Verse 1: 0:22 they said i couldn't get a tattoo, that's for the rest of your life, but go to college, pick the rest of your life, pick a profession, and dress it, plan to reach for success and, when it don't work out for you i hope that you get the message, because we study everynight to pass a system built to fail us, shit, so what does that entail us? place high on our SAT's, and work for tuition cost's, so we can apply to college that doesnt have room for us, i swear that it's all a scam, i swear that it's all a joke, im doing the best i can, so how can you tell me no, they pick what i can and can't and slowly i'm losing hope, so how can i get a grip when they won't hand me the ropes, yo, i don't know how i'm supposed to live my own life, when my very own parents say i dont do this right, so i'll keep doing what i love, through hate, before i turn around because it's too late, 1:10 Hook: they tell me do this, they tell me do that, and say but do what you wan't, yeah do what you want, they tell me do this, they tell me do that, and say but do what you wan't, yeah do what you want, they taught me Hush little baby don't say a word, Hush little baby don't say a word, Hush little baby don't say a word, don't say a word at all, Verse 2: 1:33 They tell me do this, do that, and do the other shit, And if you don't succeed in life you'll make your mother pissed, i was taught if you don't sin then you wont go to hell, and if you sin, they'll never know if you don't even tell, i guess it makes sense, i went to church for 3 years, just to figure out that i dont even wanna be here, cause once you've been forgivin' so much it's ridiculous, cause no one ever puts the effort in to go repent their sins, i guess it is another day another dollar bruhh, and you wont make a single cent less your a scholar bruh, so i guess we gotta go and get our knowledge up, we on our bankrupt, pay cut, way to college bruh, i needa go and get a job to get experience, but i can't get a single job without experience, so i ain't hearing it, i'm setting for the top now, so i can ride around my fucking city with the top down

0:12 another kid voicein his struggles out, follow in their footsteps, should i be taking another route, denying everyone it's like im just trapped in a bubble now, these hoes sleep with everyone, now they wonder what love's about, tweeting about their drug addiction, depecting, ah shit, this meth just took another victim, and when they hand me the joint, im really slow to reject it, they know deep down in my soul, that i'm really gonna regret it, ah man, no i ain't preaching to jesus, i stopped believin in him when my friends went into the deep end, they trying to take me too, peer pressure's my only weakness, why i stopped leaving the house, stayed by myself on the weekends, im just tryina get my mind straight, cause i don't recognize them at all, like i was just sent up into a blind date, and i ain't proud of my past but it never haunts me at one point all that i did, was everything that i wanted, put down the mic for a second, but trust when i say i run it, cause real is only a word and i promise you just far from it, and i'll stay put to the test, cause like a rock i ain't budgin, i'm hungry for competition i swear to god that i love it, 1:06 i swear to god that i love it, yeah i swear to god that i love it, yeah, yeah. 1:16 i grew up with the white kids, hung around with the asians, shouts to back in the day, to all the kids i was raised with, all the kid's that i played with, everyone who befriended me, funny cause nowadays they seem even more like my enemies, fuck it i'll make amends with them, fuck it i'll still be friends with them, used to knock at the door, now my demon's do and i let 'em in, 32 bars deep like i hang around in a prison cell, in the car with a drunk, can't see shit cause all of their vision's swelled, what the hell am i doing, i'm feelin' like fucking lucifer, steal in front of my girl, i can't set all my demons loose for her, i can't set all my demons loose for her, put me against another emcee, and i swear they'll lose forsure, started with raise the bar, now i'm raising it even farther, and give me another month and i'm taking it even taller, it's funny all of my church friends are hangin' round with my turnt friends, smokin' weed right in front of me, taught me what i ain't learned yet, everybodies a sinner, and everybody'll lie, everybodies a fake, and fuck it i ain't surprised, this incuding myself, imma hypocritical white kid, who said he'd never smoke anything, turned around and then tried it, but i quit it myself, to better set an example, try to pass me the blunt, but my life's already a handful, grab my life by the wheel and im tryina drive steady, if something gets in my path i'll proceed with my eye's heavy,

