What's Life?

Ain’t nobody deep down when I look
Ain’t nobody know I’m scared when I’m shook
Coz my heart beat fast but I stay cold
So composure stay set in the room
My friends never really know when I’m hurtin'
Put my mask on, stay strong and it’s working
Turn the beat on, be gone for a second
Then I reach home, peace gone for the moment
Man screw a best friend, I don’t need that
When I was suicidal, I ain’t see them
When I ain’t gettin' viral, they don’t greet back
But now I’m homicidal, finna kill them
Sit back, feel that, when I’m depressed
«Relax, you ain’t bad. You a bit sad»
Like he felt like I felt when my G’s fell
Like he bled like I bled from that deep blade
He jus' ran his meth mouth he ain’t relate
Like everybody else I know he a cheap fake
Always finna sell you out like its retail
Your soul ain’t safe coz the devil in the detail
Kneel, pray each day for Him to keep safe
Be great, shift weight, while I get paid
Replay, freeze frame, later next grade
Team great, 'nuff said, I’m an upgrade
Back laid, hell raised, but I’m not crae
Get baked, breathe in then I exhale
Think back, reflect to this bad day
Then I turn the volume up and I escape…
What’s life for a nigga like me?
Why life when they wanna kill me?
What’s rhymes for a nigga like Dee?
Why lie when you wanna be free?
Why try when you’ll never fit in?
What’s life for a nigga like me? Hey…
Why life when they wanna kill me?
What’s rhymes for a nigga like Dee?
Why lie when you wanna be free?
Why try when you’ll never fit in? Hey
What’s life for a nigga like me? Hey…
Ain’t nobody deep down when I look there
Ain’t nobody know I’m scared when I’m shook here
Coz my heart beat fast but I stay cold
So composure stay set in the room, yeah
My girl sad, she say that I’m distant
She say we only speak when I’m lifted
What’s sad is that it’s true and I know
But sometimes I don’t feel like I’m really that gifted
Coz a lot woke last summer when my heart broke
My eyes opened like that season when I lost hope
I got choke, she ain’t notice when I last spoke
It’s nice though, let’s keep singin' over blunt totes
I do my best to ignore these problems
She brings the stress she try to resolve 'em
I’m in a mess she try to restore me
Maybe she should understand;
I don’t wanna be saved (I don’t wanna be saved)
Maybe I don’t wanna be changed
Hell no, I don’t wanna be caged (I don’t wanna be caged)
Or be told what to do in a situation where what I love is making me wail
(Gettin' me to wail…)
Coz the silly banter, with the silly nonsense
It be gettin' in the way of our timid progress (Gettin' in our way)
But I really want ya, you jus' need to know that;
Sometimes I don’t want to be really smothered…(I jus' want my space…)
So what’s life for a nigga like me, hey.
Why life when they wanna kill me?
What’s rhymes for a nigga like Dee?
Why lie when you wanna be free?
Why try when you’ll never fit in? Hey…
What’s life for a nigga like?
What’s life for a nigga like me???
Ain’t nobody down there, coz I be livin' up here
Ain’t no reason to belittle what we buildin' out’ea
My enemies got scared, get rid of their conscience
They be seeing what a god is living among them
They were hatin', goddamn
But then when the gun jammed
I realised I was really livin' in God’s plan
G knows coz he was a witness
He seen growth and he cav' that I been blessed
We been grown, man it’s all in the pictures
When we hit gold man it’s all gonn be different
Lalela the flows dude, my enemies so shook
The be thinkin' that they next when I’m ready to go shoot
What’s life for a nigga like me?
Why life when they wanna kill me?
What’s rhymes for a nigga like Dee?
Why lie when you wanna be free?
Why try when you’ll never fit in?
So what’s Life for a nigga like me, hey.
(Go figure…)