The Mantra

It's Cartier nigga
Just be yourself
Look
Don't force a thing just be yourself nigga
Unlock the way you think just free yourself nigga
I'm a call away in case you need some help nigga
I see no competition I'm just tryna beat myself nigga

Yeah
I'm up up and away
I've been up for some days
I'm just stuck in my ways

Yeah
Never running away
Give a fuck what you say
Cuz you stuck where you stay

Just tryna pick up where I left off
Rude awakenings if I'm the one you slept on
Prolly thought that I would stop but I just kept on and kept on
Once you get a check then you become the one they check on

A couple things I have to reflect on
I walked the walk and stopped caring about who's toes I stepped on
You dead wrong the text I got from this shorty I led on
You be ducking issues ima face whatever head on

I'm in my lane you don't wanna collision
You probably shouldn't cross me either even tho I'm Christian
It's stories full of fiction that start causing friction
At this point you can't reverse it just own the decisions
But listen
I'm in a new position
Bobby without Johnny Gill no more New Edition
I'm blessed I don't believe in luck or superstition
They really tried to eat my food then make me do the dishes
Tripping

Yeah
Whoo I'm pulling up
I know you tried your best it wasn't good enough
We not competing with people that's not as good as us
Cuz all them records that you got I'll make you put em up

And Try again
They talking bout me but they lied again
Let me kill em
Bring em back so they can die again
I always level up I do it time and time again
I know they watching while they wait like a diet plan

I'm evil with it
Leave em all in the fetal position
The only reason I'm still peaceful is cuz Jesus with me
It's been darker since the sequel let my demons listen
I paint pictures with no easel we not equal with it

My brother think he Danny Glover he got lethal weapons
Get crucified you come for mine you better seek the reverend
We gotta watch out for ourselves with no police protection
They'd rather shoot us in the back and put their knees on necks

But I digress cuz y'all not ready for that conversation
The sickness rarely kills you it's the complications
I always heard he was a fraud but that's the confirmation
Cartier on any track a crazy combination

Trust me I hear all that lil shit they saying
But I'm in a different space so I choose to embrace it
Sometimes I forget to pray but still God is the greatest
They tried to throw me in the flames I came out of it blazing