Tribulations

I ain't got time to be wasted I keep pacing back and forth in my basement Thinking bout all my days spent inside of a job that I hate to work Might as well die in that bitch in my checkerboard shirt Scrappin hard for every single cent cuz I gotta that money for the rent And I gotta keep food on my plate So I do what you can't That's grind motherfucker all night all day Back in high school I was rapping in them hallways I guess I came a long way I didn't choose the path that anybody told me to I guess I came the wrong way Long way from the top But I ain't gon' fret Childhood memories I ain't never gon forget Now my grandfather dead in the flesh But he alive in my head Follow your heart is what he said And I listen to his words Trying not to ever get discouraged But this life will pull you down in a motherfucking hurry if you let it Imma go get it Coach put me in I promise you ain't got regret it Don't sweat it Every single second feel like Armageddon Oh God in heaven if you listening I got many questions Wrestling with depression, I'm confessing I slowly become obsessed with putting words together perfectly Turn a curse to a blessing A blessing to a profession I'm destined to be a legend Directing this movie writing, producing that's my perspective I know this vision must be hard for y'all to see But I could care less if y'all believe in me And after everything you been through you still standing tall This life is brief, quite like a dream One day we're here and then we're gone We'll be gone someday Through trials and tribulations We can only be patient Unsure what do we put our faith in Oh will we ever meet our maker They say Lord giveth and taketh away I'm trying to make away for self-sustainability and send myself to better days Just keep calm and meditate I'm tryna elevate my consciousness and levitate from Earth and all it's hellish ways Y'all just keep giving the Devil praise Fueling bad habits, finding excuses to celebrate I ain't playing around no more it's time to accelerate I'm well awake I've been out my mind for a minute I've been hard on this grind for a minute I been tryna shine for a minute I've had numbers on my line for a minute I been unsigned for a minute Been producing, writing' rhymes for a minute I know that the sky is the limit I said I know that the sky is the limit All my life they lied to me bout so many things Nowadays I'm not sure what I should believe Looking, seeking, searching - I'm just, I'm just tryna be free Looking, seeking, seeking - I'm just, I'm just tryna be free... free... free And after everything you been through you still standing tall This life is brief, quite like a dream One day we're here and then we're gone We'll be gone someday Through trials and tribulations We can only be patient Unsure what do we put our faith in Oh will we ever meet our maker