What did you think would happen (I would fade to black) What did you think would happen (I wouldn't bounce back) What did you think would happen (I'd be lost where I'm at) What did you think would happen (that I would fall flat) I said what did you think would happen What did you think I said what did you think would happen What did you think I guess they thought I fell off (again) these words they flow off (the pen) And into my notes (that's when) I'm real as my flesh (and skin) I hope to bust the pipes with pressure 'fore they exhaust (within) What did you think would happen that I would end up lost (again) Uh, I'm doing myself the favor Of showing you that there's more to me like multilayers And proving I can do this shit just as big as the major's In the game like I'ma player but know that I'ma creator In my own right, I can't be expected to fit the mold like I'm incapable of being able to shine my own light Uh, that's something I can't do Because I was raised to lead by example Using all my time wisely I know it ain't ample But until the day I'm gone I'm upholdin' the mantle And if I'm being honest truthfully I just hope you See me as somebody that someone can look up too All I wanna do is make music that's everlastin' And match my passion with action, you see my words like a caption Uh, shouldn't be hard to understand I just rather for the world to see me for who I am As opposed to an IG live flashin them bands Now I ain't knockin' hustle or tryna reprimand But I know what's important like it's the back of my hand You will never have to question the ground on which I stand Because I know its imparative for us to be able To change the narrative so we aren't leavin' the future perilous Ain't no time to waste I look my daughters in they face And all I wanna do is make the world a better place So what I'm sayin' is this shit is more to me than rappin Especially when it comes to the constant trendin' fashion To be something else besides myself I can't imagine I'll stop the car before it get the traction, what did you think would happen

Leave open wounds (a ruptured spleen), as I provide the (dopamine) I'm dope I mean (you hope to be), you niggas nowhere (half of me) There's no one coming (after me), I turned'em into (casualty) I'm shuttin' down your (faculty), ain't nothin left but (absentees) This shit right my (cup of tea), don't think no one can (fuck wit' me) That I can prove and (guarantee), think otherwise then (fallacy) Will show you that I'm (majesty), regardless of your (fantasy) Left underneath the (christmas tree), you still could never (w)rap wit' me) These bars they give no (amnesty), it all could end in (tragedy) Leave you in pain and (agony), I'm out this world like (galaxies) You do not want no smoke (from me), that shit will clog your (arteries) And what that will do (gradually), is shorten your (vitality) Your picture on a (graphic tee), your body hung from (balcony) The shots that I send out come with full metal like its (alchemy) Uh, what you witnessin' here is mastery Puncturing your anatomy when I'm causin' calamity Yeah, I see niggas startin' to fret now Before I even start sendin' shots like they projectiles I bite down my lockjaw like a reptile's When it's my time they fearfully check the sundial Like, yeah niggas don't you fret now Like, yeah niggas don't you fret now The shit that I be writin' down they wonderin' how to top it I see that shit ain't change besides the dollars in my pocket To bite off my enitre style they wonderin' how to jock it I guess these niggas try to copy game like it's a bop it They see I got the ball and now they wonderin' how I got it You pass it to the nicest on the court it's common logic Uh, I been flyer than a cockpit The way I get a nigga chick open like a locksmith Obnoxious, got'em all in fear off a synopsis That pill I gotta swallow, see how limitless my conscience I see'em come up short like super mario While the speakers blow everytime I body the audio I put these rappers 6 feet deep behind the bungalow I'm ahead of my time what you hearing is my tomorrow flow Yeah, they thought I wouldn't stay the same To be honest not a damn thing changed, bang! (gun shot) Yeah, I see niggas startin' to fret now Before I even start sendin' shots like they projectiles I bite down my lockjaw like a reptile's When it's my time they fearfully check the sundial Like, yeah niggas don't you fret now Like, yeah niggas don't you fret now Hit you with a raw (uh) Visceral as all hell Spit it out the lip, jaw serve it on a large scale Authentic, a write off innit? Its all well Change the lane of my hustle and hopped right back in it this shit is all self Il take you through the course like Donald Ross And spin a vynal off top of the bottle of vodka , sauced Barbiturates and whores Got me sippen to the lord a premonition where none of Tony’s constituents are poor Im visual if Basquiat was swinging Liquid Swords I wouldnt have to slang this dope to put a picture on the wall Pulverizing hits the lab is like a sweat shop Chick el smell the sweat drop fragrance through the drip of this dior I spit like a damned degenerate what this damn generation generating its so damn eminent Imma hit you with some 16s and put some m in it like bllllllttttttt bing getcha fucking melon split Yeah, I see niggas startin' to fret now Before I even start sendin' shots like they projectiles I bite down my lockjaw like a reptile's When it's my time they fearfully check the sundial Like, yeah niggas don't you fret now Like, yeah niggas don't you fret now

