DIFFERENT ROUTE

So, uh, haha, look, I know you mad at me
Every hate comment y'all leave, it makes me mad happy
I sent you once, I sent you twice, now I'm your grandpappy
You can't pick me out your brain, so it's mad nappy

Beefin' with battz is like walkin' on a tightrope
She want the exposure but cannot handle with ISO
You can't own this kill like redlining under tightropes
With this rap stuff, dawg, I'm a maestro

Black kid in the city and her demons playin' with me
Got Mina in the city, so the demons cannot stop me
Got her number, she was pretty, but her mind, she itty-bitty
She was thumpin' on my standards and my minutes

With her zappitos, but stop it, though, and pay attention
I let God guide the brush so he can paint the vision
And if it ain't malicious, you can join the team that's really winning
Uh, look, I'm in a different mode

Used to wanna sign a deal with Interscope
Took a different route, independent is a better role
Difficult, we are not the same, gotta let them know
Listen to the ones that made them stars, not the horoscope

Listen, bro, never sellin' out like some trendy clothes
I am not shirt at H&M, I could never fold
Took a break, now we back to work, this is all we know
We on the screen, pass it, then we scroll like a pick-and-roll

Nighty-night, they was sleepin' on me, gotta wake them up
They told me I ain't have to gift to make it, I can't make this up
Dead to my transgressions, the Father came to raise me up
Told me to be patient, and now I'm really off the mark

Whoa, I ain't pressin' about the status
Everything I live for can be found in red captions
I spread the gospel like it's mayo on a sandwich
The Mel Gibson lead, stay directed in the passion

Remember when I told you where you started
The guys who last in this business
And the guys who fly straight
Low-key, quiet
Are the guys that want it all

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Tryin' to take a different route
I was in the trenches on my lonely, I was givin' out

All the lies the devil sold me, homie, I was livin' out
Spin about, was infatuated, so I sin about
Different now, least I hope I can be, I was filled with doubt
Pinned it out on my calls but Abba, can you hear me now

He was askin' me the same thing, do you hear me now
Probably not, but son, let me ask you, do you fear me now
Tears fall down my cheek, man, do you feel me now
Cause I know the answer to that question, got me feelin' eerie now

Tryin' to change the rhyme scheme, and the pain is where
I find peace, I could die now or die late
Need some Visine, get it
Yeah, I need some Visine

My heart and my spirit is at war, always fightin
On the road to life, I clutch the wheel, drivin' to it now
Tryin' to navigate it on my own, need a different route