Please

Yeah Please let me be me And if not, then let me be Cuz I feel like the kid Trying to find a way to live In world where nothing's free I've been looking for the seed to a money tree I can't believe this whole time it's right in front of me Succeed, still be who I wanna be and Make a living out my dreams, never be a wanna be and Never spend my time wondering What I could of been if I was a younger me Remember me, 23 charged with a felony Kicked out of IUP without a four year degree Got robbed by the cops for a couple of g's I got a job just to try to pay the lawyer fees and Low key sell trees, try to make ends meet They put me on house arrest, kicked me out of the streets So now, rendezvous back to my parents' crib Hometown hero, but don't make no appearances And all my student loans have forbearances Suspended my license, can't even run the errands Talk about social life interferences Anytime anybody ever sees me out It's apparently so fucking weird to see me here As If I had disappeared It's like yo what's up fam, how you been? It's been forever since we've been friends And god damn man I never thought I'd see you again A lot's changed since high school's end So tell me what's been going on in your life You got kids and a job and a house and a wife? Like, it's so hard for us to keep in touch At least for me cuz I work too much I'm just like, bet You work too much? I feel like I work too fucking much It's like, I had to work so hard just to get here And like, you don't even know about half the bullshit that I went through last year But yo, you don't understand man Please let me be me And if not then let me be Please let me be me And if not then let me be I said Please let me be me And if not then let me be Please let me be me And if not then let me be So now I'm back in my hometown Same place where I grew up but nothing goes down And I don't even know who I know now Yeah I used to have friends but they never come around Two months at home with no visits All alone, me minding my own business Until Nick hits me up, asks me how I'm living So I tell him the story on the way to the gym I let him in on the music shit and Spit a quick 16 on some stupid shit He loses it, tells me Justin Majors is the best in the city at producing hits That night we take a trip up to Justin's crib Grab a 6-pack of beer for us to sip Kick it for a minute, talk about the vision And I show him all the beats that I found on the internet "First thing's first", he says "Memorize every lyric to every verse in your head" "Worse comes to worst, you forget your lines Stay ready to rattle off a couple of rhymes" He said he'd been on stage over dozens of times A Real MC way back in his prime I remind him of the past So if there's anything I need, don't hesitate to ask First thing on my mind is beats Cuz it's so hard to find a new sound that's unique But he makes new beats every day of the week 300+ already in the streets And they're more than decent "Fuck the leases" "Anything you want, take that shit for free, fam" "Only thing I ask is when you do the math And draft the split sheets, that you mention me" God damn, yo! That's my fucking man, one hundred grand Seriously shouts out to Justin because he inspired this beat here And he's made so many beats over the years He and I have so many songs together And I swear they just keep getting better and better Better and better, better and better and better... so like! Please let me be me And if not then let me be Please let me be me And if not then let me be I said Please let me be me And if not then let me be Please let me be me And if not then let me be I just wanna make music I got a couple odd jobs on the side Saved up every nickel and dime just to invest into studio time Only got a couple old friends left but, they all down for the ride New friends can be so hard to find In the end will they leave me behind Or will they stick by my side At least long enough to see the outcome Because without them, coming from where I'm from No doubt I wouldn't amount to much I lost touch with the person I was Falling in love with the person I was trying to become I need to evolve Thank you to everyone I met along the way Because somehow or another, you had gotten involved and Best of all, this is just the beginning So long as the world keeps spinning I'ma keep giving it everything that I got And I just need to know, right now, are you with me or not Because I know it only gets better Man, I can't wait for it So long as I got my team together We're getting everything we came for Yo, I'm so grateful! Thank you so much for all the support I never could have done this without you in my corner and I remember being on my last resort Thinking some day I'm gonna be on stage performing One day I'll travel the world on tour and Visit places I never would have seen before Bare witness to the life I've been working towards As a fulltime creative entrepreneur So here's to all the nights I spent at home At my parents house, alone, writing songs and Every single record Rob worked on, and Everyday I left the shed at dawn and Every trip I took to Kelly Drive and Every session with Drew at Stu 215 HQ Lou, the whole fucking squad We're gonna change the world That's word to god, so Please let me be me (Be me!) And if not then let me be (Let me be!) Please let me be me And if not then let me be I said Please let me be me (Be me!) And if not then let me be (Let me be!) Please let me be me And if not then let me be I said Please let me be me (Be me!) And if not then let me be (Let me be!) Please let me be me And if not then let me be I said Please let me be me (Be me!) And if not then let me be (Let me be!) Please let me be me And if not then let me be