[Hook]

I got 3 meals on my plate this shit can turn into a handful

I been fighting through depression yea that shit get hard to handle

I could fight it off with drugs that would be an easy battle

But I can't fold up on my city I gotta set a good example

They put bullets in my brothers head I swear that that shit changed me

It's the same ones close to you that be the first ones acting shady

I can't never trust a soul don't know who really tryna play me

I pray to God for all my haters and use that shit to motivate me

{Verse 1]

I got demons in my soul, and there ain't no escaping

I can't go back to no cell so on thе police I be skating

Told my momma hold it down, cuz one day i'ma makе it

Yea I told her hold it down, but I know she ain't got no patience

We came along way from trapping hard in the vacants

I can't work no 9 to 5 so with this rap shit gotta make it

I ain't never told my story so it's time to make my statement

Fuck a op they on some fake shit, in my lane I gotta pave it

Went from basics, and the braces, to these diamonds in my bracelet

Still the same kid to go post up on the corner where my gang is

Middle finger to the twitter fingers see me and don't say shit

I can't fake it, gotta make it, see the crown I'm bout to take it AH

You wasn't there when I was down bad

Running off on plugs you wasn't there you wasn't bout that

Ask about me in my city everybody say I run that

Went from broke to getting money stack my paper up and bounce back

I had to set a good example for the kids that be watching

All the pills they be popping, every dollar that they spend on the music they be watching

Time to set a good example before bodies keep on dropping

[Hook]

I got 3 meals on my plate this shit can turn into a handful

I been fighting through depression yea that shit get hard to handle

I could fight it off with drugs that would be an easy battle

But I can't fold up on my city I gotta set a good example

They put bullets in my brothers head I swear that that shit changed me

It's the same ones close to you that be the first ones acting shady

I can't never trust a soul don't know who really tryna play me

I pray to God for all my haters and use that shit to motivate me

[Bridge]

Nobody else determines your success, the only thing standing between success and you, is yourself

[Hook]

I got 3 meals on my plate this shit can turn into a handful

I been fighting through depression yea that shit get hard to handle

I could fight it off with drugs that would be an easy battle

But I can't fold up on my city I gotta set a good example

They put bullets in my brothers head I swear that that shit changed me

It's the same ones close to you that be the first ones acting shady

I can't never trust a soul don't know who really tryna play me

I pray to God for all my haters and use that shit to motivate me