Save the Pleasantries - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Steady tryna take the high road but they make it so hard

They love to tell you "dream big" 'til you take it too far

They can tell you what you're doin' wrong, but could never do it like you

If they can't put a label on ya, ain't no tellin' what you might do

Made a lotta changes, I had to do it

Difference between me and them is I can see the wall before I crash into it

I saw the country this year, twice, some people missin'

I gave some people a hint, I guess we'll see who listen

Crazy when your dream is right in front of you

I been so caught up in day-to-day, to me it's nothin' new

When did we get here, and why didn't we celebrate it?

Think I learned that when I really make it I won't have to say it

[Pre-Chorus 1]

When I make I won't have to say it

When I really make it I won't have to say it

When I make it I won't have to say it

I don't wanna have to say it

[Chorus]

I think I've been tryna please everybody for way too long

Save the pleasantries

[Verse 2]

Uh, shit is real as ever, I feel okay, but I feel the pressure

Fell into some old ways to get me feeling better

It never lasts, people say "let it pass"

People talk, and people get dismissed like the end of class

I feed on that

If I cut a record, then I bleed on that

They want me underground but I'd rather keep my feet on that

Used to really play the background

Lookin' up to cats but couldn't tell you where they're at now

It's crazy

I don't know if they got lazy or they couldn't catch a break

Either way, I'm yellin', "Pay me" 'cause you never know

Tryna stay ahead and shit

Must be doin' something right, finally seeing benefits

I think I could make some people relevant

But they're too busy tryna make their own room

They don't see the elephant

That's why I'm out here like the delegate

Tryna turn my boys to the ones I get the cheddar with

[Pre-Chorus 2]

That's why I'm out here like the delegate

Tryna turn my boys into the ones I get the cheddar with

[Chorus]

I think I've been tryna please everybody for way too long

Save the pleasantries

[Verse 3]

Sometimes I need the tough love, it's sincere

I don't need a lesson now, tell me what I wanna hear

I been around the block

They don't get a cut, I work around the clock

Hear me on Sway for anything come off top

Money in, won't shake me down

I ain't make money then, it won't make me now

Soon as peers can't relate, then they break me down

I swear they hate me and only 'cause they ain't me now

My fuse got shorter, skin got thinner

I got fuel for the fire, baby, 'bout to be a hot winter

Big biz tryna eat and I'm not dinner

I got a lot on my plate and you boys chop liver

I'm a hot spitter, ask about me at the hospital

I'm surgical with the flow, boy, I'm Doc Rivers

Ain't no middle ground these days

You either wit' us or you're not wit' us