For Troubled Boys

[00:04.77] We just tryna be happy
[00:06.30] I'm a Rubik's Cube to every woman that have me
[00:09.24] I dealt with women who feel they got the right to attack me
[00:12.13] It's like she always failed to say how it happened exactly
[00:15.20] 'Cause I'm gentle in my nature, they takin' advantage
[00:18.13] Women tryna beat my ass 'cause I took 'em for granted
[00:21.12] Six years, you see me paintin' this picture
[00:23.97] It's almost finished and it's time that I give you this canvas, it's here
[00:27.73] You was born out of trauma
[00:29.33] And you was put in the lion's den with no weapon or armor
[00:32.28] Your coping mechanisms helped, now they makin' it harder
[00:35.23] And you was handin' out revenge, wasn't thinkin' 'bout karma
[00:38.12] You movin' farther from God, kid
[00:40.11] Don't you let the devil's rage into your heart, kid
[00:42.96] Leave the game with the same spirit you start with
[00:46.08] If you already changed, then your heart is hard
[00:48.38] Similar to mine and it's time for you to start the job
[00:51.39] You keep placin' the blame
[00:53.03] And then you wonder why the outcome always end up the same
[00:56.05] Just be gentle with yourself while you processin' pain
[00:59.01] Askin' questions like, "Damn, how complex is my brain?"
[01:01.91] And bro, the answer is varied
[01:03.50] And if you prone to depression, I know that burden is heavy
[01:06.25] When you seven and chronically sad
[01:08.26] Every day tryna be glad
[01:09.75] People do you wrong, now you got a collection of grudges all in your bag
[01:13.60] And you don't trust nobody, you got beef with your mom and your dad
[01:17.17] All your brother do is shit on you like nobody gon' want your ass
[01:20.40] You always lookin' for home, you always lookin' for love
[01:23.48] Nobody to meet your needs, I'm fittin' to set you free, bruh
[01:26.83] People are gifted at castin' spells
[01:29.39] But all that really matter how you feel about yourself
[01:32.34] And bitter motherfuckers love draggin' people to Hell
[01:35.21] The reason I put my heart on the table like show and tell
[01:38.28] And other people feelings got nothin' to do with you
[01:41.16] And nothin' that they say should affect your personal truth
[01:44.23] Imagine a mere man whose goal is to stop the sun from shinin'
[01:47.75] Homie, I promise they can't do nothin' to you
[01:50.13] Unless you let 'em, lately I'm feelin' my feelings fully
[01:53.20] Risin' to all my challenges, fearlessly facin' bullies
[01:56.02] I'm happy in my routine, I used to get overwhelmed
[01:59.06] Until I started puttin' the work in to love myself
[02:01.99] Every day, I wake up and run, shower, face mask, read
[02:05.64] Journal, sit down, breathe, and then I school my son
[02:08.53] He tell me play my song
[02:10.04] I let the pressure make me feel like fatherhood was a chore, boy, was I wrong
[02:13.87] I am blessed, now I say that with my chest
[02:16.15] I am grateful for my breath, I am present in my flesh
[02:19.08] There's enough for me to go around
[02:20.81] Got so much to give because I give so much to me and that's the shit that make me free
[02:24.89] Apples fallin' from my tree, I am abundant
[02:27.24] Hummingbirds in my backyard, butterflies in my stomach
[02:30.21] Livin' is really somethin'
[02:31.70] Kickin' it on my hammock, serenaded by chimes
[02:34.78] I set up my environment strictly to help my mind
[02:37.60] And that's self-love, passin' that generational wealth up
[02:40.77] Down and then side to side, everything is by design
[02:43.75] Just look in your mirror and see the key
[02:46.45] Put it in the door to your cage and set you free, love