Yo Yo, This For All My Progressive Thinkers Yo, Cautious with the image that I'm givin' What used to be appealin' is the **** that I'm resentin' Feel like I ain't livin', I'm dealin' with so much On the low, I'm actin' tough, but I ain't been happy in a minute And what's crazy is this is just the beginning Ridin' 'round Vegas tryna build my foundation That immediate happiness is awaitin' But I feel it's overrated, I'm keepin' a clear conscience I just wanna do my own thing A good heart But what if I'm out here fightin' for the wrong things? Became a daddy and started watching my behavior Helpin' ****** out, but ****** runnin' out of favors It ain't about the paper, it's about what u gon' do with it U on ur music tip, but tell me, is U the creator? These ****** don't know how to act I should've been a school counselor To see what they'd get out of that All I wanna do is help, if it's a little Got up in this game to really try and make a change Wanna settle down, but this **** is so confusin' I'm just goin' through a stage where I'm learnin' how to be brave **** a phase, this is life, all I need is me Look into my daughter's eyes and then I get the water eyes If I die, I pray to God she know her father tried, word.(Word, Word) Cause we just wanna live our lives Embraced faith, went against all odds In our eyes, to judge ******, that is not our job To be a man, it is not that hard We gon' killem with kindness When they try to take u out ur comfort zone Ayo, it's time to be a man, understand, we gon' killem with kindness And u know u gotta ******' hold ur own Can't let them take us away from the fam' We gon' killem with kindness Now I'm thinkin' in reality Actually, I was thinkin' 'bout stability I watched my single mother's feet hurt for years Just to barely pay the bills - I don't know, that ****'s killin' me But I don't wanna live like that Ma'ma, I don't wanna see u live like that I told my little brothers we can build a new life For the ones that gave us life, we can give that back I know we tend to hold grudges I can't control it, I'm unfolding the emotion that I'm holdin' Hope the way I saw it ain't the way I won't approach it I'm just focused on the better me, this rap **** is my pedigree Lately I've been feelin' life testin' me She say she down, and she say she wanna ride Release the need to please or be validated by eyes In disguise, I'm just focused on what makes me come alive I've learned not to take nothin' personal Bad environments have been my disadvantage Not tryna be accepted, it stepped me out of my box And now these ****** watch me like I got all of the answers But this is what I've built for myself Realistic, always had to keep it real with myself So when they talk, and it's negative or it's false We channel out the negative thoughts without any help Cause we just wanna live our lives Embraced faith, went against all odds In our eyes, to judge ******, that is not our job To be a man, it is not that hard We gon' killem with kindness When they try to take u out ur comfort zone Ayo, it's time to be a man, understand, we gon' killem with kindness And u know u gotta ******' hold ur own Can't let them take us away from the fam' We gon' killem with kindness
[00:02.80]Yo Yo, This For All My Progressive Thinkers [00:11.80]Yo, Cautious with the image that I'm givin' [00:13.90]What used to be appealin' is the **** that I'm resentin' [00:16.90]Feel like I ain't livin', I'm dealin' with so much [00:19.60]On the low, I'm actin' tough, but I ain't been happy in a minute [00:22.80]And what's crazy is this is just the beginning [00:25.60]Ridin' 'round Vegas tryna build my foundation [00:28.85]That immediate happiness is awaitin' [00:30.45]But I feel it's overrated, I'm keepin' a clear conscience [00:33.89]I just wanna do my own thing [00:35.90]A good heart [00:36.30]But what if I'm out here fightin' for the wrong things? [00:38.90]Became a daddy and started watching my behavior [00:41.50]Helpin' ****** out, but ****** runnin' out of favors [00:43.95]It ain't about the paper, it's about what u gon' do with it [00:46.90]U on ur music tip, but tell me, is U the creator? [00:50.80]These ****** don't know how to act [00:52.00]I should've been a school counselor [00:53.15]To see what they'd get out of that [00:55.98]All I wanna do is help, if it's a little [00:57.90]Got up in this game to really try and make a change [01:01.10]Wanna settle down, but this **** is so confusin' [01:02.90]I'm just goin' through a stage where I'm learnin' how to be brave [01:06.90]**** a phase, this is life, all I need is me [01:08.85]Look into my daughter's eyes and then I get the water eyes [01:11.90]If I die, I pray to God she know her father tried, word.(Word, Word) [01:17.30]Cause we just wanna live our lives [01:19.10]Embraced faith, went against all odds [01:21.10]In our eyes, to judge ******, that is not our job [01:24.85]To be a man, it is not that hard [01:26.99]We gon' killem with kindness [01:28.08]When they try to take u out ur comfort zone [01:30.00]Ayo, it's time to be a man, understand, we gon' killem with kindness [01:33.95]And u know u gotta ******' hold ur own [01:35.90]Can't let them take us away from the fam' [01:37.98]We gon' killem with kindness [01:39.89]Now I'm thinkin' in reality [01:42.00]Actually, I was thinkin' 'bout stability [01:44.10]I watched my single mother's feet hurt for years [01:46.85]Just to barely pay the bills - I don't know, that ****'s killin' me [01:49.90]But I don't wanna live like that [01:52.00]Ma'ma, I don't wanna see u live like that [01:54.88]I told my little brothers we can build a new life [01:57.58]For the ones that gave us life, we can give that back [01:59.88]I know we tend to hold grudges [02:02.10]I can't control it, I'm unfolding the emotion that I'm holdin' [02:06.00]Hope the way I saw it ain't the way I won't approach it [02:08.20]I'm just focused on the better me, this rap **** is my pedigree [02:12.10]Lately I've been feelin' life testin' me [02:14.40]She say she down, and she say she wanna ride [02:16.60]Release the need to please or be validated by eyes [02:18.95]In disguise, I'm just focused on what makes me come alive [02:22.90]I've learned not to take nothin' personal [02:25.40]Bad environments have been my disadvantage [02:27.90]Not tryna be accepted, it stepped me out of my box [02:30.00]And now these ****** watch me like I got all of the answers [02:33.80]But this is what I've built for myself [02:35.90]Realistic, always had to keep it real with myself [02:38.90]So when they talk, and it's negative or it's false [02:41.95]We channel out the negative thoughts without any help [02:44.65]Cause we just wanna live our lives [02:46.55]Embraced faith, went against all odds [02:49.00]In our eyes, to judge ******, that is not our job [02:51.85]To be a man, it is not that hard [02:54.00]We gon' killem with kindness [02:55.30]When they try to take u out ur comfort zone [02:57.75]Ayo, it's time to be a man, understand, we gon' killem with kindness [03:01.00]And u know u gotta ******' hold ur own [03:02.89]Can't let them take us away from the fam' [03:05.00]We gon' killem with kindness