Acquaintances Lyrics

She ask me Chandler do you know the reason you’re alive

Too many real ones passing now I gotta take the prize

So when you see me and you’re staring back into my eyes

Know that the air is black but still I’m only seeing white

Gotta keep that tunnel vision

And when you moving know you gotta keep that one condition

Can’t no one take you in this life unless they caught you slipping

My words eternal, so I always keep that tunnel vision, I keep that tunnel vision

My mind is racing but I notice that my body is chilling

I know that part of me is hoping I die young

So I can be like one of those legends and never live as a villain

What’s going through my mental in this moment I’m revealing

To never see a casket before I get to a million

To never burn to ashes before I pack out a building

I guess I’m the kid bumping out of the basement

Thinking ‘bout the dream destinations

It’s funny, success is defined not by the women and dimes

Not by the finest of wines

Not how you’re spending time

No, success is just the changing of location

So distance from where you started is more than a migration

The farther that you find where your heart is the ticket to every artist

And in the hour of darkest, I’m realizing that it’s salvation

I’m hoping that you’re hearing my oration

It’s only a matter of time before my first ovation

Gotta keep that tunnel vision

And when you moving know you gotta keep that one condition

Can’t no one take you in this life unless they caught you slipping

My words eternal, so I always keep that tunnel vision, I keep that tunnel vision

I’ve been tryna think of ways to keep it moving

As if my pen pushing hasn’t made me a shoe-in

I know that execution’s equally important to the vision

How long they choose to love me will never be my decision

How long I have to push for this I really couldn’t say

I hope that on the journey I’m never losing my way

I hope my city loves me like Mac Dre in the Bay

And even if they don’t I’ll put my back to the face

That’s right I’m back in the race

These lackadaisical rappers could never act in my place

Even if they aim at you, you gotta keep on pushing the pace, all blue the face

I’m new in this case

I’m queuing my fate

Realizing that I gotta think for more than what my checks can allow

I hit the deck with specs to show these kids what I’m ‘bout

And I’m climbing pedestals you could say I’m higher than loud

I’m just here to spread my message you can’t quiet me now

Tell me what you know about the kid from the South

Did you know he breathes flame when it’s spit from the mouth

Did you know he’s cash money like the galleons out of Gringotts

And he could slay Goliath like David did with the slingshot

I really gotta thank my dad for raising me

Single father made a young man so amazingly

And when I’m on the stage, spitting bars while they paying me

All the people that were hating, berating me are the same people that will then be awaiting me

Waiting for the time that I come home so they can praise me

Saying “Chandler please date me” or “Chandler can you blame me”

No one really thought you’d do this, well that doesn’t make two of us

Whoever you were talking ‘bout it wasn’t me, it’s ludicrous to say I wouldn’t make it

Like tryna eat a steak without the cutlery, I really hate to break it

To you but you gotta understand

Can’t make money off acquaintances but money off of fans