pride

The boys back to rap fast and contract No cap, I backtrack and contrast Out of luck, you crossed paths with black cats Scratch that. I'll think back and redact Humility took over my mind Balancing depression with blessings, I think the music my reverend Even if you coming in second, you got the same worth as first place and seventh I seen power hungry people tryna prove it Working retail, the details are stupid Manager is a nuisance, feeling like she is suited To tell me that I'm less cause I wanna be in the music Had to shift my focus From the money to showbiz And it's different but it isn't all the things that I've noticed Would the passion go away if all your numbers were frozen? Sad people, on a path led by they ego The remedy's lethal, getting high just like an eagle Cause your stuck in the moment, tryna hold it, I think you know it You ain't better then the kid that's tryna show it Mistreated, when the looks become deceiving Your seeking another reason to hate cause your achieving And your career's peaking, holding on to the feeling Lonely at the top cause you fight the kids dreaming If you read between the lines Then you'd see your conquered by The sin that feeds the mind (pride) The world is full of lies The truth is hard to find Through the lens of pride Just tell me once if it's worth the fight Do you really think that you'll survive? See your life through shaded eyes Pride's the greatest sacrifice Yeah, ay Whatchu know bout them cold nights? Step up out stores, hitting puddles in my old Nikes Another cruel summer, that's the shit we don't like Walk up in the room, smell the weed with the Old Spice So don't ever try to play me, I ain't scared to fight But recently I've just been tryna find that peace and love And get my karma up, that's kinda like the secret drug So if you really ain't about this shit you can't compete with us Yeah, I been thinking what pride means My ego is enormous, I feel it inside me That's motivation right? They say that confidence is key But there's a difference between confidence and cockiness and greed If pain could talk it would speak in the language of grief A lost soul confused on being what successful means Generations of money it falls from the family tree With diamond encrusted roots and branches with golden leaves Kendrick said that pride will be the death of you and me Cole was saying pride became an evil deity My brother said that pride will show a persons energy I think its the cause of toxic masculinity Passes through generations, the feeling's elevated But often never shared and the boys the get to faking The mask will hide they faces, emotions sedated Tryna stay true to the image that we've created