Trials and Tribulations

(Ayy, yeah, uh)

Look…

It’s like I’m trapped in my mind sometimes.

You feel me?

Ayy…

Lately, I been fightin’ demons, I can’t let ‘em take my soul,

I done been through hell and back, but I still walk this lonely road.

Lost some brothers to the streets, I swear that pain won’t let me go,

Tryna make it out this struggle, but it’s deeper than they know.

They don’t know about them nights I was starin’ at the ceiling,

Prayin’ that my momma make it, tired of what we dealin’.

Daddy wasn’t there, so I learned how to be resilient,

Tryna turn this pain into a palace full of millions.

Man, my heart been heavy since I lost my cousin Trey,

He was tryna make a play, but they took his life away.

Now I’m posted on the block with a Glock every day,

Got me prayin’ to the Lord, like, “Please keep me out the way.”

This for all my homies trapped in the cycle, we was cursed,

Put my feelings in a verse, but it’ll never heal the hurt.

Still remember nights when we was sleepin’ on the dirt,

Now I’m grindin’ hard, just to show my life is worth.

Lately, I been fightin’ demons, I can’t let ‘em take my soul,

I done been through hell and back, but I still walk this lonely road.

Lost some brothers to the streets, I swear that pain won’t let me go,

Tryna make it out this struggle, but it’s deeper than they know.

I see pain in my reflection, I been hurtin’ all along,

Tryna right these broken wrongs, but my heart won’t turn to stone.

I remember when the lights was off, we couldn’t keep a home,

Now I’m spittin’ from my soul, hope it heal the ones that’s gone.

This for all the single mothers raisin’ kings without a crown,

This for all the youngin’s trappin’ just to keep from sinkin’ down.

I been fightin’ through the shadows, I been tryna hold my ground,

But the pressure’s buildin’ heavy, I just pray I make it out.

‘Cause the hood’ll take you under, it’s a jungle full of hate,

I done seen too many die, now they pictures on the gates.

Got a heart full of ambition, but the pain still resonates,

Tryna turn this life around before it’s just another case.

Lately, I been fightin’ demons, I can’t let ‘em take my soul,

I done been through hell and back, but I still walk this lonely road.

Lost some brothers to the streets, I swear that pain won’t let me go,

Tryna make it out this struggle, but it’s deeper than they know.

Yeah, they don’t even know the half, for real.

They see the shine, but they don’t see the grind.

Rest in peace to my fallen soldiers.

Long live the real ones.