Yeah, I seen loyalty fade when the money came
Kept receipts on the love, wasn’t nothin’ the same
I gave time they ain’t earn, they just wanted a name
Now I’m ghostin’ on calls like I’m dodgin’ the fame
Penthouse view, but I came from the east
Where the sirens and gunshots drown out the peace
I still ride through the block with my seat back low
Windows tinted like my past, they don’t need to know
Text from my ex sayin’ “you changed up”
But I been tryna grow, not just glow up
Every night feel like a rerun, trust gettin’ cheaper
And love got a curfew, I don’t let it linger
[Hook]
This life ain’t really what it look like
Tell ‘em don’t judge off the highlights
Took Ls in the dark just to shine right
Now it’s private flights and my mind tight
I been tryna find peace in a loud life
Tryna love real deep in a shallow night
Look…
They only come around when the buzz feel real
But never held me down when the pain ain’t healed
I was drownin’ in the doubt, tryna breathe through steel
Now the coupe push start, that’s how freedom feel
Told my dawgs, “don’t switch, just evolve with me”
But the ones I fed most turned cold on me
Now I keep a tight circle, that’s a no-leak ship
And a watch full of time they ain’t never spent with me
I sip slow, think slower
She askin’ if I changed, I just grew older
Ice in the chain, but the heart still colder
I’m just prayin’ my regrets don’t carry over
They gon’ talk like they know me, but they don’t
They gon’ post like they love me, but they won’t
I’ve been quiet, I’ve been distant, I’ve been grown
Still the same kid, just sittin’ on a throne
I made peace with the past, but it scars me
Tried to give love, but they bartered it for parties
Now I’m pourin’ out truth over 808s
And prayin’ that my real ones don’t show up late
Yeah…
I don’t need the crown, just the calm in the chaos
And someone that sees me when the world try to play us
