Soul Food

I pray my confidence never turns to delusion
I pray for no regrets when I reach the conclusion
I give you illustrations, they give you illusions
I'm too exclusive, to want to be included
People come to me with problems, but never solutions
Your ideas are not what lost me, it's your execution
Ferraris don't compete with the Ford Fusions, yeah And a lot of y'all Ford Fusions

You niggas clueless, I swear
What else I gotta do just to prove that I care
You talkin' all that black smoke, polluting the air
Every year I have one pair of shoes I can wear
Even still, I know that life can be cruel and unfair
I was waitin' on my moment, I never was scared
Now they don't gotta count it, they know that it's there
Can't pinpoint what I got, but they know that it's rare, yeah

At this point, I feel like I'm in a league of my own
On every single record, you can see where I've grown
I wouldn't let you in fully, you just see what I show you
They can only pull you down if they're below you
I like to tell the truth because I feel like I owe you
I do this for the family, nigga, like I'm supposed to
I let you see my damage and the shit that I go through
Put everything on the table like soul food

I'm not dwellin' on the past, that's old news, next subject
I never had the best cards, but made the best of it
Stay in your lane, nigga, you a crash test dummy They can't let you down if you expect nothin
I used to do a verse for free, but now I check budgets
One just up its stuck there, and we not budgin
Was "ha ha"'s and "LOL"s, now it's not funny
Only shine if you stay real when it's not sunny, yeah

Me and shorty didn't work out, I guess we tried
I got a German hatchback parked by the seaside
Cost of livin' gettin' too high to have free time
On every single flight, I look down at the tree line
Real friends check on you still if you seem fine
Road less traveled, I just follow the street signs
It's comin' soon, just stay down in the meantime, I swear