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Yo, what's up, nephew

I just got off the phone with your dad, He told me about your grandfather

I just wanted to call you to give you my condolences

Let you know I love you and I'm here if you need to talk to me

Okay, my perspective shifts every time I think that I've seen it all

Tеll me how I'm getting critiqued from pеople never involved

Had to choose my peace and leave cause some of them never evolved

I always believed If I shoot for the moon, I'll sit with stars

And I don't need no fancy cars to show that my drive take me far

Feel like when I'm at my lowest, that's when I start lifting off

I ain't even let myself grieve after a major loss

I've been losing sleep cause I'm trying to reach what I'm dreaming for

Sometimes I get on socials and make subconscious comparisons

So when I look at my shit, then it starts to feel embarrassing

My shoulders got definition from burdens I've been carrying

It's hard to tell if it's me in the mirror or I've been staring in

The middle of the ocean of my guilt, I felt a wave

Of regret cause I feel like a part of me done slipped away

I've been tryna balance my life, but everything been the same

Cause I'm starving for success but got too much up on my plate

I've been working every day, I've been grinding through the pain

Feel like I've been wasting time, I pray to God that I ain't late

I just close myself off and tell myself it'll be okay

That's why I would float to the ceiling and hope I fade away

I probably need to focus on the reason why I started

Felt I was spiraling, but I still work myself to exhaustion

I've been building this shit brick by brick since we left apartments

Never stopped to smell the roses, but noticed snakes in the garden

That's why it's hard to trust, I don't open up much I'm guarded

I've been tryna play the game without taking a break or pausing

Buggin like I played for Hornets, tryna score it without forcing

Tryna force myself to make decisions, trying to make this fortune

Anytime I'm taking steps forward, I still feel I'm behind

Tryna lead by example, but then I don't follow mine

Back when I became the man of the house, I was only nine

Surrounded by darkness, somehow I knew I was meant to shine

When I make my people proud, make a crowd that becomes astonished

Imma mama's boy but learned how to be a man from my father

We moved away from the projects, I told my family I got us

I would rather fucking die before I ever break that promise

I've been fighting demons, weaving and screaming like I'm Adonis

Speaking on me, lying on me, through they teeth, no orthodontist

I will always wear my heart on my sleeve and I keep it honest

Every single day I rise, but sometimes I feel like I'm falling

I can't stop, I hear greatness on the line, that shits been calling

Standing tall if everything around me forever change regardless

I know I need to take it the farthest and stop the stallin

I know I probably shouldn't wait till the top to take it all in, I need changes