Change - Intellectual

[Intro]

Change

[Verse 1]

On my last day, when they call on my name

You can trust me, it's all gonna change

It seems strange when I put it this way

But I was always good at writin' what I really wanna say

I came face to face with the fact

That you left and you're never comin' back

Hopin' I would fall flat on my face

But the real disgrace

Is you hidin' my daughter

From hell or high water

I guess it was all just a big lie

When you took her away I wanted to die (Why, why, why?)

Is there a reason that you did all this

Or was it all just another way to be a little (Bitch?)

I can't believe that you would lie to her

All these years and make her think that I just disappeared

And even though I know we hate each other

I wouldn't never try to keep her from her mother (Change)

[Chorus]

I really wanna change my ways, but I can only change so much

How can I trust that you won't use this change to crush into my life?

I might look strange today, so strange in a good way

Don't wanna go through it again

Don't wanna pretend that it never did happen

[Verse 2]

I really changed a lot over time

And a lot of people hear it in the rhyme

I used to live a life of crime on the grind with the struggle

I was tryin' to find where I fit in with the hustle

Had to tussle with the block a couple times

Never thought it would bubble 'cause I was always in trouble

But I knew I had to change my ways

Or I probably wouldn't be standin' here today

Wasn't sure at the time what I was doin'

I was so blind, but I tried to do it

Now I see that a little bit of change really saved my life

And gave me this to write

[Chorus]

I really wanna change my ways, but I can only change so much

How can I trust that you won't use this change to crush into my life?

I might look strange today, so strange in a good way

Don't wanna go through it again

Don't wanna pretend that it never did happen

[Verse 3]

Hard times, I grew up in it

And the weed, yeah, it's true, I hit it

I can freely admit it, did a lot when I knew I shouldn't

Had to stop when the cops start shovin' and pushin'

In the burbs now, still I get herbed out

Early in the morning while you goin' off to work now

[Bridge]

My situation what I'm facin', all these changes could be wasting away

[Chorus]

I really wanna change my ways, but I can only change so much

How can I trust that you won't use this change to crush into my life?

I might look strange today, so strange in a good way

Don't wanna go through it again

Don't wanna pretend that it never did happen

I really wanna change my ways, but I can only change so much

How can I trust that you won't use this change to crush into my life?

I might look strange today, so strange in a good way

Don't wanna go through it again

Don't wanna pretend that it never did happen