Based On A True Story Lyrics

Don't never let nobody tell you what you can and cannot do

I was always told keep your head up

I got my first job at 16 years old

Working with my homie Ron

Always tryna make a couple dimes and pennies

Feeding all them old people food in they pjs

But then I realized

All this shit ain't worth my mental health

Regardless of the situation, I wasn't patient

My intuition, it was just racing

I couldn't stand being commended

I couldn't stand being reprimanded

I was getting disrespected at my job

Missing paychecks, man, fuck this 9-to-5

They gon' look at you lower

Cause they ain't making the same pay as they pay rate

And bitches hate in the same way that you plan dates

I'm wishing up to the gods that I just find my peace

Man, when I got my first show

you was hating on a nigga on his first dough

And I can't even lie

Nobody even fucked with the guy

The guy is me is what you see

Nobody even really liked me

Before for the PS, I couldn't see

I was only a mere shadow of what I could be

Man, fuck you

You put that 80 in my check

Nobody even cared for the rest

Invalidate my feelings for the best

I wish that I was seen as better

I wish all workers had it better

I wish that the world wasn't mauvais

Instead of being triste, let's lead the stray

My homies in the world, raise your hand

If that minimum wage ain't cutting wage

If you hitting the club just to get laid

If you feeling a way to feel a way

If you killing them all, then let them say

If you killing them all, then let them say

If you killing them all, then let them say

Never let nobody tell you what you can and cannot do

Always keep your head up

Even when the days are rainy

You gon' get where you wanna go

Your positivity, love, and peace

Is set in motion

Head high up, high up high

Your head high up, high up high

I wish somebody could just take me back to them days

Man, playing with my cousin

On that imac

My dawg, man

I heard somebody say

That when we die we go into this dream state

And some memories that I wish that I could just

Replay over and over in my head

You know