Battling (feat. Lil Poppa)

You know when you like, um, when you born in some shit

Like, sometimes you don't, like, you ain't ask for it

It's just how, you know how your life play, how your cards was dealt, you know what I'm sayin'?

Like, when you beat certain obstacles, you can't go back

You can't

Uh-uh

Catch a hat inside the streets, they'll honor a killer

Just a youngin in the streets, I don't think nobody that feel him

Cautious every move, he know somebody wan' kill him

I vividly seen my life way back when I was little

Death flash in front of my eyes in these streets

I was tryna beat the odds and I beat it

I was battling with these drugs, felt defeated

Tryna put the cup down, but it's there when I need it

When I need it

When I need it

When I need it

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Moved far away from the trenches and I ain't going back (I ain't going)

I'ma stimulate my brain, stacking up these racks

Change and fame fucking up the street laws

Loyalty ain't the same nowadays, it can be bought

Y'all was playing at the park, I was in the trap being taught the game

Conflicting on my past got me tryna backtrack my pain

I'm numb when I'm in need, it's times I don't feel a thing

The typa mindset I had, it had me scared of change

In the ring like Ali, I'm training in the rain (Training)

How the fuck I made it off that block? 'Cause our hustle not the same

I'm proud, I'm finally walking away from the streets (From the streets)

Harassing my brother since the age of eighteen (Since the age of eighteen)

I'm destined, I'm nervous, my palms itching (My palms itching)

I'm on the road, I'm finally chasing my dreams (I'm finally chasing my dreams)

I'm proud, I'm finally walking away from the streets (Walking away from the streets)

Harassing my brother since the age of eighteen (Since the age of eighteen)

I'm destined, I'm nervous, my palms itching (My palms itching)

I'm on the road, I'm finally chasing my dreams

Catch a hat inside the streets, they'll honor a killer

Just a youngin in the streets, I don't think nobody that feel him

Cautious every move, he know somebody wan' kill him

I vividly seen my life way back when I was little

Death flash in front of my eyes in these streets

I was tryna beat the odds and I beat it

I was battling with these drugs, felt defeated

Tryna put the cup down, but it's there when I need it

When I need it

When I need it

When I need it, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mama handed me a bible, told me, "Read it" (Told me, "Read it")

The way her son living, she know that I really need it

Wasn't no food on the table, I'm the one that did the feeding (Did the feeding)

Was turned to slugs soon his brodie stopped breathing, no grieving (No grieve)

**** changed for no reason

I stayed the same so I ain't trippin'

Show how to knock a **** off but I know JSO listening (JSO listening)

Said I'm done with drank, as soon as I cough, I'm back sippin'

Wanna be the boss, you gotta pay the cost (Pay the cost)

Cannot be defeated, what the fuck is a loss? (What is a loss?)

That's the shit I learned

How you gon' take some shit earned? (I earned)

Patience is a virtue, I step back and wait my turn (Wait my turn)

Got **** still cookin' circles

Pushing Off-White like Virgil

Any rap **** come in town, when I'm around I might surf

I might pop her back and down, how that sound? (How that sound?)

My brother body was found, I tried to go in the ground with him (Ground with him)

Instead we found the killer

Shit, somebody had to feel us

One at a time, so many **** dying behind Jenarious Wheeler, ****

All the money we done counted, it ain't make none of us realer, that shit ain't enough

Catch a hat inside the streets, they'll honor a killer (They'll honor a killer)

Just a youngin in the streets, I don't think nobody that feel him (Nobody there feel him)

Cautious every move, he know somebody wan' kill him

I vividly seen my life way back when I was little

Death flash in front of my eyes in these streets (In these streets)

I was tryna beat the odds and I beat it (And I beat it)

I was battling with these drugs, felt defeated (Felt defeated)

Tryna put the cup down, but it's there when I need it

When I need it

When I need it

When I need it

When I need it

When I need it