[Verse ]

Learn to give respect where it's due

Nobody's responsible for your life except you

Your parents make empty promises 'cause they too

Busy but they spend all their money on you

Be grateful if you got clothes and you got food

Education, love and a house with a roof

Other people wish they were living like you

Blessed are the people who still got both parents

That's if they love you and taking good care of you

Blessed are the people who got employed parents

So don't take that for granted, work for your future too

At times you feel like you're lonely

Depression got you really hopeless

Your friends hurt you and act like they didn't notice

Now you gotta smile and pretend like everything's okay

But as soon as you come home and close the bedroom door

It's back to reality, that's when you feel alone

Then don't understand why's that going on

You cry and you feel like you cannot take it anymore

You start to regret the day you came here or you were born

Suicidal thoughts cause inside you really torn

You try to pray but feel like God ain't listening at all

And suddenly, everything you love don't bring you joy

Sleepless nights, thinking you the only one who's torn

Drink or smoke thinking it's gonna solve all of your probs

Damn

[Hook]

I got issues (I don't know what I should do)

I got issues (I don't know what I should do)

I got issues (I don't know what I should do)

I got issues (I don't know what I should do)

[Verse 2]

A person in your circle can poison your water

Just know your circle's gonna break as you get older

And if your mates chill with your haters then they bogus

Don't want no fake love, I would rather be a loner

Scared to be a flash in the pan

Stressed, things ain't going as planned

Fact is I'm not really open

Sadness has been shutting me bad

Memories are still in my head

Was all at sea, painting the town red

Ache was deep, I kept it to myself

Chasing dreams, having nightmares

Pondering, my life is a mess

At family gatherings, feel like an outcast

Either I don't show up or I leave fast

I'm that kid they don't understand

Not even my mom and my dad

Around the clock thoughts I have

Someone told me that I need help

I'm the one that can repair myself

[Outro: Jay-Z Interview Snippet]

Every emotion is connected and it comes from, from somewhere

And just being aware of it, being aware of it in everyday life puts you at such a, you in such an advantage

You know, you realize that, you know, someone is racist[?]

It ain't even about you, it ain't about you

It's about their upbringing and what happened to them and how they led, led them to this point

You know most bullies bullied, It happened

Oh you got bullied a kid so you trying to bully me, I understand

And once I understand that, instead of reacting to that with anger, I can provide a [?]