I've had my ups, I've had my downs
From toasts to poured liquor, yeah I've had my rounds
I've been lost a few times but I'm glad I'm found
But don't jump the gun like I wouldn't grab mine now
I'm just a man, to protect and provide
With a predators drive to get his prey or let competitors try
Go head and send them in like 10 at a time
Against a vet at his prime at a level you ain't ready to climb, nah
So pick your battles the war could be living on
When you get that gut feeling in it normally isn't wrong
You can see the fat lady come over to sing a song
And when it's time to face the music, I know just to sing along
That's why when it's time to fall down, some sing
But when some of them are scared of the ground, some cling
Don't be fascinated or wowed from bling
When I drop gems, it adds to your crown, young king
So hold it, you can hold your own right?
Kings in our own right even in places where we don't own rights
Blinded by their own light
Even how we see things, we can still be blinded by our own sight
All about perspective on the way that it is
I don't care no more and hate the days that I did
Give and take is the way that I live
So I ain't gotta take shit from no one if there any to give
So I'd pray and go to mass for the faith with hopes to last
I didn't have the bread but I still paid to go to class
The days I'm low on cash, a phase I'd hope to pass
So only time I'd window shop is to replace this broken glass, yeah
I tried to act like a winner to get my own win
Til I figured I'm more comfortable in my own skin
I thought it works if you tried but it doesn't
See being real means admitting to the times that I wasn't

See its only the weak that needs to be coddled
If this is something you need, you need to be remodeled
So face adversity, not some cheap bottle
Stand for something you believe in even if your knees wobble
Many fought to stay away from the hands of death
But have you fought the thought of thinking it's the only answer left?
Those who've always stayed afloat could never handle depth
The hand your dealt is all you got to gamble with so plan your bets
The game is greedy, it enslaves you
You'll find blood on your hands that spilled on your suedes and on your chain too
I want a chain but that same chain can restrain you
From being great through the way folks in their graves has paved you
So I ain't living like some stick in the mud
And I don't let the bullshit stick around it's nipped in the bud
Family or not just dip if you ain't given me love
Blood is thicker than water but a bond is thicker than blood
I love my people but I've had struggles with loving me
Always setting these standards that hovers above my reach
Succumbed to some hungry need to becoming what wasn't me
Even misery doesn't wanna accompany what it sees
Its a fight and we're dumped in the ring
See pressure makes diamonds but the pressure's not a comfortable thing
It'll push you to edge like you a sucka or king?
But when push comes to shove I say fuck it and swing
Don't let the negativity knock you off of your chakra
It could make you feel like a cause is lost and it stops ya
Or gets you going like you start poppin off with the choppers
Just knock it off of the top before all of your thoughts get darker
It's riveting but limiting too
Don't let nobody in and put a limit on you
Keep going them rounds and only time that you should throw in the towel is when it's something you can't physically do