[Verse 1]

It's a long, long road where I'm at

All the lights don't glow where I'm at

You know most won't go where I have

'Til I'm a ghost, I'ma go for the bang

I'm fighting monsters in my head

I'm lighting all my cigarettes

I'm sliding every time there's threats

I know they wanna see me dead 'til they're dead, ya

[Pre-Chorus]

Get the bread, ya, lay in bed, ya, take my meds, ya

Send the text to see if we still friends, ya

Fuck the feds, ya, 'til the end, ya

Wonder if the homies got my message, probably send the text again, ya

Hollywood promises, pray to God for some honesty

It's all drama and problems and platinum coffins for prodigies

We got skeleton closets, garages steadily filled

It's Hollywood forever 'til it's Beverly kills

[Chorus]

If you don't pay the price, you don't live this life, ya-ya

Back is full of knives, I don't sleep at night, ya-ya

If you close your eyes, that's how people die, ya-ya

I cannot be nice, I cannot be nice, ya-ya

If you don't pay the price, you don't live this life, ya-ya

Back is full of knives, I don't sleep at night, ya-ya

If you close your eyes, that's how people die, ya-ya

I cannot be nice, I cannot be nice, ya-ya

[Verse 2]

It's a cold, cold world where I'm at

It's everyone I know who be puttin' on an act

On the low, low shit been hella whack

Sell your soul for a couple hundred racks

I'm hiding underneath my bed

I'm finding things that I regret

I'm dying deep inside my chest

I know they wanna see me dead 'til they're dead, ya

[Pre-Chorus]

All the stress, ya, shit, I'm mess, ya, tryna flex, ya

Enemies I never even met, ya

I need rest, ya, I'm a wreck, ya

What the heck? Bulletproof to Gucci, and I put it on my chest, ya

Hollywood promises, I swear nothin' is real

Think I'm numb to it, honestly, when they touch, I don't feel

It's all gossipin' parties, designer clothes, poppin' pills

You know it's Hollywood forever 'til it's Beverly kills

[Chorus]

If you don't pay the price, you don't live this life, ya-ya

Back is full of knives, I don't sleep at night, ya-ya

If you close your eyes, that's how people die, ya-ya

I cannot be nice, I cannot be nice, ya-ya

If you don't pay the price, you don't live this life, ya-ya

Back is full of knives, I don't sleep at night, ya-ya

If you close your eyes, that's how people die, ya-ya

I cannot be nice, I cannot be nice, ya-ya

[Bridge]

And you cannot be saved by the money and the fame

Put your money in a safe, keep your body out the grave

Keep your focus on the paper, keep the camera on the gate

Keep your finger on the trigger just in case

[Chorus]

If you don't pay the price, you don't live this life, ya-ya

Back is full of knives, I don't sleep at night, ya-ya

If you close your eyes, that's how people die, ya-ya

I cannot be nice, I cannot be nice, ya-ya

If you don't pay the price, you don't live this life, ya-ya

Back is full of knives, I don't sleep at night, ya-ya

If you close your eyes, that's how people die, ya-ya

I cannot be nice, I cannot be nice, ya-ya