Better Days

There was a time when I was alone Nowhere to go and no place to call home My only friend was the man I knew Even sometimes he would go away I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we're bored we play in the woods Always on the run, Captain Hook He got hit and they know who sent him If he reach, he get left on a stretcher This Glock hold 30 in extension But all the bullets Smith & Wesson He got in that room and started confessing I get in the room, I ain't even tempted Your name in them papers, how you gon' say you ain't said it Don't ever front your move and pay attention I taught my own lessons as I lessened I remember I came from the bottom We was countin' change, we had dollars Practicing principle, that's what got me farther I was so slowly adapting, but shit just got harder Told me the only way out is to get my money longer We was prayin' for better days But instead we was plottin' on base and makin' bigger plays Why you ain't slide if you knew I'd stay I be in and out all day, I know you see my face If you run, you get chased, I ain't hard to find That's about me, I pride in front of you, that's the way 36 Masons, all profits called patience This shit I do not basic He can't do what I do on a daily basis Got the profit, I ain't have to make it Roll me up a wood, I'ma just face it I don't sell Remy, I fit for Henny as my chaser Had to slow down now cause now I could've made it Just think about all the time I wasted Livin' dated, they gettin' faded Play a hero, I'ma show you why they scared I pulled on for my people, but you was never there He said he high, I bought it, but he ran He gon' get hit cause it's his mans You don't know why he fuckin', he get blammed I ain't come to play, and these bullets always land I can't leave without letting you know who I am I don't forget shit, and I remember everything you said Knowing resolutions, precise aim for the head I don't know shit, and ain't nobody dead Don't ask me no questions, cause I ain't never gonna fade I said I don't know shit, and ain't nobody dead We was prayin' for better days But instead we was plottin' on base and makin' bigger plays Why you ain't slide if you knew I'd stay I be in there all day, I know you see my face It's about me, I pry in front of your dad some weight Ridin' my Uber, duckin' from the D's Pull up the profits cause I quit the weed But I'm still rollin' up these tobacco leaves If he run, hawk him down, all out of beans Blue, red, and green, they be his hate They be lyin' through they teeth Where was you at when I ain't nowhere to sleep There was nothin' to eat But I gave my last name against me I don't really read deep, just mean like 50 rounds on the seat 500 more if he thinks you sweet He can never walk a mile with the shoes on my feet From evictions to toting that heat To puttin' up rent so we had a place to sleep To them long nights, all we did was starve cause we couldn't eat If you wasn't there, how the f*ck you gon' say you know me They say they rhyme for me But who really gon' put their life on the line for me When it's time to slide, he's gon' die for me Don't say yes, then lie to me He said he ain't made a statement But I'm flippin' through the pages I really did come from trappin' out the basement 14k gold and a bracelet $400 kicks, he's not from Macy's Designer drawers make him wanna taste it Now I'm just duckin' and dodgin' them cases I'm only goin' in, how will I stop Got to the back, now I'm at the top They be hatin', but I be on they block They on our side, we out to the top No, they not Father Cole, I just might make you feel noth I know we not hop on these tracks F*ck, man, we finna get shot Father Cole, I just might make you feel not I know we not hop on these tracks F*ck, man, we finna get shot