So Close So Far

I guess you can call it a mid life crisis I'm toe to toe with the man in the mirror exchanging precisely I'm pushing 30 so pushing P don't really excite me In due time I gotta make shorty my wifey Listen he who finds a woman finds a good thang On top of of your work you gotta have good faith I go to work everyday pull up late so they know that I aint a good slave Leave early and still collect the full pape I'm pimping the system I wrote this shit when I heard about Vincent Mr. Simmons spent my mothers lifetime in a prison Three generations and he just go acquitted No evidence 40 years later and he preaching forgiveness Aint that some shit need to tune my heart Hold myself accountable when I aint doing my part Know what I gotta do I just aint start Flood coming still aint built that ark Create the waves you niggas ride getting off Feel like my time getting lost The days go by I'm stuck in my thought Do I go on or bring the shit to a halt This aint the game I bought The lames get praised the same get slayed Hope a nigga don't see the ground before a way get paved Hope the Lord don't call my shit before my name get made Told my girl I'm the same nigga know aint shit changed Hope my new shit fresh on yo mind when all that lame shit age Every dog has its day hope I aint lead you astray You was a long way from home was sad to see you escape Taught you a thang or two I wonder is it useful today My biggest strength and weakness always been doing it my way for real But shit feeling like redemption aint got nothing left to lose Aint got nothing else to prove When you got God on your side it aint nothing they can do I beat the odds cheated death I don't give thanks cause its cool They type they prayers as a post I'm giving game in my notes Learning to manage my lows My arms out I been reaching wondering how high ima go I'm on the ground with the pits but I'm a eagle fasho This for the caged birds you learn to spread your wings you can grow You spread your wings you can grow If you learn to spread your wings you can grow This for the caged birds you learn to spread your wings you can grow baby You want change you gotta change first The first gone be last but the last will prolly remain first Yesterdays price was different this not the same worth Mind on tomorrow aint satisfied with today's work You wanna pop your shit the right way you gotta get paid first nigga Its like I'm so close but still so far I'm so close but still so far Its like I'm so close but still so far I'm so close but still so far Its like I'm so close but still so far Its like I'm so close but still so far