Roses (feat. Lakieth Rashad)

Oh, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Give me my roses, while I'm here Don't wait 'til I up and disappear, oh, no Ahead of my time, and it's clear You still ain't noticed, the diamond and the gem, oh, no I go my heart in it better know that The passion I have in every moment, eh This ain't for sure ya I give my heart 'til the last one falls Roses I had 2020 vision, but 2020 start fucking me I stayed down to come up 'round all of this fuckery 2020 showed me one thing and it's luckily The real ones that's in my corner They really fuck with me (you know) Show me all them clowns, two niggas they come and fuck with me Tryna see what's up with me, really they came to leech on me (they leech) Stayed on my hands and my knees nightly for victory (yeah) Turned on the news and saw reruns of this history (the same shit) Covid-19, the Spanish flu, same shit to me (ok) Now we isolate in our cells, controlled mentally Bird Box event, government assisting it Lord have Mercy, Jesus Christ, hope you listening I'm in a dark place, dark space, and I can't see out Lord, I'm just one of your kids, you need to see 'bout And I've been going crazy lately, I'm 'bout to spaz out 'Cause I've been through some things in my life that they don't know about Give me my roses, while I'm here Don't wait 'til I up and disappear, oh, no Ahead of my time, and it's clear You still ain't noticed, the diamond and the gem, oh, no I go my heart in it better know that The passion I have in every moment, eh This ain't for sure ya I give my heart 'til the last one falls Roses They say this world got ups and downs (downs), but I say mostly downs Some niggas got they hand out, so fuck 'em, they are not around Yeah, it's a cold world, little homie better bundle tight Better soak the sun up, nigga, 'cause it get cold at night (I get cold) Shit, I had a harder life, nigga, so I seen colder nights Even had my heartbeat stop, I'm talking poltergeist Raised in a different world, and visioned a different life Shit, I was raised different, bitch, I had a different fight Shit, I was 17 crashin' on my cousin floor Hustling out the Taco Bell, developed give-and-go Day to day living, not knowing what I was living for Suicidal thoughts in my head, what would I do it for? Young black kid, exposed to death, mentally broke Hiding all this pain behind this marijuana smoke (roll up) But I done have some losses in my life that I can cope with (nah!) MaChelsea and Tray, daddy loves you, now that's emotion Give me my roses, while I'm here Don't wait 'til I up and disappear, oh, no Ahead of my time, and it's clear You still ain't noticed, the diamond and the gem, oh, no I go my heart in it better know that The passion I have in every moment, eh This ain't for sure ya I give my heart 'til the last one falls Roses No weapon formed against you shall prosper, that hit different too But I never said that weapon wouldn't form (nah), that hit different too Now I'm elevating your game, I'm adding levels to them Every hard time in your life, I had you carried through them All the BS you went through, I made you stronger through them Long nights that you went through, I had to labor through them All them isolated you like Abraham had to talk to him Always said that your Cane boy, you're Moses to them Had you living in the lion's den just like Daniel & them Now you're growing your hair out looking like Solomon Finally, found your strength and knowledge, perfect timing then My life was example of pain and long-suffering (so what?) Being afforded that with transgression got me crucified Place on a crossed, stabbed, laid my head and then I died Now tell me how hard your life is, you niggas lie I'll show you how I gave my life to give you niggas life Give me my roses, while I'm here Don't wait 'til I up and disappear, oh, no Ahead of my time, and it's clear You still ain't noticed, the diamond and the gem, oh, no I go my heart in it better know that The passion I have in every moment, eh This ain't for sure ya I give my heart 'til the last one falls Roses