An Open Letter to My Former Self

Lyrics

[Verse 1] What's happening, bruv? I see you're out there having some fun Came out swinging, you was packing a punch Caught shine from the limelight and you was lapping it up And yeah, you had a good run When lifes got your down, you just rack up a bump Guess the problems you encounter don't matter as much When you're maggoted drunk sitting at the back of a club But what in the actual fuck? You went from smashing your craft to just smashing the drugs Sitting in a lounge room with junkies and packeted sluts So, tell me, is that the same dream you had when you're young? What have you become, lost your passion and love Lost your morals when you were catching a buzz Instead of acting your age, you was acting a cunt But you're gonna be held accountable to your actions for once So, when your daughter grows up and gets hit with the truth How do you explain everything you spit in the booth? How do you explain hanging with a criminal crew? How do you provide context to what she listening to? But now you don't give a fuck and that's the position you choose 'Cause you not even, couldn't envision a noose Stuck in an infinite loop, forever singing a blues Trying to validate yourself with some internet views I see you swerving on a [?] and booze Blissfully unaware of the innocence of youth But it's time to take responsibility for the shit that you do 'Cause you've only got yourself to blame when it didn't improve I mean, stop using your depression as a shitty excuse As your rational for laughing, now you're living it dude Talking about drugs on stage when there's kids in the room Stop being so selfish cunt, it's fucking bigger than you [Verse 2] You can pretend like it never occurred That your fans were hangin' off your each and every word But tell me, what is your intelligence worth? If you're dumbing it down just so you can sell 'em a verse I mean, what purpose did the pelican serve? Turned you to Icarus, you thought you putting them feathers to work You thought they carry you from here to the end of the Earth But flew too close to the sun and that left you with burns But you was proud of the weight of the scar Gave you an excuse to act the way that you are Feeding yourself scripts, you kept playing the parts So, the light at the end of the tunnel would remain in the dark And I know you got some pain in your heart But at least you never lost your way with them bars But you lost your way in some bars, I seen you draining a glass You was making a mess of yourself instead of making your mark But party up if you think it'll help Eating the [?] most nights [?] yourself Keep pretending to yourself that you're giving them hell When you pour another glass up and have a drink to your health Yeah, have another drink to your health But you want a six for deep or in a prisoner cell? See only you can make a choice of how you live in this world It's hard to see what lies ahead when you're killing yourself You still remember it all A hand full of Xannies and that Henney to pour You was lucky as hell, cunt I would have end it for sure If you mother ain't hear the noise when you hit your head on the floor You was afraid of the climb but never scared of the fall Bro, you ain't playing a game, you're just checking a score But if you're ready to jump, best be ready to soar And I promise you it gets better than you could ever have though Bring a tear to your face For all the time you fucked up and were clearly ashamed Just to catch a glimpse of yourself when you nearing a stage On the other side of the world and they're cheering your name Or just to see your daughter's beautiful smile You wanna set the best example you can provide It's up to you what you do with your life But if only I could show you what the future is like [Outro] Whatever happened to them dreams you had Why you keep lying to yourself like that You better take the time to make things right It's up to your and how you life your life