Steppin' Stones (Radio Edit)

Yeah
Yeah
Look
I'll be honest, it's been a really long night
Working all the time, no time left for the high life
Rollin' with the boys got me messed up cuz they all lie
Saying how they got my back, but they playin' with sharp knives
I'm used to it by now since it's happened so many times
I need me some yellow tape for all their committed crimes
Against me and my soul, I swear they wanna see me die
But when my time comes I swear they all gon' see me fly
It's my time to shine, it's time to call the big shots
Now they wanna be on the same team since I hold the rock
But I won the game they playing and I wear the ring proud
We used to see eye to eye, but now I just look down
I don't lend a shoulder to em no more that's all dead weight
It's enough strain on me carrying all of my past pain
It's a stone cold world and I'm just tryna find my way
But I'll believe that ima make it big to see a better day

Yeah, can't trust them no more
Can't trust them man

I Fell in love with a bad girl who had a different vision
Turning up every weekend and making some dumb decisions
But who am I to judge, it's a hard life and she was tryna live it
So I can't really blame her for all the things that she was into
Now I'm free of her chains, I barely made it out alive
But it's hard to see her alone even though she's with a guy
She hit my phone saying how she miss what we use to have
But I had to shut her down cuz she ain't apart my new plan
We been there and done that with the whole concept of second chances
With the sticks and stones she threw on me I could build a mansion
I told her she need to move on and to go and pack her bags
Cuz she about to board a flight that she knows will never land
It's one way trip she taking and that's her own choice
And she knows it's at her lost, who's better than your boy, uh
She'll never know the same love and that's just tough luck
Now she living with her actions, chasing fake love

Every story that I tell is just a stepping stone that I took to make it here
I did it on my very own
I ditched the comfort of my people and I hit the road
I'm glad my mom loves me for who I am and brought me home
Where I'd be if she didn't is to be left unknown
Till this day, I owe her my very soul
I wrote this song cuz I had to go and let 'em know
That I'm a king and I'm sitting on my very throne

My father said days would come when I'd shed some tears
And face a lonely road, maybe have to face some fears
I've seen him have do the same, so now I see it clear
Anytime a man face a weakness it's a learning lesson
You take these moments and you mask it as a hurtful blessing
Pain will always rip you down but only if you let it
So here I stand, reaching for my dreams, I wanna get it
Tell me what I gotta do to place a bet, nah forget it
Friends are close, enemies always staying closer
The ones that say that they your brother say they never foldin'
Until you need a helping hand, they just leave you hopeless
Y'all the reason why I'm outchea always acting soulless
It's like I'm outchea fighting demons with a wooden sword
And killing me softly to me is stupid metaphor
I got these problems with no answers that I'm searching for
So I gotta find the key to peace and unlock the door