Long Way (feat. Tay LaRose)

Lately it's been getting hard to stay coordinated
I work 10 steps ahead of myself
I've been so inpatient
My mom told me don't rush it
Now I recall her statement
I gotta take the longer route on my road to Greatness

I gave up almost 3 times in the past 3 years
I had to boss up
Make some changes
And face all my fears

I don't have no opps, me vs me
I done seen some tears
God let me go through those hard times just to test my faith
I don't have no idols
A few folks I revere

How do I start to explain how my life became this way?
Getting hard so I don't know

I've been sitting down reminiscing
I remember all the pain but I smile even with a low blow

I remember hate
All them Niggas used to talk down on my name
Looking down on where I came from

How the fuck I overcame?
Managed to remain the same
Walking around in this cold cold world

I took a trip to Nigeria
Thirteen hour flight just landed

Trying to catch a better vibe
Incase you wonder how I've been feeling

Heart Cold as Minnesota, been down hearted for a minute
First time she heard I was Nigerian
Probably thought I was a Scammer
But by the end of the night, she'll turn into a dancer

I've been screaming Fuck Love, them niggas made that shit a anthem
I done put in so much time, it hurt that I can't get it back now
I be all up in my thoughts, got questions only she can answer

So alone that I got Vlone, I got Vlone on me
Energy on Zero but I'm the life of the party
I've been cooling on a D-Lo I'm unfazed, I'm unbothered
Only time that I come around is to finish what I started.

But the Fame is what I wanna Attain
Need the chance to Hit The Stage
Let the whole world Know My Name

But I know it's a Dirty Game
You could have your Image Tainted
Forced to throw your morals out the window
What's the gain?

I'm just tryna beat those odds
In a system that's designed for me to fall
I'm tryna ball and remain who I am

But the people, they make it hard
They're gonna judge your every move
When you try to do what's right
I do I swear

Food stamps to Middle Class Living
No need for Government Assistance

Moma working hard alone
She took the Role of Both Parents

Making sure that I'm good
Promise this just the beginning

I don't have a hood story
I'm just a man on a mission

Moving in a way you don't expect like a silent assassin

Getting everything I want done
The exact way that I planned it

Put God first before the music
Only I understand it yea
Only I understand it

Man I used to feel abandoned
Lonely Child like Youngboy
It ain't the worse thing that ever happened

And I couldn't mask my pain
So I wore it on me like a canvas

That's why I'm Motivated By Pain
I use the music as an outlet

They don't even feel my pain
They just watch how I make things happen

Tryna stay safe when I'm out
Tryna step up can't stay on the couch
Get a check up can't stay in the house
Swear I'm next up when they leave me out

Been tryna keep my head high
I ain't gon lie, life can make a man cry
I'll forever slide even if the feds by
And I don't feel alive, feeling like I been died

And Glo, keep a thirty on his lap
If they want smoke then they blurry off the map

And he Steph Curry with the strap
I'll leave it to God, Ion worry about that

I ain't ever chilling with a fiend, no
Babygirl chilling with a king for sure

When I pull up to the scene, oh
Nobody want to test me though

Bad habits can't keep those
I just wanna ball hit the free throw

I'm tryna be making all the C notes
I'm just tryna see how hard the beat go

Tryna change my life, I don't chase these drugs
Need God in my life, I don't chase these plugs

And you know that
I can't go back

I got Big Bands
I can't show that

I came a Long Way
Had some Hard Days

My teacher bashed me
While in the hallway

Nobody asked me
If i was okay

Now I'm flexed up
I carry the Most Faith

I still carry benjamin's, that part

Old friends in my DM
Like when did that start?

Swear I'm moving so fast like a jaguar
When I press the whole gas in that nascar

I have a past but no one ask about me
I'm tryna rap but everybody doubt me

I took a stab but I ain't let it out me
I'm out here
Swear i'm Top 5 I say it proudly

I'll never take percs, RIP Gus
You make fate worse if you include drugs

You hit yo vapor, tie your noose up
But Little Brother I'm yo neighbor
Somebody who loves you

Gotta stay strong when you stressed
Cuz today you could take yo last breathe

Until that day imma still be the best
If you really disagree then come and say it with yo chest

I could never ever go left
I could never pull up in a dress

All my money I had to finesse
All my problems I had to address

How do I start to explain how my life became this way?
Getting hard so I don't know

I've been sitting down reminiscing
I remember all the pain but I smile even with a low blow

I remember hate
All them Niggas use to talk down on my name
Looking down on where I came from

How the fuck I overcame?
Managed to remain the same
Walking around in this cold cold world

How do I start to explain how my life became this way?
Getting hard so I don't know

I've been sitting down reminiscing
I remember all the pain but I smile even with a low blow

I remember hate
All them Niggas use to talk down on my name
Looking down on where I came from

How the fuck I overcame?
Managed to remain the same
Walking around in this cold cold world