What’s Real?

Lyrics

(Ayy, yeah) Hard times we was living tough Happi told me he was quitting music I told him "Fam, we ain't giving up" Now he's back on tour and he's killing stuff Money's low but we still stand Always gotta keep it trill man Never changing up our position Make real music for the real fans And that's real life, no fake ish Couldn't stop me with a break disc When I die you can frame this I make vivid pictures when I paint hits Put my songs in a gallery I traded in my whole salary My bank account's still mad at me But that's just the way that it had to be In the studio at some crazy hours Tiny room but we made it ours I've slept there and I've wept there And one day we might hold a baby shower Till then we keep working (Yeah) The fan base getting bigger now They're stopping me when I'm in the town Getting cameras out, it's all different now Old fans know I been about 2010 with a mix tape, bare free music I was giving out New fans say they feel it now Never doubt it, they'll get it later Going up in that elevator Close friends always turn out to be the last ones to come celebrate Yeah that's my reality (Facts) Used to feel a way about (Yeah) Now I got tunnel vision I don't complain about it (Nah) Still on the same mission Ain't nothing changed about it Man I took so many L's and I bounced back Should've noticed there was something strange about it That pressure turned me to a diamond (Yeah) That's the secret they was hiding (Woah) Probably thought I'd never find it But even gold need's refining (Uh) Think I found the silver lining (Lining) All it took me was some timing (Timing) I just needed reminding that I'm in the back seat I ain't driving Yeah they tried to knock the wind out of me with no way on earth to revive him (Revive him) And when them fears tried drowning me I came out the sea like Poseidon (Real) To scare me off you need a lot more than a little thunder and lightening (Uh) I'm more scared to let my team down Nah God forbid cah that's frightening I've had nightmares (nightmares) I could fell but I'm right here (I'm right here) And yeah I thank God for that (Yeah) My bro just got five years I been getting my sleeves wet (Mad) From the nights I wipe tears And I'm still tryna process And that's why I write bares, I got ideas! I got mad plans, I wanna change things Pray my way into the mainstream Put a good message in the music And try change the way kid's brain thinks (Ah yeah yeahh) Yeah, cause everything is so dark now (Yeah) Does anybody have a heart now? Everybody's on this "Drill drill" "Dip dip", "Spill spill" Knife crime going through the roof Got swords longer than Kill Bill (Ah yeah) Live and die for that male pride (Ah yeah) Tryna prove their the real deal (Ah yeah!) The other day I was on the bus And a convo made me feel ill (Yeah yeah) Two boys sitting next to me (Yeah) No older than 17 (Ah yeah ah yeah) Saying how they don't feel safe And can't leave the house without weaponry (Ah yeah ah yeah) I'm sorry fam but that's effery [?] A heavy heart will be the death of me (Ah yeah ah yeah yeah yeah) Sometimes I be feeling like "Is God cursing them while he's blessing me?" (Ah yeah ah yeah) And that's a mad thought I just deeped it Wait, should I take it back or just keep it? I ain't tryna blame God for no reason He ain't responsible, we got freedom right? (Ohh no no no) Yeah So that's more incentive to make it big I made a hundred songs you can take your pick And that's way before I got paid for this (Yeah yeah) Way before they was checking for me Wasn't tryna hear no records from me They were sleeping on me, now they're at the shows Jumping up and down like the economy (Oh Lord!) I ain't even tryna brag about it Appreciate the ones repping for me But still remember that it's not a given when you spend 180 seconds on me, that's real (Ah yeah ah yeah yeah yeah)