[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