It's time to go back to work Though I never let no money determine my worth The block is still hot, the opps is still opps There is work to do The grind is nonstop nigga Mental health programs are needed And jobs for my people who is out here Feeding they families Rich people they be out here greedy I'm built different Trade and barter whatchu needin' And I can't wait to build a school And you know that I'ma act a fool Teachin' babies how to grow they food And they medicine Gotta teach'em how to love they melanin Uh, It's worth more than gold And I wanna get my homeless siblings out the cold So, I think I'll turn these churches into homes And may god bless us all hundred fold If I was a millionaire I would buy my lawn, my house And freedom land Oh, If I was a millionaire Yeah, uh I used to think I fell off Was goin' off a 16 Quit doubtin' boy this shit mean Them haters tight as split jeans Her walls are glorious its like I stepped inside the Sistine Do it like the dishes leave her pristine Make way for the rejects We be using them presets To the point like a V-Neck I could use a few words to paint the canvas and reset When I make a million that'll be trill To help my family follow my lead The thought of it's Ill She like it when I put the foot up Them baby rhymes my nigga did you bring your pull ups This Tone Jonez we came through with the cook up All of my verses from the book of my life And I live through the pages, the changes They made for you to reach the center stages Just focus on increasing all your wages When I make a mill I hope it helps my state of tranquil With hopes that I never think Of tryna sell a pack still, Vell If I was a millionaire I would pick up my niggas and put'em on my shoulders See to that nobody homeless, fuck an eviction notice I'll show'em how being focused leads to a magnum opus Set the bar as high as I can, as I provide a motive I mean it all sincerely, and like massage therapists I hope my niggas feel me, I'm just tryna kick some knowledge Hope my niggas hear me, we gotta be positive figures Hope my niggas wit me, you wit me Yeah, now all that shit up on the block know we done seen before I rather help you open some doors, and raise your credit score You wanna rap then I'll teach you how to build off a metaphor Just want us all together like richie back with the commodores Uh, so tell me really what we got to lose Especially when all of us wore a similar pair of shoes So it'd be nothin' for me to build and provide tools And show the youth they worth more than social media views.. Clear

Only thing I ask of my niggas to keep it real even when I ain't around uh Hold Me Down Even if I'm lost along the way you see my trouble is having yet to be found uh Hold Me Down Be there to lift me up especially if you see me tryna get it off the ground uh Hold Me Down Yeah, just hold me down uh You would think that I was blind, I color outside the lines Sometimes pretend I'm fine, but felt my spirit decline At times I feel divine and others I'm borderline Close to the edge and in constant fear of losin' my mind I try to stay afloat, lookin' for ways to cope Wishin' that I could somehow get my hands on a click remote But to no avail I crack like an eggshell When powerless that shoulder weight is the heaviest barbell I'm not ashamed to speak my truth I know I'm flawed But hold me down in times of need don't spare the rod I'm sorry in advance if I do seem a little odd But my mind work like it's got a 24/7 job And I get left wit' black thought my surface paved with asphalt Leaving me to wonder if I'm on or off the catwalk Uh, I do my best to explain The shit I seem to go through everyday, I hang from ball and chain Only thing I ask of my niggas to keep it real even when I ain't around uh Hold Me Down Even if I'm lost along the way you see my trouble is having yet to be found uh Hold Me Down Be there to lift me up especially if you see me tryna get it off the ground uh Hold Me Down Yeah, just hold me down uh Nauseous, what I feel in my solar plexus Colossus, the chances I take to be pretentious I have a habit of tryna please everybody Thinkin' that I'm super man, like I can save everybody A disadvantage, I put myself in that position Then I panic Like my depressive state is manic, I'm not expectin' you Or anyone to understand it but I'm tryna raise the gambit And the way of which I observe and view the world Cuz all it happens to be is a chocolate-vanilla swirl To say the least, I walk this road And pray my shoes don't get a crease, what a feat That I do hope to accomplish with a sigh of relief Lord knows that I've done had it up to my neck like a fleece So all I'm asking of you is please Hold me down whenever it's my potential I fall beneath If you got people that you love (hold'em down) You know they always keep it real (hold'em down) Even when you ain't around (hold'em down) They help you get it off the ground (hold'em down) Only thing I ask of my niggas to keep it real even when I ain't around uh Hold Me Down Even if I'm lost along the way you see my trouble is having yet to be found uh Hold Me Down Be there to lift me up especially if you see me tryna get it off the ground uh Hold Me Down Yeah, just hold me down uh

