The Importance Of / Self Belief

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Heavy as the thought of heaven with a heart of gold Lil' homie subject of a tale that molds Men into villains defending they feelings It ain't new But what you do when that shit consume you? The animosity building up to the brink When your homie's stones skip and yours just sink Right before your eyes Start looking down from the sky Wondering, God why? It was gotta give If you alive, can't tell me how to live If you can thrive, then that chain is what you gotta give, up And if they askin' better duck You ain't from around they parts Then you better run, fuck 'Cause life flashed before his eyes Too bad he couldn't outrun the past Fast enough to survive It followed him And then the nightmares ensue It ain't new what you do What you do, uh [Verse 2] Blast to smithereens A flower that's withering Let's help him out Rip him out of the ground like weeds Unhappy uninhabitable place I'm in What I do then? Me and friends take it out on him Me and homies they ain't know me Name and place for me only Leader position was given We desire living So that should be enough And if not, we play rough Please don't call my bluff We really ain't that tough You don't know what it's like The corner sharp as a knife Pressure you to step on that asphalt Trip, that yo ass fault Get your ass, huh, to a darker division Where you forced to make that decision Wanna be the hero? Well you ending up the villain Concealing your identity Running up on enemies This whip is your tomb All that rushes in his mind As they sit in his room This ain't new what you do When that shit consume you I'm gone [Chorus] Avoiding these streets Run and hurt my feet This music is a certain release And that's the importance of self belief Ducking from police A few homies that's deceased This music is a certain release And that's the importance of self belief [Verse 3] Pop off cut 'em out like the middleman See the red and blue Circle round the back, ceiling fan We ain't do it man, we just wanna have fun Then why when I'm outside, my walk turn to a run Escapism from racism We pray God stay with him Well he can miss that deed Unaware somewhere there's a boy up on his knees God hear a prayer from the opposition's seed Who we gonna hear first? He feared worse Then a kid with a gun, kid with the vengeance for one Kid who ain't never ever ever run Kid who's bone to pick is with everyone Everyone, look at what he spun it don't phase him none You push him and he push back Attached to his hip He wielding the confidence for that Explore, and watch his little left arm soar There's plenty black boys in heaven And God really wouldn't mind one more [Chorus] Avoiding these streets (Bang, bang) Run and hurt my feet This music is a certain release And that's the importance of self belief Ducking from police A few homies that's deceased This music is a certain release And that's the importance of self belief