Bittersweet

When it seems too far away
Nothing happens when I pray
Trigger happy just to feel safe
Don't got to know me to relate
When it seems too far away
Nothing happens when I pray
Trigger happy just to feel safe
Don't got to know me to relate
Don't got to know don't got to know Don't got to know don't got to know
Don't got to know don't got to know Don't got to know me to relate

I heard the word
Through the grapevine
Life's good but it ain't fine
I never thought
That I would FaceTime
Til' I was walking down state line
At the minimum I'll take two
At the max I'll take five
But I didn't ever get convicted
So, you know I had to thank God
I was sipping on lean
Drinking out the double cup
Breaking down the weed
Just to roll another up
Only one life to live
No we can't double up
So, live it to the fullest
I see you coming up
I'm trying to do the same
Coach put me in a game
I can't score a point
If a nigga stay benched
If it don't make money
Then it don't make sense
Got a couple bills due
Plus I got to pay rent
Not to mention about
Payments for the car note
On top of that
Insurance for the auto
"The hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody"
So, Pac tatted "Thug Life"
On his torso
Real talk homie I'm a real man
They tried to break me down
But I still stand
My mind only manifests
Good thoughts
So, if I haven't done it then I still can
I never heard
An "early bird" being "too late" Product in the bag
Put the money in the suitcase
Pistol on my lap
Cause these niggas act two-faced
But I'mma straighten they ass out Like a toupee
I want Fiasco like Lupe
Celebrate success
Now I'm pouring up the Dusse
Got to thank the Lord
That I haven't caught a new case
And I'm still free out of jail today
Hey!

When it seems too far away
Nothing happens when I pray
Trigger happy just to feel safe
Don't got to know me to relate
When it seems too far away
Nothing happens when I pray
Trigger happy just to feel safe
Don't got to know me to relate

Progress is a Process
When you coming from the projects In the kitchen water whipping
Putting heat to the Pyrex
Swallow my pride let it digest
I'm not prone to the nonsense
Because my thoughts too complexed You can put my words in the context I got some Friends
That have left me to my lonesome I'm yelling Genocide
Until it's all over
Now I'm sitting here in silence Consoling my condolence
"Baptized in Dirty Water"
With the "Views of the Ocean"
I understand it takes time
Don't rush things
If you believe in luck
There's no such thing
I'm a black man
Trapped in this white man's world
So, I'm less likely to succeed
They made the blueprint to failure And applied it to my life
So, I dropped out of college
And enrolled on the block
Got a Master's Degree
At slanging the weed
Associates Degree
At banging a Glock
Roll a blunt like it's a diploma
I'm smoking on something
That'll put me in a coma
Everything has a budget
And we have to reach a quota
Cause even open minds
May come to a closure
The truth never lies never dies
All they do is justify
Ain't no looking back
Now I feel I'm ahead of time
Came from the bottom
Now I'm in the upper echelon
Blocks of cocaine and ketamine Being pelletized
Smuggled by the government
But it's never clarified
Ignorant corruption
Only makes me very wise
Cautious how they speak
And they're careful
What they televise
So, we can't see the truth
With the naked eye

When it seems too far away
Nothing happens when I pray
Trigger happy just to feel safe
Don't got to know me to relate
When it seems too far away
Nothing happens when I pray
Trigger happy just to feel safe
Don't got to know me to relate
Don't got to know don't got to know Don't got to know don't got to know
Don't got to know don't got to know Don't got to know me to relate