Opportunity Cost

Everything costs something, bro

When it's somewhere, somewhere else

You just lost something though

The cost of opportunities is always good to know

But if you know that, then you're good to go

Yeah, no dream's too big

Chase anything you got the passion to do

Only a dream till it happens to you

Finally seeing money, now I'm acting a fool

Never thought touring the world all year

Would be something I might actually do

Friends came through, got me so high

I forgot who I was passing it to

Party in a mansion, splash in a pool

Reminiscing those days back in a school

My whole crew would come through and rap with us too

Couple of 'em big goons packing it too

Go ahead and try to talk shit on me

I squad up, came back with a crew

Call me a bitch, see what that's gonna do

Fights in the streets, like that shit was cool

Yeah, we used to do dumb shit daily

Dreamed since I was just a baby

Now I'm here, it's fuck you, pay me

I just had enough of waiting

I worked hard, they stuck with lazy

If I stayed, I just went crazy

People change, everything's in constant motion

My old girl's across the ocean

Some stuff stays, that's life's devotion

Some folks stay, some come and go

And what you think is what you know

I must run fast, you're running slow

Smoke, break down some kush and roll it dutch

Right now my vibe is so alive

So please, when we smoke, just hush

Me and some of those who's closest to me haven't spoken much

Crazy when you learn the cost of blowing up, yeah

(Was it worth it?)

I know I should keep in better touch

But that door, it never shuts

Even when we chilled I never said that much

Sometimes it be worth the bullshit

Sometimes you should let it flush

Yeah, but when I'm on tour now, I just get a rush

Everything is hella plush

Get caught up in all the girls, I get them stuff

Meanwhile I see some girls I used to know are getting wedding stuff

Having kids with full salary jobs while I'm just getting jumped

Missing every birthday, anniversary

Yesterday my mom got out of surgery

Wasn't even in town

Shows and after parties all I've been round

Finding out the news late, imagine how that shit sound

Sit down, priorities are all over the place and shit

Stress levels rise and that J gets lit

Try on shoes that Jay Z fit

Fuck all that complacent shit, I'm just dropping crazy shit

Tryna outdo those fools who think they can spit

But I can't even lie, all this real life shit is passing me by

Talking to myself and I'm asking me why

Would I feel better as an average guy?

But I know that's just a lie

Pour up a glass and get high

Wonder if the rock star life taking a toll on me like I'm asking to die

Going on tour for six months

Hug mom right after she sigh

Look up, wish me luck

When you see that plane pass in the sky

No stress, bullshit gets passed to the side

Working hard to make sure I'ma be the man when I die

Yeah

Hey, Gerald, I just wanted to leave a message

And repeat just how proud I am of you

Uh, you have risen to the peaks of a behavior

And uh, and creativity

And it's just the beginning, Gerald

And it's gonna be your life by the sounds of it

And I'm just so proud

I just had to call and sound like my cheery self

When I'm happy, so anyway

It's just beginning, and you're gonna be blown away

And you have your grounding

And yourself and that's so rare

So I'll talk to you soon and

Play on

Okay, sweetie, I love you, bye bye