Baptism By Fire - Director's Cut

Screamin' sayin' nothin' into the loud mic
People pleasin' tryna say anything that the crowd like
On that bullshit actin' cow-like
Everybody stand on business until the crowd strike
I ain't tryna see that BS OD Tryna stay in good spirits VSOP
LBVS cuz we stress low-key Tryna put in work get your weak ass in OT
Overtime in my occupational therapy
Talkin' bout my life but the conversation's embarrassing
Y'all just tryna chill and bop to some shit apparently
But I ain't interested in just poppin' for popularity
Profit off sincerity
Impossible apparently
Got clarity y'all just not takin' shit seriously
Think it's a joke well knock-knock who's there It's me
I'm here bout to drop some truth on ya if you dare to see

I was born in the deep end
Baptism by fire no warnings or briefings
No support I couldn't form an allegiance
Nothin' but a crust of bread and a corner to sleep in

Odds stacked against me would've sworn I was beaten
Well I was in the name of the Lord and his teachings
But on the field I performed undefeated
When everyone thought that I would've been torn into pieces
Nope I was molded by the flame
Notice I ain't changed when I could've folded from the pain
I'm a wine gettin' better as I'm older in the game
As I climb so I lift lettin' go of all the chains
That's how you get liberated
That's how I eliminated all the thoughts that penetrated
I innovated til all my problems disintegrated
Maybe just maybe that's where my ambition
originated

That's life you take the bad with the good
Don't be mad and you could be alright
Pay the whole price only get half what you should
Even that only if you paid twice
And that's life you take the bad with the good
Don't be mad and you could be alright
Pay the whole price only get half what you should
Even that only if you paid twice

Well I was raised by the village
Same place where they raped and they pillaged
Took names made claims we were slaves and descendants
Not kings they omitted I'm a god I was made in his image
Now wait up a minute cause they didn't get it so let me explain it for kids
There's a place for religion and atheism but I ain't okay with the hate that you give
In the name of religion with blanketed statements and take the defense on the basis of it
It's making me sick it don't make any sense
Only way we can fix it is breaking the system bitch

Holy mackerel homie it's only natural when men of the cloth wove the fabric for social capital
And actual dough with Got we Trust wrote on the back of it
With building and statues that were built on the broken backs of who
Oh black people
I guess it makes sense
We made this impressive nation placed in a lesser station
We need restoration reformation and reparations
Only way for a better nation is collective liberation

That's life take the bad with the good
Don't be mad and you could be alright
Pay the whole price only get half what you should
Even that only if you paid twice
And that's life you take the bad with the good
Don't be mad and you could be alright
Pay the whole price
Only get half what you should
Even that only if you paid twice

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble
And never a laugh but the moans come double and that's life
A crust and a corner that love makes precious
With the smiles to warm and the tears to refresh us
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter
And that's life

Take the bad with the good
Don't be mad and you could be alright
Pay the whole price
Only get half what you
should
Even that only if you paid twice
And that's life you take the bad with the good
Don't be mad and you could be alright
Pay the whole price only get half what you should
Even that only if you paid twice