For The Life of Me (feat. Emilio Rojas)

I won't bend or break or fold

Gotta write these stories never told

Never felt a type of way when they didn't invite us

Used to make up enemies, said they did it to spite us

Tried to write us off, people lie when the truth is too hard to swallow

It's like they sufferin' from [????? lol?]

Everybody love a dog until it bark or bite us

Never know what's in the cards, think it's hard to guide us

I was streaming on the charts, now I don't care the slightest (Yeah, look)

'Cause they be talkin' 'bout the charts like this shit define us (Yeah)

They can't define me by the stats or the metrics

I live the life that I wanna, so when I'm gone, I never have to regret it

I done been around the world, I had the baddest and freshest

So I ain't chasin' after crumbs like I was Hansel and Gretel

Look, this is not a fairy tale, nothin' here is fiction

Lost people to the streets and I lost people to addiction

Rather be the villain and then try to be the victim

'Cause everybody talkin', I don't care 'bout they opinions

Ill-informed opinions surface, I think I'm sick of this (Mm)

Used to hit the bottle to cope, I'm finished sippin' this (Done)

Was smart enough to recognize patterns that I was slippin' in (Yup)

Had a breakthrough, and the moment was serendipitous (Woo)

I had to take a break and adjust

And take an inventory of the people in my life and who I could trust

Asked myself if I was doin' enough, yeah

'Cause ain't nobody goin' through it but us, it's why we grindin' like

I won't bend or break or fold

Gotta write these stories never told

Someone here gotta light the way (Someone here got a light?)

Is it worth it, the price you pay? (Is it worth it, the price?)

Couldn't quit for the life of me (Couldn't quit for the life)

Couldn't quit for the life of me (Couldn't quit for the life)

Da-da-da-da-da-da

I done had a couple deals, it ain't pan out

So I funded my own shit 'cause I won't ask for a handout

I'm not about to take this shit lyin' down when I stand out

Ten toes down, that's what bein' a man 'bout, look

I had doubters and people that bad-mouth us and

Cats that tried to fuck up my reach like a bad router, so

Don't stand 'round us if you smile in our face

But be talkin' behind our backs and gettin' money with snakes

Ayy, this business movin' quick, better ride at the pace

Here, we dive for loose balls and we slide into base

And we show our true colors, ain't hidin' our face

'Cause ain't too many outlets are providin' the space

Only if they swinging, then I'm punchin' back, prove I ain't no punchin' bag

Like waste management employees, all I see is a bunch of trash

Quit playin', brody, really, I don't fuck with that

Kept goin' when they said that they were done with that

I won't bend or break or fold

Gotta write these stories never told

Someone here gotta light the way (Someone here got a light?)

Is it worth it, the price you pay? (Is it worth it, the price?)

Couldn't quit for the life of me (Couldn't quit for the life)

Couldn't quit for the life of me (Couldn't quit for the life)

Da-da-da-da-da-da