Let's open a few scabs and
Let the blood drip in the pen
You know what I'm sayin
Each verse is a puzzle piece from the heart
I wrote these thoughts chilling in the dark
The dark horse upset in the chalk
Life is a teacher so many lessons that it taught
Young and reckless in the park
Both parents did drugs
I'm the byproduct of cocaine
Reagan era baby
Top draft pick to the dope game
Idolizing drug dealers
Nice cars and gold chains
Cold blooded to soldiers
VeinsFilled with novocaine
Numb with no feelings
Walk the streets like I'm comatose
Found my mom dead on the couch
Alcohol overdose
My father got killed
They told me that it was over dope
Almost caught a bullet myself
So close to my throat, no hope
Streets flooded with beef and tragedy
It's like a gravity holding you down
Testing your sanity
My back was filled with batteries
Hoping the challenge me
But the grave reality
This a ****ed up mentality
But for clarity
I ain't asking for no sympathy
Every situation sent to me
Gave strength to me
These days I'm not alone
The higher powers defending me
Check my jacket I'm everything
That they pretend to be
Lost so many homies
The streets never saved the soul
Brave to the bone
Bullets blazed from the chrome
Kings killing kings
It's a race to the throne
Two options
It's a casket or a cage is your home
Life is cold
The pain I embraced it
The journey been tough
But I promise I wouldn't change it
Chasing greatness
Smiling as I'm dodging bullets in this matrix
My beautiful struggle your entertainment
And I ain't complaining
I just pray when you press play
You can understand me
I just pray when you press play
You can understand
When Ky passed
I was hiding tears from my daughter
Crying she never seen her father
So much knowledge and such little time
I miss him dearly
A student forever
He made me better
In how I look at life
Remember practice raps
With Proof writin' the lyrics
He praised my conviction
When I rap he could feel it
I watch and I listen
Learn like an apprentice
I earned that title
It's a privilege
I know I'm gifted
I'm a vessel
For the lost souls of the ghetto
The maturation equals
The crossroads for a rebel
Street Olympics for your gold
They hold up the medal
Only flowers you gon get
Is a black rose from the devil
I built a movement
Moving people with realness
Sharing life experience
And things that I'm dealing with
Normally I'm concealing
This says a lot if you root for Ty
Now take a second
Salutethe sky for Proof and Ky
Rest in power
The pain I embraced it
The journey been tough
But I promise I wouldn't change it
Chasing greatness
Smiling as I'm dodging bullets in this matrix
My beautiful struggle your entertainment
And I ain't complaining
I just pray when you press play
You can understand me
I just pray when you press play
You can understand
