[Chorus: D Wayne]

Lately I've been hard to reach

I've been too long on my own

Everybody has a private world where they can be alone

Are you calling me? Are you trying to get through?

Are you reaching out to me? I'm reaching out to you

[Verse 1: Jon Connor]

It feel like I ain't got common sense

All the years trying to conquer this

Been on the grind so long, worked so hard

Still feel like I ain't accomplished shit

All the time I struggled, soul got humbled

Hard for me to take a compliment

'Cause I'm from Flint, when young people die

They say 25 is an accomplishment

When I turned 18, left my home

Packed my bags, said "I'm gone"

Mom wanted me to stay home

But I'll never be grown if I don't do this on my own

She had my back, gave her last

Even when all she had was scraps

Now I'm in Florida, don't know nobody

Got a clean slate gotta start from scratch

Oh Lord, how I land on my feet?

Ask K. Wills, I remember weeks

I was too proud to call home for money

So I toughed it out and I just ain't eat

Little cuz died, seen him in my dreams

Crying all night so I just ain't sleep

Probably needed therapy, but it cost too much

So I told K. Wills, "Play that beat"

[Chorus: D Wayne]

Lately I've been hard to reach

I've been too long on my own

Everybody has a private world where they can be alone

Are you calling me? Are you trying to get through?

Are you reaching out to me? I'm reaching out to you

[Collision]

For my people that know what it's like to be a starving artist. I mean literally starving every night trying to live your dream. I know shit gets hard sometimes, but it's gon' be aight. You gotta brush yourself off and keep going. And you ain't just gotta be a rapper, I don't care whether you're a singer or actor or actress, whether you tryna be in sports. Do what you gotta do, just keep going. It's going to come to you

[Verse 2]

Some of ya'll motherfuckers got the nerve

To sit and talk about what I deserve

When I used to take twenty-six [?] grey-hound

[?] passing out my shit just to get heard

Yes ya'll, really think this shit is too easy?

Think about this when you see me:

Before this I burned five thousand CDs

By myself with one PC

And maybe that don't mean shit to you

But I know what that meant to me

That mentally, I would not stop

Till I got everything that was meant for me

Promoters jerked me, I ain't get mad

Put me on first when I shoulda went last

Fuck these niggas, needed to record

Paid for equipment with money I ain't had

I was in the hood just minding my business

Rappers ain't like me, I was too different

It's Fli-City, y'all 'ready gotta dodge bullets

Now on top of that I guess I gotta dodge disses

Guess you could say I was just prepared

Or you could say that I just ain't care

I ain't gotta diss ya'll back

It's that mentality that's gonna keep y'all there

[Chorus: D Wayne]

Lately I've been hard to reach

I've been too long on my own

Everybody has a private world where they can be alone

Are you calling me? Are you trying to get through?

Are you reaching out to me? I'm reaching out to you

[Collision]

To my dreamers: There's gon' be people that doubt you, there's gon' be people that try to stop you. I always used to say to myself, "Success is gonna be my revenge". That's what you gotta do. If somebody hate on you don't feed into it. Hate only begets more hate you feel me? Just stay focused and on your grind. Don't let nobody tell you what you've been through. You tell them what you've been through. Nas told me that

[Verse 3]

Born premature coulda died right then

Hit by a car, could have died when I was ten

Then a car crashed when I was twelve

Car flipped twice, thought I saw my end

God coulda took me again and again

We all gon' go, but we don't know when

Life is a gift so while I'm here

I won't break and I won't bend

No, I ain't the first one in Sunday service

But He know my heart so I ain't nervous

I know that life does have a purpose

And it's about more than what I purchase

We all working, ain't nobody perfect

End of the day, I'm just a person

I found my purpose so I'm gon' serve it

That's why I spread love in all my verses

Logged into Facebook just last night

A young man said he wanted to take his life

Replied to the message right then onsite

And asked was he cool and was he alright

He said, yeah, what made him fight

A Jon Connor song that he played that night

So fuck all the money and all the hype

That right there is the reason I write

So, to all you goody two-shoes

With your big words and your new shoes

And your new suits, what do you do?

Besides criticize, and that benefits who?

So, instead of just using me

How about really helping the community?

Poverty is the real issue and that right there

Is way bigger than you and me

[Chorus: D Wayne]

Lately I've been hard to reach

I've been too long on my own

Everybody has a private world where they can be alone

Are you calling me? Are you trying to get through?

Are you reaching out to me? I'm reaching out to you

[Collision]

And to the people that talk like they're holier than thou, and talk down on people like they do no wrong, ain't nobody perfect, that includes you, you feel me? Talking down to people ain't never helped nobody, I know this song right here is helping somebody out more than you ever could. What's your motive? I do what I do to help people. Do the right thing 'cause it's the right thing to do. Don't do the right thing because you want somebody to praise you for it later

'Cause sometimes the right thing goes without praise, and I accept that. I'm outta here