[Intro]

Or steady being distracted by money drugs and four

Fives, I count lives all on these songs

Look at the weak and cry, pray one day you'll be strong

Fighting for your rights, even when you're wrong

And hope that at least one of you sing about me when I'm gone

Am I worth it?

[Hook: Kendrick Lamar]

When the lights shut off

And it's my turn to settle down

My main concern

Promise that you will sing about me

Promise that you will sing about me

I said when the lights shut off

And it's my turn to settle down

My main concern

Promise that you will sing about me

Promise that you will sing about me

[Verse 1: M.Wade]

Before you make it make this promise to me

That you tell my life story and how I gave you peace

Peace of mind cause it was my situations giving you grief

My goals motivating you to become whatever you dreamed

This ain't scripted, this real life

And as I eat this meal tonight

I pray to God and thank him that he kept me in the fight

I'll never forget the time you had my back when I was jumped

In Village Knoll, where no one seemed to hear me or give a fuck

It stuck with me

And all the other times we argued

I knew it was outta love

I could always depend on you

Even being in school

It felt like it was only us two

Especially being the new kids that no one wanted to talk to

You were there for my first audition

Saw me being in good position

Always had an open ear when no one else wanted to listen

Even when I left college things weren't the same

I couldn't come home to no problems

And yeah we going through it

But that's how we dealt with the pain

Our baby brother always got into trouble

Never listened to mom and dad and just adding to the struggle

We were all we had when we lived in that motel

Could barely afford room service

I could tell you were going mad

This ain't life for us, man just look at how they serve us

Wanting that Red Light District lifestyle

Who could a ho tell?

But that's just a brother thing right?

Make sure you mention me every time you try to sing right?

Nothing could break us apart and we never made excuses

We never accepted trust cause we only learned to abuse it

Life taught me a lot of lessons and I was never late to class

Had to do more than just pass

And if I die before your signed I hope I --...

[Hook]

[Verse 2]

We met two years ago

I told my friends about you

What we had was beautiful

It was, I never doubted you

Talked almost everyday and established a relationship

You were the only one for me I couldn't have asked for a better gift

But being in different cities this love could never get me

But I knew what we had was real

I couldn't wait for you to come and see me

But just like love, promises are sure to fade away

I waited; my feelings started dying cause I waited

How ironic is that?

The dog got tired of chasing the cat

Everyday I'm asking myself like: "where is this nigga at?

Is he lying?" You don't really love me

You said nothing comes above me

I've had dreams of you kissing on me and wanting to hug me

Them other girls can't be ugly

Why'd you have to pick me?

There's so many other girls in the world man what do you see in me?

Niggas over tryna make moves

I'm in a state of apprehension

My brother told me I don't need a man to successful I'm independent

Relationships make me forget what it meant to be on my own

They're only to have someone else when you hate feeling alone

I don't need that and I think I'm starting to believe him

He always gives me good advice even when I fucking deceive him

Fact of the matter is, see I love you I really do

But things will never be the same now

I can only care for you

And you don't have to come and see me

I'm sure I'll be fine

Yo Malik, what's yours is yours

And what's mine will be mine

I'm sure, meeting someone like you, will be hard to find

But what if I'm different in person?

I'd rather not waste your time

I'd rather be safe than sorry

And what about all your glory?

No way they'll ever accept you if you ever told this story

What if they just laugh at your attempts to win me back?

And I think that's pretty selfish if you turn this into a track

This supposed to stay in private

I was getting so much mileage just from talking to you

Now it's hard to find someone to confide in

You stay stressing for my impression never second guessing

I'm still tryna learn a lesson

Using that long distance shit as a message

I'm still tryna learn a lesson

I'm still tryna learn a lesson mo'fucker...

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

But I find it cliche to make it

I'm hypocritical, and any chance I get know I'mma take it

I've only kept it real overtime I never faked it

My style is unique there's a reason I never changed it

I paid commission with ambition

It's tradition for rappers to make it and get lost in their positions

Becoming puppets to the industry

A lot of people won't let you breathe

We forget about our past and fuck broads to keep our sanity

All the money in the world doesn't bring happiness

People try to kill your career but they just pacifist

I'll pass a fist to anybody who ain't made for this

Gave blood, sweat, and tears to the game and now I'm saving it

I've never asked for a lot--so I'm thinking I deserved it

All then some and yeah I'm winning with this income

The fuck can you tell now that I made it this far?

No one was ever around to see my wounds turn into scars

I got drafted made the team and now I'm ready to ball

Funny how they pick the phone up now when they see that I call

Where was you at when you was needed

A bunch of messages deleted

Never once care about the quarterback if it wasn't you receiving

Damn, there goes another friend

Why the hell do things go wrong when you try to make amends?

Was it all worth it? The hard work or was it just pretend?

Just to fit into a place where they normally wouldn't let you in?

If you didn't have that speech, or rap differently from him

A lot of religious ass Christians who claimed they never sinned

Where do I begin?

This just made me a better man

Writing into the late nights like I'm David Letterman

Man I got a lot of issues

Some of them against you

But when it's all said and done I can't say I won't miss you

[Hook]

[Outro]

This goes out to my brothers

My mom and dad, Yaritza, and myself

We making history