Freedom Ain't Friendly

I ain’t find peace, I just stopped fuckin wit clowns

Had to kill the old me, put that boy in the ground

All that "one love" shit? Naw, I ain't with it

Only thing I’m hugging now is my limits

Used to ride for the set, now I ride for the cause

Used to move off impulse, now I move with laws

I ain’t gatekeepin’ I’m guardin my lane

Don’t ask why I’m distant, just know I ain’t the same

I was chillin’ wit’ killers that ain’t had no dream

Only thing on they mind was a strap and a scheme

Grew up in a house where silence was loud

And the first one to flinch never made it out

I was breakin’ bread with the same ones starvin’ me

Told myself “loyalty,” but really that was robbin’ me

Gassin’ up these hoes just to chase a nut

Till I realized I was tradin’ gold for a slut

Poured my presence into empty cups

Now I pour my pain into 40s and tuck

Wasn’t no therapy, just a backroom blunt

Talkin’ to my demons like “what y’all want?”

Yeah, I changed. Nah, I ain’t sorry

Same bloodline just rewrote the story

They was tryna bury me in that comfort zone

But I left that version of me dead and alone

I ain’t find peace, I just stopped fuckin wit clowns

Had to kill the old me, put that boy in the ground

All that "one love" shit? Naw, I ain't with it

Only thing I’m hugging now is my limits

Used to ride for the set, now I ride for the cause

Used to move off impulse, now I move with laws

I ain’t gatekeepin I’m guardin my lane

Don’t ask why I’m distant, just know I ain’t the same

Got cousins in the feds still facin’ them years

Tryna pass they fear through calls and tears

Told me “slide back, keep it real with the block”

But who gon’ build somethin’ if I just rot?

Y’all was in that trap yellin’ “push that line”

I was pushin’ books, tryna stretch my mind

Same streets raised me, same ones test me

Now I treat my past like a threat don’t press me

I’m the branch that broke off just to plant my roots

Had to shed that crew, they was scared of truth

No more crumbs off the plate I bake my own

Now my absence hit harder than I ever shown

Gave my time to bitches that wanted control

Played dumb for pussy that shit took a toll

I ain’t bitter, I’m just clean with my space

If it don’t build legacy, I don’t relate

I ain’t find peace, I just stopped fuckin’ wit’ clowns

Had to kill the old me, put that boy in the ground

All that "one love" shit? Naw, I ain't with it

Only thing I’m hugging now is my limits

Used to ride for the set, now I ride for the cause

Used to move off impulse, now I move with laws

I ain’t gatekeepin’ — I’m guardin’ my lane

Don’t ask why I’m distant, just know I ain’t the same