Tested

By Mostafa

On NVMND

Released on October 17, 2023

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Hold up wait a minute

I don’t play positions

Staying on a mission my ambition keeps me driven

Living in between conditions I was deep in my transition

If I say it it was written if you hate it it’s division

If I’m paid it’s commission if it’s playing then you listen

Words cut deep what I’m saying it’s incision

Life is heavy I was ready everyday I’m dodging prison

My brother got shot every day I hope he visits

So my faith is my extension and I pray and stay consistent

One foot in one foot out just the way I’m coexisting

I ain’t saying so religious I’m a saint with no forgiveness

I’m saying so horrendous that today my soul is drifting

And the way you know I’m gifted is the pace I po position

The way I know I’m different is the way I stay consistent

Concise concision

Precise precision

Feeling like my life can see the heights intended

Build bridges of trust that bear the weight of truth

Still dealing with the stuff that I can’t recoup

See why you ain't into loot

That’s my daily pursuit

You can’t persuade me to shoot

That don’t even compute

Oooh all alone when the lights die

Trying to find something like a lifeline

Devil on my shoulder that’s trying to play the nice guy never mind

Wrong place at the right time

Yeah

All alone when the lights die

Trying to find something like a lifeline

Devil on my shoulder that’s trying to play the nice guy never mind

Wrong place at the right time

Yo I been trying to get the head straight

Shed that Dead weight

Run it up until the legs ache

And the bread breaks

It’s a lot up on the chest plate

Check it I’m a be honest

Feel like I’m breaking beneath that burden they placing upon us

Mama called me crying steady losing her composure

Said baby I been trying but it’s too much on the shoulders

Told her I’m a find the time got problems of my own but

I wanna make it better like your baby boys supposed to

Out here trying to navigate a world I don’t fit in with

Hate us when we gone I know they probably gonna miss this

Might’ve got it wrong another product of conditions

Just another song about the struggle Not what this is

This is something different and it did what it did a vibe to connect with

Got me lifted I’m a live how I live

Shine when I’m tested

Take time to reflect and link with my brother minds intersected

My tribe in the trenches

Keep wise with intentions

Tested