[Intro]

Cool

[Verse 1]

Overthinkin' all my simplest thoughts, when did I start second-guessin'?

At what point did I look at myself and get flooded with all of these questions?

Where did a nigga go wrong? When am I gon' see a win?

What if the label decide to cut me from the budget 'cause niggas just don't think I'm him?

[Chorus]

I'm just tryna stay patient

Practicin' keepin' my patience

Shorty helpin' with the patience

Days like this, I feel like God just tryna test a nigga patience

Restless, but I'm still patient

[Verse 2]

Uh, authenticity my superpower, I don't even know of a better way

I'd be a liar if I said I ain't spend the last two weeks on my résumé

Royalties slowin' down quicker than ever, stream count droppin' off every day

And here I am stuck with a product that I ain't even clear

I be watchin' them niggas name folks who up next and I'm peepin' my name disappear

Plus I hate how I can't get responses from rappers that I used to hang with as peers

Balancin' dreams and the time it would take to achieve is just part of the fear

Contemplate if it's worth it to stay on this path, shit takin' it's sweet-ass fuckin' time

I don't sleep, no, not at all, I don't eat, no Ramadan

I feel peace knowin' niggas came this far, but I want so much more

Is it too late to be who I said I was? Shit, I'm not sure

I still got that same ambition when I dropped at twenty-four

But here I am, humbled inside

At a interview, hopin' this job might select let me, had to cut off my pride

Detours come, way too abundant

Somethin' gotta give, until then, bitch, I promise you I'm thuggin'

Ain't no problem with me hustlin'

[Chorus]

I'm just tryna stay patient

Practicin' keepin' my patience

Shorty helpin' with the patience

Days like this, I feel like God just tryna test a nigga patience

Restless, but I'm still patient

I'm just tryna stay patient

Practicin' keepin' my patience

Shorty helpin' with the patience

Days like this, I feel like God just tryna test a nigga patience

Restless, but I'm still patient

[Verse 3]

Grew up in the house, stuck in the lab

Blew my advance, my tourin' went rust

I fucked up the bag, I'm stuck on Indeed

Chasin' a minimum-wage job, most my niggas got laid off

Credit card been pilin' up every day now, ain't no way to get paid off

Half off features ran for the sake of the rent, it's impactin' the brand

The girl that I'm talkin' to see my potential, but knows I'm potentially dim

I'm livin' vicariously, watch as MAVI get the dream

Every time MARCO PLUS get a win and a clutch, I'ma cheer from the bench for the team, I promise I'm good

My time comin', even if it mean job huntin'

Even if it mean playin' support, I was always committed to grind for it

Mama, keep a nigga room intact case I'm dead broke and gotta slide for it

Mizzy know it, all my RODs, they was never scared to go and die for it

I'm prayin' to God each day, I walk with faith when I get blind

I'm prayin' to God each day, He keep me patient when I'm tried

Can't let what's left be wasted, run through rain to take what's mine

My grandma used to say that she can't wait to see me shine

[Chorus]

I'm just tryna stay patient

Practicin' keepin' my patience

Shorty helpin' with the patience

Days like this, I feel like God just tryna test a nigga patience

Restless, but I'm still patient

I'm just tryna stay patient

Practicin' keepin' my patience

Shorty helpin' with the patience

Days like this, I feel like God just tryna test a nigga patience

Restless, but I'm still patient