Reap It and Weep Lyrics

Rose-tinted glasses

Changed the way I'm viewing life

Accepting I can never change the world's masses

I think it's time

To start instructing classes

Blame the ego

Don't think that anyone could pass

Half the grade is showing up

The other half is action

Learned to bridge the gap

Between my discipline and passion

Stretched thin I'm aware that I was lashing out

Death stepped in

Now the only goal is smashing doubts

Stepping up into my best years

I look back on my journey while shedding ten tears

May seem passive in nature but I don't hold fears

Dreams of me being the greatest have all disappeared

Sowing the seeds over the years

While divvying up my soul

And sharing with false peers

The ones who see me eat and start praising with false cheers

They'll leave but my garden is

Locked in

Did the work

Shut out the noise

Focused on my future the present was not enjoyed

Every iteration of me has been destroyed

But the one that keeps sending his soul into the void

Can't avoid the attention when God planned it

Started telling my mama I can't stand it

Took me walking through dark to finally see the light

What a beautiful sight

Know IcCan't get ahead with the crabs in a bucket

Internet bravado don't knuck if you ain't bucking

Beauty in the growth of the petals I stopped plucking

The greatest writers told me my stories don't need cussing

So my path lain brick my brick

The throne I sit

Shared amongst the people with the bars I spit

I built a prison for my pain so my heart don't split

Might be a struggle but I still won't quit

Playing with the hand I'm dealt

No point in blaming anybody but myself

Started planting seeds from the pain I felt

Tried to ignore but it just ain't help

I know I know

The best things in life ain't free

With all of the seeds I've sown

It's time to reap it and weep

Caught myself forgetting where I came from

I look around and I ain't seeing any day ones

I respect it, they were honest that the game's done

No longer players they ghostwriter is big pun

Is this the price I gotta pay for the prayers I sent

Dead once now I'm mindful how my days get spent

Not about the fear of the future all my dreams intact

Received hate over my impact

I give back

Way more than I receive It's hard to divvy Zero

Can't see the future but was tempted over Ms. Cleo

Been filling holes within my spirit like a young khle-o

But I'm the one, getting closer like my name Ne-yo

I may joke but never lie

My intentions signify

Things may not have changed

If I would have stuck to suicide

Lord you know I tried

Hope I haven't failed yet

Remember when I cried

Cause the pages still wet

Playing with the hand I'm dealt

No point in blaming anybody but myself

Started planting seeds from the pain I felt

Tried to ignore but it just ain't help

I know I know

The best things in life ain't free

With all of the seeds I've sown

It's time to reap it and weep