The Mission

thought, thought they thought that they could keep me locked up in the system I just had to grow up and finally rise against them I'm not a delinquent that doesn't wanna listen The voices in my head, they can be a little vicious It's not that I don't see it, I just have a different vision My choices are the reason that I ended up in prison Running with the gang and trying to smoke the opposition Had to change my lane and focus on a different mission A thousand days alone can really make you notice what your life is missing I promised to my son that his lifestyle would be different That he would have a father who would always be present I'm working for the future so that I don't have regrets, yeah As a juvenile, I was institutionalized Property of state, an enemy of the public eye Shouldn't be labeled forever this way thought, thought they thought that they could keep me locked up in the system I just had to grow up and finally rise against them I'm not a delinquent that doesn't wanna listen The voices in my head, they can be a little vicious It's not that I don't see it, I just have a different vision My choices are the reason that I ended up in prison Running with the gang and trying to smoke the opposition Had to change my lane and focus on a different me Cause I know that people change, yeah It's evolution that some of us do the hard way The way that I was raised, yeah I saw it all the hard way Broke it down to pieces, breathe it deep, go down a long way Crack another bottle, chug it down and sing a song, yeah, hey Working for a dollar, man, my mama tried it always Working doubles in the night and in them long days but couldn't get ahead thought, thought they thought that they could keep me locked up in the system I just had to grow up and finally rise against them I'm not a delinquent that doesn't wanna listen The voices in my head, they can be a little vicious It's not that I don't see it, I just have a different vision My choices are the reason that I ended up in prison Running with the gang and trying to smoke the opposition Had to change my lane and focus on a different mission