So Long

But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
You turn back, I will turn back
I’ma get my life on track
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
What it take to be great? What it take to be on?
What it take to get lost? Find your way through a song
Shinin' my right and my wrongs, feel like it’s takin' too long
But I know where I belong, right here inside of these songs
Five mixtapes, one album, that’s four years (four years)
Two heartbreaks and friends lost, that’s more fears
That’s more music, more drive, less belief in nine-to-fives
More belief in «if I dream it, I can make it come alive»
Wake up grindin', makin' mind; where I get to, I decide
Go get busy, worry 'bout your plate and stay up outta mine
Hate is hard to contemplate, safe inside my state of mind
I’ve been countin' down the years, think it’s 'bout to be my time
'Cause if people believe, that’s really all that I need
'Cause life don’t make it too easy for people followin' dreams
That’s why I write it all down then walk you right through the scenes
So you know all that it is, and watch, it’s gonna be seen
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
You turn back, I will turn back
I’ma get my life on track
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
Yeah, uh
Ayo, I always wrote the best rhymes
Lamped in the west side
Sold weed, now I sell CDs like Best Buy
Flow still ignorant, new clothes
Two hoes, little twins
Tryna get the Benjamins
Can’t call it, my rap style’s flamboyant
I run circles 'round you like water in the toilet
My brain’s spinnin', my whole life is like a game to women
I supervise the track, Lamp City babysittin'
Whatchu know about hard work payin' off?
You a fake like Madoff, I’m to your
I slay on, kill more beats than Armageddon
Can’t go to sleep 'cause my brains still stay on
I’m twenty-one, older and smarter, the flow is retarded
I see so much my name should be Arthur
I blast rhymes in my pastime, it’s easy to me
I took some time to figure out what I needed to be
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
You turn back, I will turn back
I’ma get my life on track
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
Long days, short nights, I needed some momentum
To get back to the fight, long way, no time
You see me agin' in this mirror mind
I got a long list of to-dos that I’ll shot
Keep it real all the time, fresh to death and I’m fine
Everything takes time, sometimes less if grind
Work hard to find the shortcuts in life
Speedin' down the freeway, so long, goodbye
Gettin' my life back on track
Leavin' today, no excuses, I’m back
It took me forever—so long, in fact
I miss the people that have my back
I’ve traveled the roads and I’ve seen the riches
This song is a story, you make your decisions
If we turn back now, we might end up lost
Forever, I’ve changed, here’s a map and a compass, so long, so long
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)
But it’s gonna be
You turn back, I will turn back
I’ma get my life on track
But it’s gonna be
So, so long (so, so)