I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, yeah Seem like shit won't get no better Going through the motions know it got me like I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on yeah I know shit could be worse but I know that they should be better But I can't lose my focus I stay prepared for the weather Cuz any moment I can lose everything altogether So I gotta make it count I aint here on this earth forever Yet the constant battlin' within myself got me fucked up From self doubt to pity and realizin' That no matter where I go that black cloud is wit' me My only wish that the lord forgive me for ever wishin death on anyone I feel like the only forsakened son In a world where shit catch up to you before you get to run And life hits you faster than a bottle of jamaican rum Face it uh, we all got alot of pain That we try so hard to forget it cause numbness to the brain And we go a bit insane just hopin' for a change Yet things remain the same, when them clouds get dark and grey We get stuck in the position of wishing for better days I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, yeah Seem like shit won't get no better Going through the motions know it got me like I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on yeah I feel like I been in debt from simply paying my dues Shin splints the day you walk in my shoes, tell me what more can I lose When it seem like I'm right back where I started at Shit I been through to that degree, like a thermostat Uh, I try my best to be strong But this sweat within my palms give way to what's goin' on So my response is through a text with a happy emoticon Like shit is all good, when everything's goin wrong But let me interject, sometimes that's how a nigga feel I guess I'm in contempt, see I'm a wreck When it comes to being good enough, my weight can never pull enough Like I'm Tre in Brandi's livin' room with the fisticuffs Uh, it either makes me or it breaks me But I gotta shoot my shot like a firearm off the safety You see I want a long life one that's well over eighty So much I wanna do before I push up a daisy Like I'm Tre in Brandi's livin' room with the fisticuffs Uh, it either makes me or it breaks me But I gotta shoot my shot like a firearm off the safety You see I want a long life one that's well over eighty So much I wanna do before I push up a daisy Yeah, it either makes me or it breaks me I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, yeah Seem like shit won't get no better Going through the motions know it got me like I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on I just gotta keep holdin' on, and on yeah

You always told me that pain was temporary Well it got my heart colder than February You always told me that I would be legendary I drop a tear when I drive by your cemetery And to this very day I can't believe that your gone I thought that I was right but it seems I was wrong It got me so weak and these weeks have been long My kids lookin' at me so I need to be strong So when they're not lookin' I sit and cry to myself Claimin' I'm alright but I only lie to myself Hard to a find way when I'm busy findin' myself So I hurt people I was just tryna help I hope you can forgive me for everything that I've done The losses make me grateful for everything that I won Tell me how to feel when everything has been numb I'm tryna find a way but my journey's only begun Hold on here I come, yeah How am I supposed to find my way When I don't know where to go Tell me where do I go Where do I go from here Is this what it feels like to feel life doesn't feel right When you backed against the ropes it ain't a fair fight How it feels when your confidence gone Whatever was in the pot I let it simmer too long Now this is what it boils down too Keeping a smile on your face all for the loved ones around Without a moment of weakness a little secret That you bottle inside cuz you can't let a tear fall from your eye Hoping that a prayer fall from the sky Or at least in some kind of muh'fuckin' disguise Look, I'm married with kids And I don't think this is a way they'd ever want me to live I ain't saying I ain't happy but sometimes I fall victim to my self doubt And it becomes more than a tough bout When I feel like I ain't good enough, shit won't ever be enough A nigga need more than a pick me up How am I supposed to find my way When I don't know where to go Tell me where do I go Where do I go from here

Focus on what's important don't you end up losin' sight Even when it's tough and you got nothin' goin' right Don't ever give up, no going down without a fight If you wanna live your dreams then you gotta shine your light I know that life can feel like a strike from a nuclear missile Due to many calamitous issues that ain't beneficial Just wishing that, life was more simple that thinkin' is wishful The moment it hit you is like a bullet out of a pistol I realize that it's gon' make you colder But God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers There ain't no wall that blocks your path you can't climb up and over You see that make you sharp as blades and even tough as boulders Listen you gotta take the good with the bad cuz when you chasin' a bag Don't matter if you come in first or in last We all grind at a different pace, long as I see that smile On both of my daughters face, I'm thankful when sayin' grace Uh, so it's okay to be a dreamer As long as you wakin' up, every mornin' to achieve'em Be the one to set the trend no more playin follow the leader These are quarters for your thoughts, perhaps, you checked the meter Focus on what's important don't you end up losin' sight Even when it's tough and you got nothin' goin' right Don't ever give up, no going down without a fight If you wanna live your dreams then you gotta shine your light You might be between a rock and hard place, that doesn't mean that you stuck The world'll keep you down if you don't build your confidence up So over them obstacles you better learn how to jump You shoot your shot, it ricochet you better learn how to duck Then you get back up and you try again, rinse and then repeat until the day you win Continue grindin' while you makin' ends Meet, even when mission complete Still we ain't exceptin' defeat, regardless if we at the top Considered as the black elite uh, Coo' to play to win But I'd rather play for keeps uh, own it fuck a lease uh I provide the tools in hopes you make it to the mountain top Cuz if you have the drive you deserve more than just a vacant lot Uh, nothin more nothin less And if you still young don't be quick to leave the nest Understand, that time is prime for you to make a mess Until you figure life out so that you live it to the best Listen, we all been there... we all dealt with similar struggles in life If you come from the gutter... the dirt.. the mud.. then you know... I just want everyone to know the importance of knowledge and self worth.. And to the young gods .. Like I said... don't be so quick to leave the nest... use that shit to your advantage... And shine your light... yeah Focus on what's important don't you end up losin' sight Even when it's tough and you got nothin' goin' right Don't ever give up, no going down without a fight If you wanna live your dreams then you gotta shine your light