tryna put me in a box that's not my thing

I could get lost in my mind

Or I could get lost in my vision

I think you know the one Ima be picking And I could get picky when it come to beats and this verses

Just know that the haters be lurking

But fuck them cause we steady working

They call me a surgeon

Talking about hop on this hop on that

This where you drop them at this where you make em mad

Jro and ayce gotta say that they fucking spazzed

Come in contact you might need a fucking mask

And I'm always on high alert and attack

All remember them days we had it bad

But there's plenty to tell even besides that

And it's bangers and bangers and back to back

We used to be strangers now we attached

I was lost in my mind I was stuck in that

Now I'm thinking back when it wasnt rap

Now Im loving the days in the lab

And I'm lovin the days I was fuckin up

Cause I learned all them lessons that made me snap

I been through some thangs in life

I must say I paid the price

If it's up, then it's stuck about mines

Lord don't let me get lost in my mind

Know what's meant for me one day I'll find

And there's things that I need to refine

I won't slow down or give up over time

Cause I promised my mother that her son would shine