The Hardest Goodbye

It gets real You ain't got no time to chill When momma stressing you 'bout bills You can't provide I know the feel But keep your head up, get the Sky acquainted with yo chin I know it's hard to chase yo dreams when ain't no money coming in But shit the best advice I ever got was trust yo instincts In my home the way I grew up wasn't no being stingy Share witcha' kin To hell witcha' friends, cuz they ain't riding Was far from rich but highly blessed how I tend to describe it Momma ain't have it I know but somehow always got what we want And when them colder times approached we was protected by warmth Nah it wasn't the freshest gear but rarely was I stressing Cuz I'd need another set of hands to count all these blessings Plus I recognized she tried her hardest Guess you don't see the bigger picture until you become the artist And realize it ain't 'bout flossing Peep really it's much deeper and see don't much come from talking Was taught to go out and get it but shit I do that regardless they told me Hold your head, do what you gotta do to stand out You the man now, boy ain't nobody giving handouts hey Hold your head and hold it high That money the sweetest hello, but also the hardest goodbye The hardest goodbye Hold your head, do what you gotta do to stand out You the man now, boy ain't nobody giving handouts hey Hold your head and hold it high That money the sweetest hello, but also the hardest goodbye The hardest goodbye Fast forward a couple years now momma stressing in a different way I'm older now I ain't a child and yet we still got bills to pay Stressing on a job but steady chasing dreams of spitting Barely getting by this ain't how we 'sposed to be living But I'm partially to blame cuz momma work a nine to five And I ain't even seeking work too busy trynna make a name Until you been through what I lived trynna understand is hectic Either that or y'all just don't f*ck with the vision like dyslexics Got way too many objections to the way my life been heading Wished for adulthood then it came and now I watch my childhood parish Embarrassed how I been feeling How will I provide for children of my own some day I ain't believe you when said my time would come one day Or at least not this soon can no longer find comfort in the Saturday cartoons That time of my life is over sad story but I won't cry 'Cuz it ain't money but my childhood prolly the hardest goodbye Damn Hold your head, do what you gotta do to stand out You the man now, boy ain't nobody giving handouts hey Hold your head and hold it high That money the sweetest hello, but also the hardest goodbye The hardest goodbye Hold your head, do what you gotta do to stand out You the man now, boy ain't nobody giving handouts hey Hold your head and hold it high That money the sweetest hello, but also the hardest goodbye The hardest goodbye