Message From the Line

Always knew I had the touch, nigga I was seventeen, hoop dream, smokin' blunts, nigga Started rappin', I was ballin' with no hoop team, nigga Still snappin' cuz I'm tryna get that hoop cream, nigga I was - goin' out sick Never knew that rock bottom, had a basement I said, fuck it, and rebuilt it from the bottom, real shit Sippin' from the bottle, I forget with every sip, yeah Message from the line I gotta get to mine You never know when it's gon' be your time Just give the shit a try Live like you're gonna die Know everybody die Tryna get it while I'm still livin' Niggas fake, won't even kick it with you while you still kicking' Yeah, had to raise the stakes one time, yeah (one time) Message from the line, message from the line I never thought more clear than when I lost my mind I learned a lot this year, stuck on the quarantine I grew a lot, shed tears, thought I was gon' die World fucked up, but I'ma be okay Stackin' chips like Frito-Lay Gimme that like Debo say I'll change my ways one day I keep it all inside That's why I'm stayin' high I'm geekin' all the time Cause I can't sleep at night I see the devil when I close my eyes Why I'm on demon time My faith is in the grind My rate a 99 My brain is hall of fame Don't play with me and mine Came up from the sunken place, nigga I got all my happiness right here what I'ma chase, dawg? Less we talkin' banks, dawg You would think I had a printer Niggas think I'm blind, I'm lookin' at a different picture I give a fuck about the timing, run it up like I'm a sprinter And all my niggas gotta eat, lotta seats up at this dinner I leave a thotty to the streets, I've been needin' somethin' realer I faked the confidence with E and it turned me to a winner I lost my way at 17, I was actin' a gorilla I seen my mama cry for me, thought I'd turn into a killer Middle finger to the police, do us colder than the winter I pray to see the light Message from the line I gotta get to mine You never know when it's gon' be your time Just give the shit a try Live like you're gonna die Know everybody die (everybody die) Tryna get it while I'm still livin' Niggas fake, won't even kick it with you while you still kickin' (still kickin') Message from the line Message from the line Feelin' like I lost my mind