Letting go. Lyrics

If we say you must survive

Or I must survive

Life is Ernest

And I've got to go on

Then you life is a drag

And not a game

Now it's my contention

My person opinion

This is my basic metaphysical axiom

Shall we put it that way

That existence the physical universe

Is basically playful

There is no necessity for it whatsoever

Yeah

My fire needs rekindling

My manners are outstanding

My mother raised a gentleman

I set the record straight

Even when I'm feeling out of place

Forsake whoever doubted me

I label you as fake

If you know me and you look at where I came from

Hear me rapping and relate to where I'm coming from

It's poetic make it plain and simple

Bumps on my road to riches

I swerve the lanes to try to miss them

My brother overseas yeah I miss him

Vacant and lonely

Nobody really want to get to know me

Saying they my homie when I call them

They be acting phony

Way back to when I really cared

Apologizing is the last resort I would dare

Is you laughing or you crying

What's up with the tears

I been fed up with the negligence for many years

When I say it I won't take it back

Winning the mentality no losing

Can't do none of that

It's harder when you face the facts

I'm the only one who people count on

It's what it feels like

But everything isn't what it seems

In the lowlight

Taking all my anger to the drawing boards again

To get the mind right

Waiting for the blessing so I hang tight

Tighter than a bitch with a french braid

People switching sides stabbing backs Call them switchblades

(Getting paid)

Only option left

I'm getting older as I count the days

Living for the better days

Preparing when they fade away

Living for people to make them happy Forgot how to feel

Listening to problems giving feedback I keep it real

I keep it real why can't they just do the same for me

I want to know the deal

Secrets I be keeping signed sealed

I bury hatchets all the time not a shovel needed

Forgiving feeling like a sin

Watch me do it all again

Nothing changed when I did it

Man I can't believe it yeah

(Man I can't believe it)

Man this karma so real

I be scared when I mess up

Caught up in my lies

When I speak I be fucked up

Tore up from the floor up

I stress it with a emphasis

I say it hell of times cause other niggahs got me fucked up

It's the most so majority

They treat me like I'm different

They addressing me accordingly

Can't see the love I love the hate

Ignoring all the pressure

Fill my cup to sip the pain away

That shit don't always work because It's so much that your heart can take

Use to wash up in the sink at granny crib

(What a time to be alive)

Not ashamed explaining how I use to live

Got a problem we can sort it out

Can't leave my shit unwritten

everything I say is word of mouth

Believe it not a single doubt

Guilty when I take some days off

Even a day off

I set my standards past the moon

I know my labor got to pay off

The way I'm living similar to loans

I got to pay off

My mind is in the future

But my heart is in the past

Inspiration at its finest

Everybody finna see me spazz

One hit wonder tell the critics

Finna show your ass

Yelling out in public

Tell her damn you really showed your ass

Not for all the scenery

No hesitation do the dash

Letting go is harder

When you start to get a grip

I be leading by example

Compliment me for my leadership

It's a time for fun and games

Strictly business like a dealership

I'm very possessive about my paper

I take ownership

It isn't going anywhere

That is to say

It doesn't have some destination

That it ought to arrive at

In music

One doesn't make the end

Of a composition

If that were so

The best conductors would be those

Who played fastest

People go to concerts

Just to hear one crashing cord

Cause that's the end

Same when dancing

You don't aim for a particular spot in a room

That's the way you should arrive

The whole point of the dancing

Is the dance