Sidelines

(album: Church Clothes 3 - 2016)

One thousand
Biz busy on the boards
I hear 'em cheering from the sidelines
Wait, hold up, I think they hating
People told me take my time, right?
Nah, they tired of waiting
They say "Crae, you sold your soul, man"
For real? Who bought it?
"Let the Spirit take control, man"
I don't go nowhere without Him

They scared that I'ma cause these babies to stumble
They scared that my integrity is gon' crumble, appreciate the prayers
But all that pressure either gon' make you humble
Or make you hang out on the sidelines, and fear you gon' fumble
Put me in coach, ain't out here flexing for nobody
I was born to do it, God don't make mistakes and say I'm sorry
He ain't never dropped the ball
I don't never plan to fumble
Catch me running with them lions
Reggie Bushing in the jungle
Came from nothing
I remember spending summers on the corner with my cousin Shooting dice and playing dozens
Me and BJ in that Cutlass, CD playing missing buttons
Up at Lincoln High in Dallas with that Jesus Muzik bumping
Now it's Joseph graduation
Turn on that radio and T-Dot on the station
I remember when we used to split the rent up
UGK was banging loud inside his pickup
Wait, let me pick up
Back when promoters wouldn't let me back in
'Less I pay 'em on a back end, that ain't happening
We just pray to God that somehow He would let us crack in
Tore that door off of them hinges
Told us, "Get it crackin'"

I hear them cheering from the sidelines
People told me take my time, right?
Hear 'em cheering from the sidelines
Hold up, I think they hating
People told me take my time, right?
They tired of waiting

They bragging they in the building
Ain't building nothing
We out here building the children, you know I love 'em, boy
Spit it how I live, feel it in my breath
Walking it like I talk, put it to the test
Gina, get to steppin, we get to starting
You dream of being a king but you watching the wrong Martin, Bruh Man
This ain't the fifth floor, it's the penthouse
Either you change your outlook or get out
And life ain't never been a dream, you just oversleeping
If it wasn't hard work, they probably cheating
Give that arrogance some rest
This ain't happen overnight, that's why I do this thing to death
I might do this 'till I'm deaf, dumb and blind
You know I don't need my eyes to see my faith working fine
Never mind me
I ain't worried about how they define me
Long as they can find me they'll never confine me

I hear them cheering from the sidelines
People tell me take my time, right?
I hear 'em cheering from the sidelines
Hold up, I think they hating
People tell me take my time, right?
They tired of waiting