[Verse 1]

We use to talk the night away

Text the same in the day

But now its slain and I crave

To just write the pain away

All my life has been the same

No relationships ever work

My heart caves in and I'm ragin'

Cuz I'm a slave to getting hurt

And can't be freed for nuthin'

Just ease the suffrin'

Cuz i need to believe in sumthin'

That feeds my hunger

To see and meet that someone

That holds the key to my comfort

That I can keep and know that

She ain't goin' nowhere

But it seems JT is pushed to the side

To realize there no one on whom to rely but God

And though I try to ally with the masses

They take advantage and I can't stand the fact that

They just take me for granted

Understand that I am just

Trying to find myself, cuz

Ive felt a lot of pain

Lyricly I hold the belt

But what is there to really gain

If i can't change stress thats dealt

So they could never feel my pain

I might as well put up the mic and never

Pick it up again

[Hook]

Never pick it up again

Never pick it up again

If i can't change stress thats dealt

So they could never feel my pain

I might as well put up the mic and never

Pick it up again (x2)

[Verse 2]

This verse is for the people with nowhere to go

Tired of stressin'

For the people with no options

But drugs to invest in

So they can gain a little profit

But don't know that in the end

Its only two ways out

In a casket or the pin

Lord....I hope he can ball

Please

Or hope he can run with a baton

Instead of from police

I can see where you're headed

Parents regrettin' the lessons never taught

Obsessions were all wrong

All along all he needed was some guidance

He was living a life of defiance

Trying to fight it were his teachers who saw a spark

But could never ignite it

Why did it have to go like this

Striking is the image of his mom

The night that he got life in prison

"why didn't I listen! why didn't I listen!"

That's what was written

The first night of his sentence

The life that he's livin'

Isn't like what he visioned

When he was just a lil' kid with

Intentions of being a dentist

Then again who am I to complain

That's his family that

Lost another life to the game

And if this verse didn't prevent

Another life lost in vain

I might as well put up the mic

And never pick it up again

[Hook 2]

Never pick it up again

Never pick it up again

If this verse didn't prevent

Another life lost in vain

I might as well put up the mic

And never pick it up again (x2)

[Outro]

If my rap career is over

And one life hasn't changed

I should've just put up the mic

And never picked it up again;