[Verse 1: Locksmith]

Such a beautiful setting

Life's good, my music's finally spreading

Looking back on the time when I wasn't getting

The recognition deserved but I'm hanging on by a threading

I'm letting go of the guilt and the pain that I once carried

Could've been a victim myself but escaped barely

I, rarely make excuses, look what he endured

My girl left the same week I had to leave on tour, damn!

And they say that it's perfect timing

Just think of all the women you'll meet in them cities rhyming

But I'm lying if I said I was over it right away

'Cause everything you do in dark comes out in the light of day

I had to readjust my thoughts, put me first

I lost myself and my relationship, it could be worse

But instead he works with more passion than I started with

Rather say it now than resent you because I harbored it

Guarded by my goals, blinded through what I'm searching for

Lost a couple friends but it's something more that I'm working towards

Certain rewards that you get when you just forget to care

Chasing down someone that's chasing something that isn't there

And to myself that just isn't fair

We all deserve to be happy, I mean who isn't scared?

This for my niggas still with me that's bearing this

What good is having success when there's no one to share it with?

[Chorus: Branden Blair]

So long, so long

How do I stay so long?

No matter what it takes hold on

No matter what it takes go on

[Verse 2: Locksmith]

And it feels like it's more than I can handle

So what am I suppose to do when life loops like a sample?

And I throw away my crutch and I try to clutch when it's cancelled

Nothing left there but despair, no one's substantial

And people only see what they want to see when they want to

I try not to judge 'cause you never know what they're going through

Going through what is possibly just a phase

Are these rappers better than me? I would contemplate it for days

I stayed in my place unaware of the damage

When you loyal to a fault, some people will take advantage

I managed to get out of the deal I was once in

So what makes you think I would rush to do it again?

If I ever look back, that's the moment I stumble

There's a very thin line between insecure and humble

Huh, between cocky and confident

But I'm still here so I take both as a compliment

[Chorus: Branden Blair]

So long, so long, how do I stay so long?

No matter what it takes hold on

No matter what it takes go on

So long, so long, how do I stay so long?

No matter what it takes hold on

No matter what it takes go on