Long Way Home

I'ma take the long way home so I can stay gone
Something 'bout my life just feel better when I'm alone
That's why all these nights I'm not checking up on my phone
And I'ma be alright so leave a message at the tone
And I'ma take the long way home so I can stay gone
Something 'bout my life just feel better when I'm alone
That's why all these nights I'm not checking up on my phone
And I'ma be alright so leave a message at the tone
And this the life that I chose
This the life that I chose
This the life that I chose
This the life that I chose

Now I'm gone and I know that I'm on
Y'all froze while lately I feel I'm heating up
I'm remembering where I'm from and feeling like I don't speak enough
Momma we don't speak enough
Father we don't speak enough
And I hope y'all know reaching out is hard
'Cause no matter where I go I'm feeling all these scars
And I been on the road wondering how you are
I hope you well from afar
(Hope y'all know reaching out is hard
No matter where I go I'm feeling all these scars
And I been on the road wondering how you are
I hope you well from afar)

Yeah
Yeah I dug myself out the grave that I had been laying in
They threw dirt up on my name thinking it would've caved me in
I heard the whispers in the back of how it ain't no saving him
And I soon as I double back they'll never say the shit again
'Cause I done came a long way from traveling the wrong way
From the dark found the light and made it moving my own way
So what could I be mad for
I made everything that I asked for
I lost a couple niggas along the way I feel bad for
And I still ain't give a tear
Used to feel the ending was near
But the feeling was never fear
'Cause the ceiling was never clear
And I'm hearing all of the cheer
And you can keep it
I never been the nigga to ever need it
And I done came a long way and I'm proud of it
Never needed nobody else on a single mile of it
I chose this life for myself and that'll never change
I never thought going through hell ever would've felt this way

I'ma take the long way home so I can stay gone
Something 'bout my life just feel better when I'm alone
That why all these nights I'm not checking up on my phone
And I'ma be alright so leave a message at the tone
And this the life that I chose
This the life that I chose
This the life that I chose
This the life that I chose

I'ma take the long way
The long way
The long way
The long way
The long way
The long way
Yeah I'ma take the long way
Yeah I'ma take the long way
I'ma take the long way home so I can stay gone
'Cause something 'bout my life just feel better when I'm alone
And that why all these nights I'm not checking up on my phone
And I'ma be alright so leave a message at the tone