If Only

If only you knew
I got flesh wounds bigger than you
Funny how they all wanna watch my steps
But they couldn't run a mile in my shoes
If only you knew
Exactly what a brother been through
Make you really wanna roll up, get high
Sip until the bottle see through
If only you knew

How much they pay for your silence?
How much of all that money you save
To put on your brother consignment?
How did you sleep through the violence?
You just get used to the sirens
You just got stuck in the cycle now
They look at you like it's my fault

May not have been in the place to save you
All I can offer is guidance
Nights we were racking up mileage
You used to whip with no licence
Can't ride around with that regular, regular
What we were serving was science
Clearer than water or diamonds
We had the wave like Poseidon

Fuck up the re-up on ego
I know the industry evil
I know a couple of devils in Prada tuxedos
I know they see us like negros
'Til we came through with that black and white
Seeing numbers like we Neo
Doing numbers like casino
But all that loving a placebo

Energy switch up
Phone don't pick up
Subs on twitter
Blood came thicker
Must be the dope
That made you slow
Even with the chains you were still my nigga
Me on the throne
You see me calling, you see me shining
You didn't like it, must be a pride ting

If only you knew
I got flesh wounds bigger than you
Funny how they all wanna watch my steps
But they couldn't run a mile in my shoes
If only you knew
Exactly what a brother been through
Make you really wanna roll up, get high
Sip until the bottle see through
If only you knew

Everybody talk, everybody chat
Everybody shook, everybody relax
Stand up straight, don't watch face
You don't wanna see another brother relapse
Count my steps, clock my pace
Jump my grave but I don't need that
I just want the crown and the world off my back
I just need riz and fountain of jack
Yeah, yeah I heard you, cool
Didn't need them in first place, cool
Didn't see them on my worst day, cool
No we ain't cool, no we ain't dunce
No I ain't done
Man wanna try take kindness for fool
Married to the game, prenup the divorce
Can't be friends man it's not by force
Can't be them man, they look forced

Nasty
Phone book is looking ghastly
Please don't ever put it past me
You don't want the truth then why you ask me
Belly empty think I'm fasting
Turn the heat up think it's bali
Let my hair down think I'm Marley
Wailing, here forever, ever

If only you knew
I got flesh wounds bigger than you
Funny how they all wanna watch my steps
But they couldn't run a mile in my shoes
If only you knew
Exactly what a brother been through
Make you really wanna roll up, get high
Sip until the bottle see through
If only you knew

Tell them to keep the same energy
Can't pillow talk with the enemy
That's how Adam discovered his jealousy
Cautious, can't lend an ear to the talkers
Me and my niggas do walk ups
Leave or they fall like it's autumn then
Stay on your mind like a chorus
Fed up of underachieving
You buy what they selling you're dreaming
You don't learn from hunger by eating
You get left behind if you sleeping
How much you gave to the preacher
Racking up base with a visa
Forgot we got rich off amnesia
Just to get by like Felicia

Energy switch up
Phone don't pick up
Subs on twitter
Blood came thicker
Must be the dope
That made you slow
Even with the chains you were still my nigga
Me on the throne
You see me calling, you see me shining
You didn't like it, must be a pride ting

If only you knew
I got flesh wounds bigger than you
Funny how they all wanna watch my steps
But they couldn't run a mile in my shoes
If only you knew
Exactly what a brother been through
Make you really wanna roll up, get high
Sip until the bottle see through
If only you knew