Get My Life Right

(I'm faded than a motherfucker) Uh, I had three outfits Didn't take out the trash, get beat with a switch Growin' up in the octagon wasn't easy The low man on the totem pole, kids used to tease me Used to fight dang near every day, I ain't lyin' Be beatin' a nigga ass and talkin' to him while I'm cryin' Uh, and that was out of anger Back then, we used to throw them things, we didn't have bangers A little later down the line, It became a time where I had to draw the linе Uh, I used to kiss my street side When my mama was at work, I usеd to sneak and drink her wine When my parents got divorced, I had to get out there and grind You probably heard me bring this subject up a few times Uh, my relative short, shot him a kite He said when he get out, he gon' get his life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I was caught up in the nightlife (Ooh) Now I'm tryna get my life right On the block, I was outside (Oh) Now I'm tryna get my life right (Oh) If you ain't notice, I been spendin' time tryna turn it over Inside the streets, due to that iron, I done lost so many soldiers From hard drugs, now I'm finally sober So blessed and I'm a slime, I'm beggin' God for to bring me closer I can never live this over Wishin' I could take the pain from off of your mama face And my money could never buy the cure to heal her heartbreak Only think that I can say Can you join me on this journey? I been workin' for to see some better days My heart gettin' colder, but it ain't over, I know I'm gettin' older and I'm cryin' for a change Tell youngin, "Put that iron down, I'll buy you a new chain" Go to school and show some progress, I'll buy you a new Range I ain't the one for to look up to, but I can show you a few things Like, these people just wan' see you lose, you who entertain I ain't the only one that's broken, take a look inside the game Tell my grandma that I'm focused, I became a made man I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I was caught up in the nightlife Now I'm tryna get my life right On the block, I was outside Now I'm tryna get my life right Any time I think devilsih, I holler at God He answers me back 'cause that's my side hob Doin' hella extra shit'll get you killed It's all fun and games 'til shit get real You can call me a square 'cause I'm wiser and older One thing about a square, it's hard to roll a square over Uh, I learned that when I was a teen What people fail to realize is all the game come from fiends They got hella knowledge like a scholar On the streets, they doin' bad, But in the pen', they some shot callers That's why you don't judge a book by its cover Build with each other, stop tryna kill one another My tank on E from off of forty, I been known to get it started Whole life sad, on drugs bad, I ain't want them to record it Fell a victim to some situations, left me real heartless I'm promotin' peace, this for me, I ain't worried about no charges Gotta carry out my plan, I ain't leavin' how I came All this money, I'd be a fool if I remained the same Me and prisoners inside a private plane Headed to another jail, you don't wanna feel my pain And I just wanna live real slowly, Let 'em talk down on me, so many kids I gotta feed Not to a judge, I hit my knees every time and plead Like, God, can you please save me? Help me stay up out the streets, lil' Top I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I been tryna get my life right I was caught up in the nightlife Now I'm tryna get my life right On the block, I was outside Now I'm tryna get my life right