Alive For

I used to mock my teachers, back then being young I was so facetious
I wrapped my heart in sarcasm so they couldn't reach it
Then I complained cause I was lonely but I was the reason
I remember it was spring, summer, every season I grew colder after situations left me heated

Say I'm a king but they don't know how I relate to treason
Self-sabotage, my grip can never catch the meaning
I shoot myself in the foot then walk the tightrope
Never concede, collaborate, I take the high road

ISO, taking my time and feeding my soul Still making moves, it's true, I'm never idle
It goes way back to when I was catching summer flights
Me and Lowsky just another night Family drama like every other night
And we always brought the balance, it was humble pride

Board the plane back and now I speak another language
Different culture, back home they wouldn't understand it
Not sun kiss, rain kiss, that's the standard
And I'm tryna see some daylight with lines I'm rapping

I'm the dreamer they never hear, working for seven years
So many times I went into the studio left in tears
My vision was less than clear, it's all good
I keep my pain close and my blessings near and that's how I get in gear

Foot on the gas, foot on the necks, neck on the line
But it's all good though
Cause it's that shit I'm alive for
It's that shit that I'll die for

Ride for, slide for
Yeah, I walk the grey and the black and white
I'm self made, what I didn't have I made through the sacrifice
So now my range and my appetite doubled

And I'm tryna make a play cause I'm late, I don't have the time
My OG told me, if they're brainless then they ain't your homies
If they're shameless leave them be, they're phony
You're never blameless so make sure you roll clean

And clean I stayed, smooth as detergent
I'm barely outside, I move when it's urgent
I'm picking up stride, my youth is inertial
Been battling my pride cause the truth is too hurtful

But the truth can be perfect, it's worth it
Take a look, I was 17 doing cyphers and I made them shook
You ignore a sign, it's probably your greatest look
I get over my fears to show that you can be afraid and cook

Foot on the gas, foot on the next, neck on the line
But it's all good though
Cause this that shit I'm alive for
This that shit that I'll die for

Ride for, slide for
Foot on the gas, foot on the next, neck on the line
But it's all good though
Cause this that shit I'm alive for

This that shit that I'll die for
Ride for, slide for