All By Myself

Tell me a story, Uncle Stak

What you want me to tell you a story about?

About bad guys and stuff

Okay, that should be easy

Check, check

Now I was, once in the mix with some phony homies

Who turned they backs on me when I needed 'em most

And even though they my enemies, I'm keepin' em close

'Cause I can, either sink 'em or keep 'em afloat

And while the ship jumpers go searching for life preservers

I'ma stay here and try to repair the holes in my ship

Tighten the loose boards in the home that I built

I did this by myself, I didn't ever need your help

Dudes are dirty, they'll try to fuck ya gal

Naw, dog, you got it all wrong, I'm ya pal

Put it on his kid's life, lookin' you in the eye

Knowin' the whole time, he tellin' a fuckin lie

My go-to guy, I could depend on you

I don't need people out to get me with friends like you

I know everybody out there can relate to Stak

If they got stab wounds all up and down they back

I do it all by myself

I don't need nobody else

And I'ma do fine without your help

I'ma do it all by myself, yeah

Some people say I shoulda talked to ya, and told you, "Don't go

I fucked up, but you should come home, though"

I just couldn't fix my mouth to pronounce those syllables

'Cause I was thinking, "Why postpone the inevitable?"

If you gon' leave me, go on leave me now

There you go, baby, kick me when I'm down

Yeah, I got some issues I need to figure out

But I know one thing without a doubt

I can do this alone, all on my own, I'm grown

I gotta keep on writin' songs, get money

And maybe one day, find somebody who really loves me

Stands beside me through anything

Loves me when it's sunny, the same as when it's raining

The life of Stak Mak ain't always entertaining

Would you love me if I was slanging grams on the track?

That's love and anything less than that, I'd rather be

All by myself

I don't need nobody else

And I'ma do fine without your help

I'ma do it all by myself, yeah

Some said I was a dreamer, others told me I was stupid

I've been described as difficult, some even called me foolish

I've always had such a passion for music

There was no tellin' me I wasn't destined to do this

I didn't get where I'm at by makin' excuses

Cryin' cause you didn't deal me no aces and deuces

I've had my heart broken and been stabbed in the back

Career-endin' injuries that didn't stop Stak

Rhyme after rhyme, time and time again

It ain't all shinin' and diamonds

A lot of time, a lot of grindin'

A lot of beers spill in my environment

I always felt so empty surrounded by people

Felt like it was just me, you know what I mean?

A lot of work went into makin' this happen

Without my people, I couldn't have made it rappin'

Because I couldn't have done it

All by myself

I needed everybody else

It wouldn't've got done without your help

I couldn't've done it all by myself, no, no