[Intro]

I remember them days..heh..I was just living, going with the flow like they all said

Now I gotta really live..this is just the start

Wishing I was still a kid.. but now I gotta play a part..

[Verse]

I had the worst dreams ever

Went from living like a star

To it’ll get better

I used to sleep in a car

Mom texting me like "I don’t know where you are"

I wanted to move away, life just got too hard

I was living by the crooks

Them days had my head shook

Hoping they’d get booked

But instead they got cooked

Understand, that these some dark times in my hood

Couldn’t stand the hard times, but I made what I took

Now I’m laying by some books, chapter after chapter

Working on my story, here on earth and hereafter’s

Shit so cold, it should be in a movie with no actors

Stories becoming fables, like some of these pastors

Believe what you see, but not how you hear it

This life is scary, but they taught me not to fear it

Pick your bags up, and get it how you living

Still live in rags, but I know a dub is near me

Couldn’t get away from tough times in my city

Pointed out the real, and pointed out the Silly

It’s funny how the wealthy looking down on the Pity

Nigga This ain’t a straight road, it supposed to be Hilly

Went from being humble, To feeling like a joke

Been so rich minded, I forgot I’m really broke

Feeling every feeling in them days being alone

Then I started rapping, rhyming everything I wrote

It’s a childhood story that I can’t back away from

In the 5th grade I thought I found my day ones

Ones locked up, and two ran away from

Three of them in the sky, the crying made my face numb

I had everything in memory on speed dial

It was like watching Michael die off 'The Green Mile'

I pray every day that I don’t become the next file

Not even my fam' knew what I was going through

This is your chance to feel the vibe that comes to you

You only think about yourself and what you don’t do

You talk a lot of talk, but no action out the fool

I never stayed in the crib, I was always on the move

Living at granny house, every summer with no pool

Made no friends, or no money, didn’t know what to do

So I stuck inside the house until it burned through the roof

Back in the 'ville, made my way in the hood

Living that life like a normal nigga would

Did some stupid things, making bad out of good

Had no regrets, we did what we could

Met them on the field, then some more on the court

Finally proved myself, I was challenged to be more

Now I’m working harder, to avoid being a chore

All them injuries Yeah it struck me at the core

This is only the beginning and it felt like I was dying

Thought about it all before my mind start to riot

Hoping I make it out, I hate to see my momma crying

I tried to get out the drought but I wasn’t really trying

I know you wanna see me make it, and I wanna see you proud of me

You gon witness every positive outcome out of me

Keep it real with my day ones who were down with me

In the next life, don’t say I wasn’t challenging

The downfall of lineal was the uprise of RAYN

This to all my people who’s been through the rain

Stay true to yourself, and stay in your lane

Like I said two years ago, "no mercy, all pain"