Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
DSTRCT
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
DJ Rolison
Composer
Dijon McFarlane
Composer
Camden Bench
Composer
Sammy Haig
Composer
Andrew McDonald
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DSTRCT
Co-Producer
Mustard
Producer
The Eggman (EGG)
Co-Producer
E. Dan
Mixing Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
Yeah
You know how it go
Ya know
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
But uh, we here
[Verse 1]
Yeah
Damn, Momma, I'm tryna bring it home, I been living wrong
Hope I ain't got the wrong message buried in these songs
I'm seeing pieces of myself that I didn't even know I
Was even capable of showing but it kept me going
I'm turning into something else and I'm not even sure if
I got a chance to really prep, but I had to ignore it
I gotta be what people need me to be
Know you don't recognize the shit that you been seeing from me, but it's me
Demons on the end of my phone
It wouldn't do us any justice if they left me alone
I need to hit the road, I'm not in need of a home
I made peace with the fact a piece of me's gone, but it's me
You can hear it underneath in my tone
Even if I gotta be violent in these streets when I'm gone
They gotta understand, I really mean it this time
I know it ain't how I was raised, but it's how I survived, still, I would
[Chorus]
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
[Verse 2]
Yeah
I gotta bring it back for all my dawgs
I'm only speaking to the ones that really came along
I'm getting deeper in this shit, I gotta keep it going
More focused than I was when Mustard put me on
I learned a lot about this shit, I learned it early on
That's why I'm moving how I'm moving when I'm in the storm
I cannot carry any mercy, not with what I'm doing
And even if I had it in me, I would never show it
Almost forgot I had a label, I been tunnel vision
I'm getting selfish with the business when it come to DSTRCT
Whoever they think they dealing with, I'm not that ****
Win or lose, I got the same integrity I came in with
A man of my word, I bounced back, no kidding
God got his hands on me till the moment I finish
I don't need the last laugh, been laughing from the beginning
'Cause even if I had nothing, I would've did it, so
[Chorus]
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
'Cause you mean so much to me baby, ba-baby
[Outro]
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
Rather hurt myself than to hurt you
Written by: Andrew McDonald, Camden Bench, DJ Rolison, Dijon McFarlane, Sammy Haig
