If They Knew

Ya know Sometimes I get home late at night All the lights are out Everybody's asleep And I just sit down in the dark And think I think about what I'm doing I think about how I'm moving I think about what I'm pursuing I think about how I'm maneuvering I look around in the darkness Even though it seems quiet It's so loud in my mind I just can't keep it silent Cuz if they knew What it meant to be you If they knew What it meant to be you Baby if they knew Man only if they knew Ya Ayy I've been lied to I've been shaken I've been broken I've been taken Was I the one mistaken Am I the one forsaken See they don't know What it cost to be the boss And when they ask me for them words For them I'm at a loss Put it in my music Just to get my point across But I feel like no one listens Man heavy is the cross Cuz I gotta cross my Ts And I gotta dot my Is They wait for me to slip up They praying on my demise Can't give em satisfaction Of seeing tears in my eyes But it hurts me when they think That I'm not really on the rise I can see it in they eyes They can't believe a dream this size they make me wanna gouge my eyes I can read them for they lies They supposed to be my family I guess I gotta cut the ties Guess I gotta cut the ties they supposed to be my family I guess I gotta cut the family Ay Cuz too many times they heard me cry Too many times they watched me die Too many times they just stood by And watched the time take me by Cuz if they knew what it meant to be you Baby if they knew what it meant to be you They would not do What they do to you And if they knew what it meant to be you Baby if they knew what it meant to be you They would not do What they do to you Ohhhh On the surface it seems cryptic You think that there's something missing But they telling you the truth Straight from the beginning Pull the blind fold from yo vision Time to make a real decision Can't keep clutching to crutch While you waiting on provisions I cut deep like incisions I dont care who I'm offending I done realized my purpose And I'm calling yall's attention I'm that rock up in yo shoe That buzzing fly you try to sheww Spray me slap me choke me baby But you won't make me ah-chew God bless you through the trauma Gotta get good on yo Karma When you work like this You play like this It ain't no room for drama Man I know they on that pharma Cut em grace cuz I'm not part of All that bullshit that they stand for Sit em down can't go no farther Cuz if they really knew What the f*ck it meant to be you They would not do What they do to you Cuz if they knew what it meant to be you Baby if they knew what it meant to be you They would not do What they do to you Ugh if they knew what it meant to be you Baby if they knew what it meant to be you They wouldn't do They wouldn't do What they do to you Too many times you watched me cry Too many too many Times you watched me die Too many