Ego - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Fasten your seatbelt

I feel there's some things that need discussin' with my ego

So just bear with me

Now that I'm legal, it's my responsibility to turn away from evil

But just bear with me

Couple things that I'm not proud of

Never been a coward, but I'm deffo guilty of some carelessness

It's a discussion with my ego, even though we go to war, he's my amigo

You can bear witness

Keep it one hundred for my heart

I'm smart, still I've been walkin' in the dark

In the night, I hear you bark

And I won't lie, it's been hard

Though I keep you in the garden

Just remember you'rе my dog

And this one's deep, deep

The kinda deep that makes a tеar roll down your left cheek

The kinda deep that makes you feel insignificant

The kinda deep that makes you look around and feel real weak

On my life, I might just need a second

'Cause the truth is, I was so reliant on you

I was feedin' you before I fed me, I was dyin' on you

Not sayin' you changed, I'm sayin' I went quiet on you

What do you do when your ego turns to a giant on you?

Like I was there the day you made us cheat

I seen it all, I seen you steady pullin' off them sheets

Then you threw them on the bed, had them callin' man a beast

For a moment of pleasure, we made a heart bleed

Like I was there, but I was scared to speak

'Cause you make yourself destructive, and I didn't need the heat

Like I didn't need the drama, I just wanted to be free

That's why I got into the business of speakin' over beats

It was me out on them cold nights, graftin' in the breeze

It was me out on that old bike, peddling that cheese

Like I'm the one that dug the hole to bury all that peace

Like I'm the one that's diligent, the one that thinks he's me

I feel like you're dangerous, and your anger's not controlled

I feel like the pain has put my confidence on hold

There's no doubt that you're popular, they know you on the road

But they don't know me, they only know what they've been told

[Chorus]

Watch 'em boy, watch 'em boy, watch 'em boy, watch 'em

Down boy, let me do the talkin', don't touch 'em

Bad boy, anytime I'm eatin', stop watchin'

When I throw the ball, fetch it

I really had to train my ego, I really had to train my ego

I really had to train my ego, I really had to train my ego, yeah

[Verse 2]

Hatin' niggas like to say we changed all of a sudden

I had to be myself, I had to train all of a sudden

And when we started holdin' onto sticks that weren't wooden

We had to leave the gang behind, I know how much you love it

But the roads don't love us

And what's the point in anything, if in the end you never feel the lovin' of a woman?

And the dough can only get us the freedom of our children

It's my job to make sure you don't destroy what we're building

It was me that turned up to back it when they broken in

And it was me to learn to box, you just learn to break a chin

And it's like you turn up when it's time to soak it in

I'm the one that's stacked the blues until they turned to pink

You're my dog and I love you, there's no two ways

Now I got the beige LV print on my suitcase

Even though we used to hold our jeans up with a shoelace

I smile more now, you should get used to our new face

There's things I need to tell you now, it's time to be at ease

But first, please forgive me for my vulnerabilities

The things we had to go through once brought us to our knees

But now I'm strong, I need you to believe in me, please

It's like I don't want to fight about it

I have to be one hundred, I can't lie about it

I've got to be an adult, I can't cry about it

Even tough these tears should be tattooed I feel kinda dry about it

Chattin' to my ego, I have to keep it frank

We don't need money no more, we got plenty in the bank

No excuse for hurtin' people, instead just let them hang

Unless the threat is direct, I don't give a damn

Like I don't care that people really want to see us fall

Like I'm the one that's thinking straight, I keep us on the ball

There's no room for error at this level, let me talk