[Intro]
Yeah
(uh)
Look
Don’t judge me
[Verse 1]
Came from a small-town porch
Now I’m out here dodging courts
Mud on my jeans, gold on my teeth
Same kid, two different worlds
Got cousins ridin’ them bulls
Got homies ridin’ in pulls
Of liquor and smoke, we cope
We pray, we play the fool
Mama in church on Sunday
I’m in the city on Monday
Halo crooked, hoodie up
Still her baby, still her son, ayy
They look at my tats and my fade
They don’t see the nights I stayed
Up tryna flip pain to pay
Up tryna make my own way
[Chorus]
Don’t judge me
You don’t know what I survived
All these scars on me
Ain’t for style, they kept me alive
Don’t judge me
‘Cause my path don’t look like yours
I’m the same soul
From the dirt road to the corner store
Don’t judge me
(oh-oh, don’t)
Don’t judge me
(yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Boots in the back of the closet
Timbs by the door, yeah I rock it
Switch when I walk through the projects
Still hear crickets and rockets
PTSD on my mind
Bible page, bail money, same side
They say pick one life, I tried
Both of ‘em keep me alive
I done been broke, been blessed
Done right, done wrong, confess
I’ve hurt folks tryna protect
What little I had left
Judge what you see on the ‘Gram
You don’t see me holdin’ my fam
You don’t see my shaking hands
Signin’ checks for Uncle Sam
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to bass, claps, soft guitar]
If you wore my boots for a mile
Would you still talk that wild?
If you heard my phone at night
Would you still say I ain’t tried?
[Chorus]
Don’t judge me
You don’t know what I survived
All these scars on me
Ain’t for style, they kept me alive
Don’t judge me
‘Cause my path don’t look like yours
I’m the same soul
From the dirt road to the corner store
Don’t judge me
(oh-oh, don’t)
Don’t judge me
(yeah, yeah, yeah)