I can't love you if I still dodge my reflection Young and needy game, all I got was life lessons

Old boy ghostin' out the block, give directions Roll call every night, that's a gang intervention

Started chasin' stripes, cause I never had guidance Pay no make appointments, it'll pull up uninvited

Street set, come eat, I was hungry, I ain't fightin' I'm ten toes deep, where the blue lights get excitin

Lil' bro watchin' everything I normalize He don't hear my words, he just memorize

My life thought respect came with the money in the safe

Till detectives learned my government before they knew my face

Fast lane, no brakes, couldn't see the warning signs Funny how the paper turn to prison over time

Green notes, fast rolls, everybody want smoke Fast cars, one car, now the whole block knows

We was chasin' dollar signs, losin' pieces of our soul I can't love nobody till I learn to love my own

Started with a favor, then the favors turned debts Now every handshake come attached with a threat

Whole city know your nickname, cops know your address When you're making too much noise, they ain't gotta guess

Money came dirty, had to wash it with excuses Every quick flip turned into court appearances

Thought I had freedom with a key to a German Whole time I was parked in a cell with a verdict

See moms cry through a glass on visits Kids askin' why dad always miss Christmas

Crazy how the cycle fit me like a glove I was chasin' fast money, really chasin' love

Now my son lookin' up, gotta rewrite the script Caught hand in these scars and expect him to be different

If I don't heal mine, he'll inherit my pain Different face, same street, same game

Green notes, fast roads, everybody want smoke Fast cars, one car, now the whole block knows

We was chasin' dollar signs, losin' pieces of our soul I can't love nobody till I learn to love my own

I can't love nobody till I learn to love my own