A lotta bad decisions couldn't tell you no regrets Ma thought I was tripping 'til I brought us home a check Picking up the phone when my pops would call collect Type of shit that show you freedom worth way more than respect I was getting it on my own Ain't too much that I expect But you gon' pay me You don't stand on your word That's a bet I been making sure I stand on the word that I set A lot of niggas made me promises they knew they couldn't have kept Mamma told me, "Keep it modest." I be known I'm the one Had to be since when you told me how you lost your first son Glad to see the day I'm earning She don't got to pay for none Rap beef really petty Niggas barely seen the slums Rap sheet weighing heavy on my niggas That shit dumb 12 knowing it's a reason why a nigga carry guns They be looking for a reason just to do a nigga bad But they ain't have to dodge bullets 'til they went put on that badge They don't understand Niggas getting killed just for being a man For a chain, some to slang, or a couple bands For the gang, for the name, or they lost some fam I had to reach out to my hood and be their helping hand Niggas feeling fucked-up, tired of starting over plans Couple niggas lucked up and never looked back again If I ain't get this come up, you still would see me stand ten I'm more than grateful for my blessings Not all of 'em wins Sometimes it's hard to find my way back I still relate to mine but not how we did way back I'm going up Got people stuck I'm tryna change that My dawg hurt behind them bars On the phone fake happy I'm tryna make it far My people tryna make it happen My cousin hurt me Hard injections got his brain trapped This guilty pleasure make me hate rap 'Cause it don't feel good riding by the homeless in this Maybach And it don't feel good seeing niggas hopeless in the same trap I spent a mil Could paid everybody bills with them same stacks I pop a seal of mud shouldn't but that's where I put my pain at I do a lot and pray one day it be enough Shit, I'm just stating facts