[00:00.30]I know that but being around...
[00:02.68]in that atmosphere and seeing how people move, you know, seeing how, how they make records, you know, what kind of record they make...
[00:08.36]I'm just like...I don't want this *******t for myself and I don't ever want *******s to try to pull me into that.
[00:12.30]'Cause I've been told a couple times like, "Hey, do this *******t man, do that..."
[00:15.29]And I'm like man, I don't want, I don't that for me man.
[00:17.64]And if I keep tellin' y'all I don't want that *******t for me and y'all keep, you know, tryna nudge and push...
[00:22.20]I understand y'all got your vision and y'all got your formula but that *******t don't work for me man.
[00:26.69]I'm not gonna conform, I'm not settling for that *******t.
[00:29.37]'Cause if I do it once and it pop, I'ma have to keep doing that *******t over and over again. You can't build no fanbase like that.
[00:36.11]You...you become, you become, you become a *******' song instead of a person.
[00:41.29]That *******t...I'm not...I'm not tryna be that man.
[00:43.93]Ummmm...migraines from overthinking
[00:47.23]I'm tryna let go, I'm tryna let go
[00:50.08]Let go of the past, man that *******t been tryna creep up, up
[00:58.56]Contemplatin' on if I'm really as strong as I thought, ******* I might be
[01:05.61]Quick to pull me down but as much as I've seen, I can't fall, it's unlikely
[01:12.92]*******t get a little twisted up
[01:15.72]I put my troubles in the dirty then I mix it up
[01:19.28]I’m bouta change my number
[01:20.96]Like I haven’t switched enough
[01:22.71]This is home
[01:23.90]And you ain't Zone 6 enough
[01:26.58]Gone
[01:28.51]I’m from East Atlanta Zone
[01:29.95]If you ain't from it
[01:32.25]Take your ass home
[01:34.38]I let my heart talk, keep my mental strong
[01:37.25]Speak the whole truth 'til my money long
[01:41.12]Half of them don't even know your name. I don't want that, I want people to know who the ******* I am. I want people to know what I stand for. I want people to be personal and know, "This is 6LACK, this is what he believe in...."
[01:51.92]What we need to talk about
[01:55.35]Get gone, get gone, yea yea
[01:59.03]Got the past whispering in my ear
[02:02.40]He flaw, she flaw, what’s wrong?
[02:05.71]I got troubles, and they won't leave me alone
[02:08.66]It seems like everybody got something to say
[02:11.59]Everybody got a look they tryna get off of their face
[02:15.02]Everybody got an opinion
[02:18.07]And I don’t want one
[02:19.57]Trying to tell me a better way to do some *******t
[02:21.38]That you ain't ever done
[02:25.00]Sips drink in the booth
[02:26.49]Black down to my shoes
[02:28.05]Kick *******t with my troops
[02:30.05]Kicking *******t, Ryu
[02:31.61]You not with the *******t why you
[02:33.42]Front for those who don’t matter
[02:35.17]When they not thinking about you
[02:36.85]If I learned anything
[02:38.29]It would probably be to listen more than I talk
[02:40.47]And don’t brag about what I got
[02:42.03]Just multiply what I brought
[02:43.84]I never dwell on a loss
[02:44.90]Never give a ******* sauce
[02:46.27]He might run off with it all
[02:51.95]Get gone get gone Yea yea
[02:54.76]Got the past whispering in my ear
[02:58.01]He flaw, she flaw, what’s wrong?
[03:01.56]I got troubles, and they won’t leave me alone
[03:05.49]Get gone get gone
[03:08.68]Got the past whispering in my ear
[03:12.42]He flaw, she flaw, what’s wrong
[03:15.48]I got troubles, and they won’t leave me alone
[03:24.48]On the record, off the record
[03:47.82]Feel like I’m more of myself than I’ve ever been
[03:55.37]Which is something you gotta come to face with sometime
[03:58.61]Cause I thought I was fully myself 24/7
[04:05.29]But nope, like right now is how I’m supposed to feel all the time
[04:14.21]How I’m supposed to be all the time
[04:14.77]How I’m supposed to think all the time
[04:17.46]Now I know going out of this, leaving this
[04:22.01]That will follow me. It doesn’t end with this
[04:28.13]I gotta take it, I live with it every day
[04:36.36]I see the people around me
[04:42.91]I feel so much
[04:45.79]I wanna put it in words
[04:47.85]Try and figure where to go with it
[04:49.53]But I just feel so much
[04:52.46]I know they don’t even feel as much as I feel
[04:54.46]That’s alright
[05:02.88]That’s alright
[05:07.19]We have 2 different purposes
[05:13.05]Clearly my purpose is some *******t that’s way ******* bigger than me
[05:20.48]Then it gets completely quiet when im at the beach
[05:24.34]I know I’m one person but I kinda feel like this ripple effect is gonna impact a lot of people
[05:30.84]I feel God talking and when he talks everything else is silent
[05:50.36]Summer 2011
[05:51.55]Almost lost my faith in god
[05:52.80]Same time I never prayed so hard
[05:54.61]Took control of my life so I wouldn’t have to take no job
[05:57.48]Press play I couldn’t take no pause
[05:59.35]I’m from east Atlanta 6 they don’t play that *******t
[06:01.78]In east Atlanta six you better make that lick
[06:04.09]Or they be at your front door with that gun doe
[06:06.65]Know them *******s Nick Cannon with the ******* drum roll
[06:09.02]East side till a ******* die
[06:10.95]Beast mode till a ******* cry
[06:12.83]Sensei make a ******* fly
[06:14.45]*******t hard but you gotta try
[06:16.26]If I can do it, you can do it
[06:17.57]Time to be a better guy
[06:19.25]I found the answer ridin' down Candler
[06:21.75]I'm late for court 'cause traffic on Moreland
[06:24.12]I’m trying to preach to yall what’s important
[06:26.49]So hard for me to ignore ignorance
[06:28.86]I don’t know why I feel it’s my place
[06:31.11]I know you see the pain in my face
[06:33.55]I call the shots and move at my pace
[06:35.73]But I understand its all a big race
[06:38.10]I understand you want that big face
[06:40.72]They offer and hey
[06:41.96]Its hard for me to say
[06:43.09]I wouldn’t bite the bait they threw me
[06:45.40]Be cautious where you play
[06:46.65]It’s darkness in the A
[06:54.56]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A
[06:59.55]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A
[07:04.04]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A
[07:07.74]A-Town stomp on the old me
[07:09.48]Used to ride through the hood with the slow creep
[07:11.54]People gon' love what they don't need
[07:13.91]I remember what the OG's told me
[07:16.16]You better *******ne bright when the lights down
[07:18.78]Less talk, more show, ******* pipe down
[07:21.21]'Cause words ain't *******t but your thoughts out loud
[07:23.71]And thoughts are the opposite of showin' *******'s how
[07:26.58]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A
[07:33.19]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A
[07:38.00]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A
[07:42.36]Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A