My Life Is A Cautionary Tale

(It's the same shit with y'all, man
Okay. Listen. Just liste-)
Every now and then I'm looking back
Why I gotta be the one to summarize
Why I always gotta be the bigger man
Why I always gotta understand

When J.cole said love yours
He said love yours and that's the end of that
You gotta love you and whatever you have
How you falling for another when you cry
Every time you look in the mirror
I gotta tell you take care and fight your own demons

I know life's hard, and I'm just a guy you're listening to
You'll probably forget the name and that's okay
But you better not forget what I say and how I said it
Cuz we gotta own up and share the blame, don't regret it

They call me a scammer, stereotype - apparently I drink
Cowpiss, disguise racism like I wouldn't notice
If I let you hang, you're golden
Don't add to the burdens I shoulder
Now I understand what is golden brown okay

Every now then I feel good about humanity
There's a reason why they rhyme with vanity
Them politicians those who can't read
And can't math I'm left wondering how they can see
What we're going through, ain't nothing fancy

Every now and I then I look back
Everybody fighting themselves to be someone else
Posting a good life
But she's going through hell

Why do you care?
About anyone else
About anything else
Is it cause they matter

Cuz they don't
So you shouldn't
Be you, do you
Stay blessed with that
I'm in the mood
I'm doing my thing so you should too
My life's a cautionary tale, you fool

Can't pay another price I've gone bankrupt
Both morally and monetarily
This music shit is taxing
But I love rapping so money can take a backseat
I wanna hit up Dhanji

I wanna hit up Dhanji, I'm being what you can't be
The scene is way too messy, make the scene lil festive
Talk of making changes, tell me what the change is
There's never nothing painless, I take a step I'm fearless

My belief interchangeable, I see it in your face and looks
Agree to disagree, just a kid who follow faith and books
Living in the moment, but you know I'm bout to think ahead
She looking at my eyes, yeah you know we bout to sin again

Take a lil wisdom from my peers, but I fear
I'll miss out on all the necessary details
I be brave, no pretense, no breathing
I take a step back and look at what I'm seeing

No preaching, forseeing
Just some things that got me speaking
I know that my demons, really do be haunting
I'm closing up that chapter, but you just keep on bonding
I leave the door open, but you never seem to come in

Your session expired, guess I'll take my leave I guess
You show the true story, you never really cared I guess
The lessons you taught me, guess I never learnt them well
I am only human, still it's not enough I guess

Like my boy said, yeah money can take a back seat
Maybe peep the snakes and the competition I have beat

I had to cut some people off to let go of the gangrene
I don't want friends unless they celebrate to have me, uh

I'm happier to see people surpass me
Than be gassed up by fake praise thrown at me

Ain't no crap free
As you can see
Man's in fancy ass debt
To settle here badly

Need to talk to my exes who thought they still had me
I need the group chat, can somebody please add me?

Cuz I know they've been talking behind my back
Based on how the next one's only a prettier clone who likes to nag me

Needed to change
Had to let go
Had to find ways to keep performing the show
Took out the noise
Taking it slow
This shit got me humbled, all in the flow

"How to rap like that?"
People keep asking how I write like that
I did not learn it overnight like that
I just live a cautionary life like that
Friends from the pub used to call me for some beers
I would have one and straight disappear
When you're broke, (sigh) decisions get clear
And you wanna speak less than what you wanna hear, for real