Tales of 4Gotten$oulZ Lyrics

So when we said that the revolution would not be televised, we were saying that, like

the thing that's going to change people is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film

It'll just be something that you see and all of a sudden you realize

I'm on the wrong page

Sacrifice our friendship, devilish, with our intentions

Buying bricks that mama's pinching, medicine ain't in her pension

Dear Lord, hear my confession, not guided and misdirected

The streets, they can be infectious, life-threatening like it's sepsis

Government neglected, I told you on Wield the Spirit

Ab Soul said the world is Siris, now the meek may not inherit

We dream of Lakeview Terrace, life not fair, so we embarrassed

Cause all we know is pain and most can't look themselves in mirrors

Full of spite and shame, these vices lock you up in chains

Partaking to be free, I guess the loss part of the game

Heartbreaking, hard to breathe, next generation got the reins

OG's down on bending knees and they praying that something change

Every scar on the streets adds wisdom into our soul

Like a silent testimony

Even war cries, that fought for control

A battlefield of dreams, where we reach for the stars

Every shadow holds a story

And every wound, molding hearts

Young kids terrified, once they seen they homies die

Clout chasing just for dimes and hopes to be verified

When times get dark they switch up sides, pray for your demise

Trying to leave it all behind, become a grown man traumatized

Who played his own hand, been disowned and abandoned

Grew up as a screw up, always ruined second chances

Under pale moonlight with the devil we be dancing

End up trying to talk to God, wonder why he never answering

Give into the madness, sinister with tactics

Developing bad habits, putting wrinkles in time fabric

Not worth to take his baggage, breaking spirits til the casket

Close, life has become vapid, desensitized, adapted

Trapped in a room that's padded as his mind's replaying actions

Beating women, thieving in him, not the kid we used to seeing

Evil did him, selling dope until he stuck that needle in him

Searching for a mother's love, turning leaves for new beginnings

You see through the chaos, we uncovered with a mirror, always tries to hide

The souls reflection is sharper, when an ego gets cast aside

And then addiction's grip fades, as the purpose takes the reign

We rise from the ashes, and repurpose all of the pain

And then you realize, nothing is the same

The phoenix out to trap my wings is spreading with a vision

We gave back to the blocks, and turned our losses into wisdom

I made a few mistakes, but don't regret any decisions

Know they thought I won't survive, but I defied all their predictions

Been locked inside those cages, but the streets the penitentiary

Bars became bars, I write my freedom, this a symphony

Stabbed, shot at, OD, but I guess the Lord ain't sent for me

Made a pact with my misery, now we celebrate victories

Turned my pain to art, and found my path inside the symmetry

What started as soliloquy, plant truth within the masses

Streets a beauty to an addict, reaper don't hand out free passes

And these pavements just a canvas, painted by the homies vanquished

At night you hear the anguish, the clock ticking, sounds like sadness

Went from bandits who were famished, to some champions proudly standing

Now I'm speaking hope, I used to bag it in the package

Made my hustle legal, same drive just reimagined

4Gotten$oulZ reborn, with purpose and destiny aligned

From broken bottles, to great disciples, to tales unwind

From addiction to admission, the dream will be fulfilled

Buried in the rubble, we learn to rebuild

Every failure was a seed, for we are the rose that grew

From the concrete