Cold World

Boy, finish your spinach to gain you some muscle
Because your greatest flex should come from your toughest hustle
But I'm screaming at the world and every word is muffled
I'm in the wrestling ring tussling with my struggle
Anything I do, I don't do it to impress
But I'd be lying if I said I never dealt with stress
Why do I get depressed when I'm still alive?
I should feel blessed, but I'm more dead inside
I put a fake smile on when I wake up like I am the press
But literally, I worked with two newspapers
Journalist, got my name written on the list
To get in events for free, but internally
All the perks, glitz, and glamour do not mean shit to me
In the scene, but never feeling like I'm being seen
It seems that the seams in my big boy jeans ain't stitched properly
It's hurting me that I am thinking about all eternity
But to grow thick skin, I have to learn that the globe is

Yeah, it's so, so cold
Got to know that it's so, so cold
Dangerous world, yeah, it's so, so cold
People stab you in the back and betray all your trust
Use you for their lust, but it's a must that you survive and strive
In this cold, cold world
Yeah, it's a cold, cold world

Never would I be cold-hearted, but I'm frozen
Conquering tribulations because I'm chosen
Treated like dirt, but that is what I grow in
Minding my own personal business where your nose in
This world is so cruel
Drooling babies witness shit that isn't innocent
Losing innocence
In a sense, this should be expected
Black people are selected to be neglected
Stuck in low-income communities
Lack of opportunity causing lack of unity
Inner city men with detached outer appearances
All about the racks, but shopping in clearance
Saying that we matter, but we needing coherence
Use protection
And I ain't talking about erection
But you don't got to be so hard, you can show affection
Let's save lives instead of ending them
The rules, I'm bending them
Any fences, yeah, I'm mending them
Black women and men
Let's say amen to them
Cause it's a cold, cold world for us

Yeah, it's so, so cold
Got to know that it's so, so cold
Dangerous world, yeah, it's so, so cold
Police brutality
Inequality
Fighting sexuality
Families with broken mentalities
Lack of therapy
In this cold, cold world
Yeah, it's a cold, cold world

And we still have a long way to go
If the cons outweigh the pros, then you let it go
Even in the summertime, we still shovel snow
Cause we know that this world is so