Basics

I've been on my own since I got out of juvie
Ain't going back to being broke
Can't let the system do me
I'm a system baby

Caught up in the system baby
Life can get a little crazy
Entertain me
Me and Pring

Back to back against the world
Different scene
You ain't got a choice
Who you fighting for

Then we grow up
We living in a different world
Shit's always evolving
I guess that's what I'm writing for

I like what I like
Shit, I hate what I hate
Still make mistakes
Still learning

Creating new ways
Ain't a quitter
Can quit you quick
Like a bitch I knew

Still face to face with fate
About the shit I do
All the self inflicted
Playing victim

I don't blame if one's the one
Listen
Save opinions
Finna make it work

It pays off
That's a given
Came a long way from them hallways
They used to piss me

I ain't good at keeping promises
So far I'll make them
I'll beat it when you need me
You ain't gotta say shit

We like to say
Life is what the fuck you make it
Who to blame
Back to the basics

Back to the basics
I ain't good at keeping promises
So far I'll make them
I'll beat it when you need me

You ain't gotta say shit
Back to the basics
Plenty gave up
That ain't the way I'm made of

I ain't waiting on the air to save us
I ain't gotta wake up
Looking at me and tell that nigga thank you
Hardest struggles and losses built up and made you

Every time I thought I lost
I found a way and came through
Whenever you feeling exhausted
Remember they couldn't break you

It's easy to tell ourselves
We ain't worth as much
Kick ourselves when we're down
Like it ain't hurt as much

Rebuild
Reassemble
It takes some time
Take the wheel

Never settle
What's mine is mine
Get the chills
Thinking about times I could've died

When they shot up the whip
That could've been my wife
When you got too much to offer
Easy to take for granted

Most of the time it don't work out the way we planned it
Do we really gain something
Is the lesson learned
Or are we just ashes while the fire burns

I ain't good at keeping promises
So far I'll make them
I'll be there when you need me
You ain't gotta say shit

We like to say
Life is what the fuck you're making
Who to blame
Back to the basics

Back to the basics
Back to the basics
Back to the basics