[Chorus]

We shoulda never raised the bar (The bar, the bar, the bar, the bar)

They didn't want it from the start (The start, the start, the start, the start)

[Verse 1]

Ooh, it's the black sheep

Niggas know I really came up from the backseat

Now we take trips around the world in a flash, true

Go to Shibuya just to ink my skin in Japanese

Make sure that you look into my eyes when you see me

And understand I'm Lauryn in her prime when you see me

I've got Osiris with me, know he rule the underworld

Real goddess roll up in this bitch lookin' there for Titi

[Chorus]

We shoulda never raised the bar (The bar, the bar, the bar, the bar)

They didn't want it from the start (The start, the start, the start, the start)

[Post-Chorus]

I know that you strugglin' the world, oh

I know that you can't get over your past self

I know you feel no-one can see you

I know that pain's holdin' you back

And I know you still fighting with yourself, oh

And I know you heard bullets in your church, oh

And I know you know silence doesn't work, oh

And you know that you controllin' you

[Verse 2]

A true phase, going through a real maze

No moves, I was in the same place

Get your facts, runnin' in and outta flats

Thirteen tryna get to a stack, ten years late, shit (Shit)

On my paper shit, skrt skrt

Run the fuck shit, then I changed the gear

That's the hood imbedded in me to the core

Of course, stay drippin' in sauce

Sometimes I wonder (Sometimes I wonder)

[Chorus]

We shoulda never raised the bar (The bar, the bar, the bar, the bar, ay)

They didn't want it from the start (The start, the start, the start, the start)

We shoulda never raised the bar (The bar, the bar, the bar, the bar)

They didn't want it from the start (The start, the start, the start, the start)

[Post-Chorus]

I know that you strugglin' the world, oh

I know that you can't get over your past self

I know you feel no-one can see you

I know that pain's holdin' you back

And I know you still fighting with yourself, oh

And I know you heard bullets in your church, oh

And I know you know silence doesn't work, oh

And you know that you controllin' you

[Verse 3]

Pisces born Feb. 23rd nightfall

Little black girl from the Northside

Runnin' round Ends, knockin' on the neighbors doors

Your friends you'll never see once you get to twenty-four

She wanted to see wonders of the world, and more

And get to know her true self, started from the core

The moment that she realized that daddy wasn't all there

In her head is when he sat her down and promised her a Porsche

Typical, what a sad story, of course

That's the type of pain that the drugs can't cure

He was sellin' dreams she ain't buying no more

He was sellin' dreams she ain't buying no more, she don't want that (She don't want that)

[Chorus]

(And you know that you controllin' you)

We shoulda never raised the bar (The bar, the bar, the bar, the bar)

They didn't want it from the start (The start, the start, the start, the start)

[Post-Chorus]

I know that you strugglin' the world, oh

I know that you can't get over your past self

I know you feel no-one can see you

I know that pain's holdin' you back

And I know you still fighting with yourself, oh

And I know you heard bullets in your church, oh

And I know you know silence doesn't work, oh

And you know that you controllin' you