Surviving the streets Brings a constant state of grief
Success feels out of reach Death feels easier to achieve
Exiguous significance but there’s more that I can be
If the bad shit comes in threes imma need some reprieve
I’m tryna build a kingdom
For my lil Kingston
i remember being told
i was never gonna be none
Stranded in the cold
Never gonna see sun
So give me some appraise
Kept it up with the charade
I abandoned the dope,Put on a good show
Until it was real & I started to feel
A certain relief Less need to people please
Less like a fraud Like i deserved the applaud
And If anyone protest .
Just know my peace I’ll protect .
Wouldn’t wanna trigger
Who I am in my center
I just wanna do right
Give my kids a good life
[ hook ]
Gotta stay reminded
Success is never final
Failure is never fatal
Only true death has no survival
If life is a trifecta, which stage will most affect ya
Was it worse as a child
when your parents neglected to protect ya
Did you hate it inside
As an inmate in corrections
Constantly questioning life
Feels like going 80 undirected
[ chorus ]
Keeping my head above my shoulders
Is taking the strength of a soldier
Caving my knees , with the weight of a boulder
Wanna glide through this shit
so I can say I never folded
Gotta find a better grip
Keep my ass off the sofa
Grinding up my chips
Put my family in motion
Ain’t much more reason to trip
gotta tell myself to take the win
[ verse 2 ]
All these flashes from the past
Are just holding me back
From healing with class
Can’t keep my emotions in tact
Control gets harder to grasp
Takes all of me not to back track
Even though I know that I’m blessed
I’m slowly going from the stress
Muscles tight , with tingles in my neck
I’m supposed to fight
With no fight fucking left
I’m Doing it for y’all , cuz I got nothing left
And I know it ain’t right
I know all we got is this life
So I’m pushing for that brighter future in my sights
For my girls
For my son
And my one
I’ll carry the weight
So y’all don’t feel the tons
Put shackles on my brain
When I feel the pressure to run
Give new meaning to my name
Haze is no longer any fun
Now my grass so clean from snakes
Cuz I made it out the slums
Keep on growing through the changes
for the ones that I love
Gotta stay reminded
Success is never final
Failure is never fatal
Only true death has no survival
If life is a trifecta, which stage will most affect ya
Was it worse as a child
when your parents neglected to protect ya
Did you hate it inside
As an inmate in corrections
Constantly questioning life
Feels like going 80 undirected
Keeping my head above my shoulders
Is taking the strength of a soldier
Caving my knees, with the weight of a boulder
Wanna glide through this shit
so I can say I never folded
Gotta find a better grip
Keep my ass off the sofa
Grinding up my chips
Put my family in motion
Ain’t much more reason to trip
gotta tell myself to take the win .
hayse
