Make It Out (Bonus) Lyrics

I saw you in the back of my show last night

Standing underneath the exit sign

I know it wasn't really you, though

'Cause you were always in the front row

And I've been looking for love online

And maybe some of them are real good guys

They're never gonna be like you, though

You set the bar above the moon, so

I don't wanna be twenty-something

And still in my head about

Seventeen, in my bedroom talking

You said that by now

We'd paint the walls of our shared apartment

You're still everything I want, and

I think wе could work it out

So what are you doin' now?

How would I move on? I don't know, but I did

'Cause I kept on going back, tryna correct what I did

Tryna make everything fine, maybe fix up all my messes

But like my elders said, "you can't rewrite what done passed"

So I made sure that I focus on my future, yeah, yeah

And try to see em' brighter days, maybe one day fall in love

'Cause chasing' money ain't enough, I gotta see what life be 'bout

Just wanna get my story heard, I don't care about the clout

And I ain't grow up by my lonely, I grew up with my cousins

Every day we were starving, nigga, we were struggling

My mom's was there, my pops was there, but nigga, it meant nothing

'Cause people got their own lives, they gotta keep it moving

But I ain't blamin' it on nobody

I'm still a kid, but nigga, I be grinding

I gotta keep the family fed ain't no folding

Otherwise they gon' starve, I go coldin'

And nigga got one dead brother, and too many snake brothers

I don't know how to deal with them, they 'hissing' me on everything

But one day, I'm gon' prosper

And these people act like I be phony

But sometimes, nigga, I can hold me

They tried to snake me with they rules, but I told them I ain't no game

If they come at me, I'ma blow it

You know, I just can't comprehend some

Like, you know, we be people coming from different hoods, different communities and shit

And, we-we, we like, we don't wanna see each other win, I ain't gon' lie

On God, on gang, on everything that I love, let me tell you that

Like, this ain't no cap but

Y'all people don't wanna see other people win

We be suppressing each other for our own benefit

And that shit's pretty fucked up

You can never be like, yo, lil sis, let me show you how to do this

Yo, bro, let me help you with this

Nah, we always tryna bring other people down

And that ain't the way

We can do greater things in this fucking earth

If we work together, I'm telling you

I say all my prayers every morning when I wake

Praying, oh God, help me lead the way

I got me all these people tryna bring me to my knees

So I pray, God, please give me everything I need

For me to clear 'em out, for me to take 'em out

I don't care if it's violence, I just wanna make it out

'Cause I just wanna protect myself

And I'm sure my granny by the door, she waitin' for me to come back home

So can you hear me now

I just wanna make it out

This poverty got me drowning

And this life I chose is frightening

So I say all my prayers every morning when I wake

Praying, oh Lord, help me lead the way

I got me all these people tryna bring me to my knees

So I pray, God, please give me everything I need

For me to clear 'em out, for me to take 'em out

I don't care if it's violence, I just wanna make it out

'Cause I just wanna protect myself

And I'm sure my granny by the door, she waitin' for me to come back home

So can you hear me now

I just wanna make it out

This poverty got me drowning

And this life I chose is frightening

This shit be frightening for real (I saw you in the back of my show last night)

We ain't got no choice (Standing underneath the exit sign)

We just gotta be in these streets (I know it wasn't really you, though)

We gotta sell that dope ('Cause you were always in the front row)

We gotta hit 'em licks (And I've been looking for love online)

We gotta do what we gotta do

And the system be tellin' us that yo, you wrong (And maybe some of them are real good guys)

How am I wrong when I'm tryna feed my mama (They're never gonna be like you, though)

When I'm tryna feed my granny, my little siblings (You set the bar above the moon, so)

Don't tell me that bullshit, nigga (I don't wanna be twenty-something)

You don't know how I came up

You don't know how I grew up (And still in my head about)

And you tryna tell me that I'm wrong

Fuck you and what you think (Seventeen, in my bedroom talking)

Fuck your rules, too

If you wanna lock me up, lock me up, nigga (You said that by now)

MVP on that shit

We'd paint the walls of our shared apartment

You're still everything I want, and

I think wе could work it out

So what are you doin' now?