JUST B YRSELF Lyrics

Boy, just be yourself

If people don't like you for being yourself

Fuck them

Let me tell you something

I used to go with a girl when I was about your age

I tried to please her pappy all the time

Went out my way, to please her pappy

I'd come in one day

I'd say , "Nice weather we're having"

He'd say, "you can't say that!"

"You can't say that! it might rain!"

I'd say, "Nice tie you got on"

He'd say, "You can't say that

My wife tried to choke me with it"

Point I'm trying to tell you, son

Is be yourself

If people don't like you after you've been yourself

Fuck 'em!

Fuck 'em up against the wall

With handcuffs on!

And crazy on your lips

That's all you do

Mmmm Words to live by

Live by them, son

Okay, uh

I'm gonna go to the club now

Uncle Vestor, and..

Just go

You go on, enjoy yourself, boys

Uh, I think I can feel again

My squad rolling deep, it's the herb and the trees

Civilians get weak in their knees, I swear

Forbidden and green, even Adam and Eve

Indulged it with ease, they just human beings

Caught in a spell, I smell the lavender greens

The brown leaves, yeah, I see the trail

I seek, then I heat, I find, then I greet

I see an old man rocking in his chair

He asks, you don't want smoke with me

In his hands, I see the weed

I agree, it's a bad idea

My arrogance guiding me, I know where I've been

Can't stop me, no sir

I grab the joint, take a pull

I look him in his eyes as he points and says

Oh, young man, just be yourself

Oh, young man, just be yourself

He pulled out a blunt, went on to light it up

Motherfuckin' smoke went and covered the sun

Shit, it's nighttime, but the shit's still hard as fuck

The old man dragged a seat, told me, sit right here

Proceeded to tell me a story about when he was Young

Blank face, wrinkles were yet to come

No salt and pepper on his cranium

Just the smoke, he lived wherever he was

He said, the gang wanna burn a truck

If it's filled with gasoline, you know what's up

Foot stomped on the ground, head tilted up

Said a little prayer to God

And then he snatched the blunt

On your way now, I've given you enough

You got a boy to save, I pray you never mess it up

This shit is not a game if you don't point high enough

Just know you missed the difference between staying alive or being dead

He stops and stares, nigga can't believe what I just said to him

One day he'll understand that I am him and he is me

I'm your Mr. Miyagi, I'll wax on, wax off, build you up right

Take time out of the day just to get your moods right

We can sit on our own for a whole day

On some, it's my way or the highway

Honestly, today can be that day

Gown and slippers with no fade

He said, that's the realest me

I thought, God damn, is this who I'm meant to be

What's gotten into me

Hmm, he creeped over eerily

And whispered, I laced your shit differently

You missed it

The universe is

Falling apart

universe, the universe is falling apart

Uh, I get it now

My mama told me when I was a young child

That everything around us been broken down

People everywhere pulling each other down

How we supposed to save one another

When the people we hide inside don't know the OTHER SIDE

Is this the meaning of life?

Uh, you been a child

All this talk 'bout growing up, the skin is lies

All you do is bitch and moan at different times

Get robbed by life and crawl back in your lovely ShElL

You're scared to live, you're scared to open up

The emotions tight, your feelings tucked in as well

But don't forget the mask you put on the front of YOUR skull

All the lies you tell, they go something like

I'll be fine in another life

In another life, in another life

But I want you to know

I want you to know

That I'll try next time

Next time, next time, next time, next time, next time

To be a better me!

Boy quit playing, ain't no better you

You got all the tools to be a king

It starts and stops with what you think

Consistently at the brink, ruthlessly you sleep

On the potential that lays within

Niggas never wanna tell you the truth

But I will, I promise to never sugarcoat

Even when you lie still

I will tell you once and for all that I am king

I pray nobody stand in my way

I run through brick walls, my shots start world wars

My shoes are not yours, I walk on all fours

You better run when I roar

Nigga, I start fires and my mouth is the torch

Everyday I burn a forest to save the soul of a boy

Run it back and you'll understand

I am the cure

Yet, here you are

Oooooooooo

I'll be fine in another life

In another life, in another life

But I want you to know

I want you to know

That I'll try next time

Next time, next time, next time, next time, next time

To be a better me!

A better me, a better me

A better me

Oh yeah