Deeper Than a Photo

I keep a strap but I pray I don't gotta use it
And if I do I make sure they can't prove it
I can't let you kill mine and I don't do shit
I don't care about your gang or who you cool with
I keep a strap but I pray I don't gotta use it
And if I do I make sure they can't prove it
I can't let you kill mine and I don't do shit
I don't care about your gang or who you cool with

I'm more than capable of killing, but I'd rather see a nigga living
If you harm me and mine, it ain't much to be forgiven
I know one bad decision I could spend my life in prison
So I gotta make sure I sleep walk him with precision
They gave me 8 years and I only gave him two incisions
Plus my life a little different now I got a new addition
That's my baby boy
I gotta be around to raise him
It's a couple mufuckas that should've got it but he saved them
Looking at that little face make it easy to walk away from shit
And with my pride it ain't easy to walk away from shit
And you know dudes talk greasy you know how they can get
And then the next time you see em be at the wake and shit
And I don't need that
Don't give a fuck about your feedback
And anybody who ever fed me is who I feed back
This type of pain Aleve couldn't aleve that
My grandma died in my arms
How could you grieve that
That shit will probably scar me for life
If I held women to her standard it'll be hard for my wife
You couldn't walk in these Nikes
I survived the darkest of nights
And these streets where I was raised you couldn't walk through at night

I keep a strap but I pray I don't gotta use it
And if I do I make sure they can't prove it
I can't let you kill mine and I don't do shit
I don't care about your gang or who you cool with
I keep a strap but I pray I don't gotta use it
And if I do I make sure they can't prove it
I can't let you kill mine and I don't do shit
I don't care about your gang or who you cool with

If I ain't chilling with my son I'm probably dolo
Cuz niggas behavior be kind of so-so
You think my life crazy whats crazy is what you don't know
You do it for the gram
This shit is deeper than a photo
You ever had a prison ID your face on the photo
You ever needed your homie to ride but he was a hoe though
Now it's seven niggas and you gotta ride solo
Shit I just gave him body shots like Cotto
They called the cops but my ass was out door though
Y'all do it for the clout shit I'm just in it for the doe though
And I want everything because I came from nothing
Some days it wasn't nothing in the cabinet but some English muffins
Section 8 it wasn't enough to get a extra plate
But mom a superhero she had everything except the cape
So if it's ever any issues we gon set them straight
And when it come to me and mine I will not hesitate
When I was in my 20s I couldn't catch a break
My daddy said no co-defendants if you catch a case
So I ride alone
And because they shooting outside don't mean this not our home
We just gotta find our zone

I keep a strap but I pray I don't gotta use it
And if I do I make sure they can't prove it
I can't let you kill mine and I don't do shit
I don't care about your gang or who you cool with
I keep a strap but I pray I don't gotta use it
And if I do I make sure they can't prove it
I can't let you kill mine and I don't do shit
I don't care about your gang or who you cool with

If I ain't chilling with my son I'm probably dolo
Cuz niggas behavior be kind of so-so
You think my life crazy whats crazy is what you don't know
You do it for the gram
This shit is deeper than a photo