Shoulda Been A Star

Yeah, I'm back in the hood again, smokin' backwood again I should be on TV now, shoulda, coulda, woulda been Was it all for nothin', all that time that I been puttin' in? That was my best shot, don't know if I can shoot again But I take it on the chin, put on my Timbs and step out on the corner Feelin' dead within, will this cycle ever end? Would call my dad, but the last time, that nigga ain't let me in Then got the nerve to ask me why this hate is settin' in I find pain in settlin', need therapy, need medicine If my grandma caught me with this weed, she'd tell me I had better sense Gotta hide the scent, they took my brother's life, I'm lookin' for revenge I learned a long time ago that these niggas ain't my friends Tired of takin' losses, watchin' these other niggas win Drownin' in a bottle, tryna wash away my sins I'm askin', was it me? was I the cause? Man, I had a dream, but it didn't go too far, man I shoulda been a star I shoulda been a star I shoulda been a star I shoulda been a star I shoulda been a star I shoulda been a star I'm back in the hood again, smokin' backwood again I should be on TV now, but that'll probably never happen I come from a place where you tell your dreams and get niggas laughing Better to keep it to yourself and make it everlasting My closest friends love my flows, they use them as some captions Some old heads will hear me spit and say this youngin' snappin But I ain't so young no more, my man, you see me out here workin I lost myself along the way, but I'm still findin' purpose I know some guys that made it, I swear I never hated And if I did, I kept it to myself, no conversation My nigga Earl used to tell me, yo Q, you underrated Yo, f*ck the stars, I'm over here knockin' to the shit that you created But I know a dude that hit me with flow and he get motivated And I know a girl that almost did that, but she hesitated Bro, I been thinkin' about this wrong, I thought I was captivated Whole time I made it, whole time I made it Shoulda been a star, what Already was a star Bro, I'm a star Whole time I'm a star Talkin' bout some, shoulda been a star I shoulda been a star Woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah Woah, woah, yeah, yeah, yeah