Same Old Story

You know uh, lately, I've been in my feelings Life hasn't really been the same since I left It's kinda hard to be myself around so many new people But this is just where I'm at right now I've been tellin' my life story every day I know nobody care, but I just can't contain it It's hard to slow down when my heart's racin' Runnin' on the track, and I'm out of breath, I'm faintin' Tryna make a song, like "You can't do what Drake did" I'm in a college dorm, strugglin' to see the paintin' My roommate laughs, he can't see the pain I'm holdin' it down, but outside, it's rainin' Sometimes, I wanna go back and link with Thunderwave and make the label somethin' greater instead of tryin' to change it But here I am, rappin' about my darkness and the shade, when I should feel better about my independent state Really, I'm alone, kinda feelin' jaded I don't know how to fix this, so I'mma just frame it Shout out to the boy, my cousin Caden I'm glad we're friends, even if we weren't related One day, I showed him my music, he thought it was crazy I said, "That's my life, but I wouldn't trade it" The same old story, but it gets better every time I say it I'mma pass the mic to Jabez, what you got on your plate, man? What I got on my plate, it's too much to eat To many regrets, not enough sleep Messy as hell, but I don't wanna clean Can't even listen to music without startin' a scene I just wanna be Jabez Z without people tellin' me They prefer that I'd be Zack Reacks, instead of spittin' over beats They even started #fuckjabezz They want me to listen, but I wanna talk They want me to fit in, but I wanna stop They want me to witness, but I don't wanna watch They want me to believe in myself, but it's always hard We call it Always Well, 'cause I got confidence in myself I say Always Strong, but it's never really swell Some days, I wake up, startin' with hell And some days I wake up with a story to tell Those stories are deep Those stories are new Those stories are unique They're stories about you They're stories about me There's stories about booze There's stories about weed There's stories about truth Yet ever single story ends the same fuckin' way F*ck Always Strong! Today I wanna say thanks I wanna end this story with grace I wanna change the way I think Change the way I create I wanna change the world I wanna follow my dreams I wanna hear y'alls story I gotta know what y'all think I wanna hear what y'all been through? I want you to spit about it So please, speak your truth And instead of endin' the story with Always Strong How about you start with strength, and help your story belong to you?