1:00 "i wake up in the morning and i ask myself, is life worth living should i blast myself," still in bed but i gotta get up, i'm fucking fed up, and still gotta keep my head up, sometimes im tired of the life that i've been givin', not satisfied with all of my reckless decisions, cop a gun lay to my head and then i pop it, would any one regret the fact that they could prolly stop it, i guess ill never know, i guess i'll never find out, but don't push me when you see i got the nine out, cause that's the shit you see when someone's getting bullied, and to me and you i guess we'll never get it fully, there's people everyday, people suicidal, people taking shit, and gotta let their fucking pride go, so just remember that your words gotta big impact, and when you witness shit like this i hope that you don't sit back,

0:44 I wanna be yours, take another detour, love your fuckin' smile give up mine if i could see yours, uhh, write a song for you, even get along with girls i hate, to put a smile on your face, just know it's all for you, but some time's i wanna blow my brains out, then lay down, and watch my brain rain down, and fall on top of me, when we start to argue, my whole world will get to toppling, and then i punch a hole up in my wall there ain't no stopping me, but that ain't necessary when my anger builds up, and i gotta fix it but shit im acting still dumb, just know i wouldn't lay my hand on you, but please don't get so damn frustrated when our plan's fall through, i love to laugh witchu, even with your attitude, even when you do the stuff i hate i'm always glad it's you, and i could speak on you to all my best friends, but damn, i think i'd like it better if the world could listen, cause girl, 1:57 take me back to tenth grade where we first met, walking up the stairs to class, i hit the first step, i see you standing there, even got your beanie on, i dont know if we're just friends or if you're tryina lead me on, i heard you had a boyfriend, i bet he's dissapointed, cause that body's super nice and them lips are gorgeous, you prolly had some guys before, nothing less from you, i'd run home to facebook just to message you, i used to send fake texts, on some crush shit, that make you blush shit, can't get enough shit, and you'd respond to me with all them hearts, i guess i can't be dissapointed, cause thats just a start, and here we are, still in love long after, and people always told me i'd gone the wrong path cause, a girl is only out to break you down, and shit i guess they looking dumb, cause you still around,

0:12 they say it's greener on the otherside, i swear my life will really change up when my mother dies, but it's inevitable, we got heaven to go, get better to grow, and when it comes to mixtapes still got 11 to go, so watch me break out of this cage i'm in, watch me rock a stage again, watch me make this money on my own, no one to break it with, my bars will have you feeling shit, that xanax flow, tell them im right up on they ass word to spandex yo, and i'm a loyal mothafucka, imma spoil muthafucka's, treat these rappers like eggs, dog i'mma boil muthafuckas, and that's weak as fuck, but i dont really sleep enough, and i'll know i fuckin made it when there's people out there to leak my stuff, so watch it now, underdog mixed with a prophet now, feel's like i'll never see a profit, that mohammed shit, rollin with the punches no i ain't one to be bargained with, and all my competitons trash, im playing in a garbage bin, so get the cookie monster, got pussies to conquer, this rookie'll prosper, but don't push me i'll drop ya, i only have 2 months, gotta finish this mixtape, my mind is wandering, swear that i cant even think straight, this weed looks like an outlet, but i ain't gettin' out yet, and don't you go and speak on it homie if you aint bout it, i was taught to lead the way and watch'em follow, and now im told my answers at the bottom of a bottle, fuck it ya'll dont get it, drownin' in my own sins so forgive me, and my own past shit i ain't got no means of reliving, so if one day i ever make it up to God's door, think to my self why didn't i believe in god more, why don't I pray everynight, hit church and stay every night, why do i gotta use god's name in vain every night, i'm a mess and i ain't got no plans of changing, cause when i try i always seem to stay doing the same shit, damn, i'm full of all of my hypocrisies, and i gotta travel the world, there's all these spot's to see, but i ain't got the funds, to hit the world and have fun, treat my girl like beyonce, i'm Jay and we on the run, and these rappers tryina take shots, i'm full of bulletholes, they always seem to come up behind, the way a mullet grows, i'm double all of these rappers, i'm schoolboy cubed, so you can go and talk your shit but you a fool boy move, uh yeah, this is that battle shit, coming like a battle ship, leaving all these other rappers sprung, like some mattresses, if you talking shit i swear that's just a big mistake, cause on a beat i go just in, but no timberlake, no NSYNC, but all my verses is perfect, so i'll make sure they get purchased, it's worth it, if i preach about it, i'll be about it forever, so stay tuned cause it only gets better,