Keep This Real

I don't know why I try to deliver the hype But I've gotta fly and go into the sky Cause I'm not good enough and for why, I don't know I've got a brain sickness that I can't afford to show To be a singer with a flow is a good thing I've been told To be a man with image problems not the way to go I'm sorry for the sweat, I'm sorry for the tears And I'm sorry for the same shit year after year But it isn't all me, it's kind of you too The way you let your fucking parents walk all over you Cause we're not in high school, I'm not some stupid tool That'll use you and abuse you, cause that's for stupid fools And I'm no saint, I mix my lemon and my gin But that doesn't mean that I don't take account for my own sin And it's a lot to take in, but please don't ever leave me I just want the world to see the way that you see me I know it's gonna Be okay someway Let's keep this real You and me Now we see In the end it doesn't even matter Cause the people still talk, they still chitter chatter You can leave me with the scraps or nothing left to gather Either way I'm breaking through the scene, cause I'm the master And it seems that I'm breaking expectations The way I play guitar with my hand limitations And it seems that I'm never gonna take a vacation Even though it's your game, I'm the one playin' And my flows are developin' My skin lacks the melanin But I could show you the stages that I'll be sellin' in And it's kind of been on my own I'm the one who watched myself become grown And yeah, I had Mom through it Every time I had a show she would come to it But f*ck it, because she did her best Growing up without my dad was the real test And no I didn't study but I passed that shit I stand here now I'm a success magnet And through all the heartbreak and through all the triumph I faced my own giants, David and Goliath If I said that it was easy I would be lying But the hard work pays off because now I'm flying And dream big because 90% of it is gone when we wake But the other 10% it never fades You've got it now it is saved You could call that a saving face And that's right, there's no time for sorrow Cause you never know where you will go or where you'll be tomorrow I know it's gonna Be okay someway Let's keep this real You and me Now we see Here I am spittin' my fire for days But my spittin' won't ever alleviate the pain I'll stand strong and never will I falter I'm messin' with ya like a boy at the alter And shoulder width apart, cause life's trying to fight me I dunno what I did for god to try and smite me And talk is cheap, but not is the deliverance I can't help but see the negative of the dividend I called my dad the other day I don't know why All the meetings that he missed he's just a stand-up guy I don't remember him there, not one damn time Being his only seed was my only crime And a man once told me to go my own way But the road in front of me has never been paved I've gotta read the signs so I know what to say I've gotta be a light, I've gotta radiate I've gotta lead by example and be true hearted Gotta keep it real like when this song first started Let the fire burn bright, and never let it dwindle Cause it's too damn hard to get that shit to rekindle