Hard Times

My mother told me never to tell, a dirty old lie

My mother told me never to sell, and just to get by

It's been a long damn summer

And I've been working by the furnace, fire burning

An inferno with a purpose, feeling like I don't deserve this

Like I've been cursed, I don't need your sympathy

Although I know you know it hurts - it ain't perfect

Life's not no nursery rhyme

It's as much of a blur as it is our whole lifetime

And that's fine, I'm a ride with it, take my time with it

Never underestimate the power of the blindness

Yes, your highness. Follow your instincts

Fingerprints ain't always gonna match the logistics

Little bit different, it isn't yet typical

Won't always do to others what you wish was reciprocal

My brothers and sisters all the way out there in Liverpool

I feel you a hundred numbers [?]

Don't ever fall in love, cum in somebody's number two

You may call it dumb but true

You know that we're coming for you: mama said

Lord knows I take my secrets to the grave

Til I'm in a crown, I'm on my own two

Coming straight from a chunk of cave money

King Kong crew. Swimmin in the river with a stone shoe

But I be in that bitch still kicking, I'll teach you kung-fu

Show and prove, the whole team be on the same page

Niggas telling me I'm their idol and we the same age

While back, it wasn't nothing in my mind but stay in place

Now picking bitches, calling options like I'm sayin plays

Take a picture mayne, I'm on some magazine spread shit

Hold the mic tight, I got that rigamortis you dead quick

Got some good brain on the road, I'd say head trip

Fuck her face and bust on her mouth: call her lead lip

I'm the baker, I make the bread flip

Niggas be wyling but you could talk like it's crackin

To get your eggs split

Shells drop and it's an everyday thang

It's a shame, but it's all a part of the game...

Young boss, new dreams

Fresh shoes, new jeans

Tell me what do you see?

Why you tryna do me?

So I had to find out, now you can't find me

Remember three years ago? Like "why you can't sign me? "

Thoughts in my mind, I can do all that times three

I grew up [?] young'un like "nevermind me"

4 '93, good time to find where my mind be

Now I tell time with gold time (peace)

My mama told me grind...