Crediti
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Berner
Performer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andrew Drucker
Mixing Engineer
Nima Fadavi
Producer
Testi
[Verse 1]
I live for my daughter's smile
I'm talkin' to my dad homies
It's been a while, right?
What we really here for
What most people kill for
[Verse 2]
I'm here right now
Won't steer off the path
Still bound the same home town
Never really disappeared from that map's thumb tack
Southside
Hell bound
Tell that crowd
All I ever promised was I'd yell it loud
Now I kill it like carnivore
Just gotta survive
And if you dig that shit, that I write
Give me my high five
Drive while I'm still alive
I ain't got kids and a wife
I ain't gotta fish the abyss to the middle of the night
Maybe you can find them at the finish line
With a bitch named life tryna twist the knife
[Verse 3]
Stressful
Head to toe, you gotta roll with the Ebb and the flow
When the ache takes hold
Medicate, let it go
Just wanna be left alone
Guess that makes me an asshole
Lock the door, disconnect the phone
Still feel like I ain't got no control
And when it's my turn to die
Put me in the dirt, let me fortify
Till then, I'ma learn to fly
Find me in the mornin' sky
And I can see that the sun's a circle
Wonderin' why we runnin' circles
I'm tryna get it thorough
Before I become a mural
[Verse 4]
They pray I'ma fall
Left my name on the wall
When I die, they gon' know me
When I go, I'ma live forever
Angels cryin'
Tear drops
Perfect weather
I live for my daughter's smile
Talkin' to my dad homies
It's been a while, right?
What we really here for
What most people kill for
[Verse 5]
Mind y'all, early 80's
Mom's had her first baby
I held her hand with her eyes closed
Man, I miss her laugh
Why we live so fast?
While we get some cash and watch friends change
I don't play games
I'm a grown man
Still rap, grow plants
Smoked out my tour bus
Don't kill my vibe
I'm on stage and twenty five
On that scheme I feel alive
Shh
Don't need no middle man
I need all of that
In a hotel room with a groupie girl
Fuck one time, don't call her back
Love me now not when I'm gone
Frisco shit, I'm still at home
My daughter leaves, I'ma feel alone
I'm back in the streets where the killers roam
Still here in this crazy world
Gave my heart to my baby girl
Kingpin, I touch road for real
And been around the world like a navy seal
Takers need to break for real
Gave a blow, had to take it slow
Why that young, I'ma hate to go
Flip ten pounds for a player's show
Underground just the way I like
The good die young, it's the way of life
Got a full deck when I play it right
Keep a big gun where I lay at night
[Verse 6]
They pray I'ma fall
Left my name on the wall
When I die, they gon' know me
When I go, I'ma live forever
Angels cryin'
Tear drops
Perfect weather
I live for my daughter's smile
Talkin' to my dad homies
It's been a while, right?
What we really here for
What most people kill for
[Verse 7]
Another day, another dollar to flip
My phone hop when I talk there's a click
Feds pull me off the plane
Went through all of my shit
This is right around the time that my mom got sick
She was tryin' the whole time and I just wanted to flip
I tried to feed her ice chips and rub water on her lips
Her little hands turn cold
I told her, please don't leave
Your granddaughter's two years old
I drive two hours in the same month
Doin' everything for cash
Plus my trap dried up
Mom passed
[Verse 8]
Then my baby mama left
It was hard for a while
And I was down for a sec
Fed put me on a whiz, I was back to the back
Chillin' 'round the gang, have you really thinkin' 'bout rap
But naw, red life flies to Atlanta
Club mention me and nice pourin' mud in the Fanta
Made Yoko I was on TV
A couple months later, I signed with TG
Two weeks later the F-E-D's had my bank on freeze
Plus they just hit E
[Verse 9]
Life changes
I got my own clothin' in a five bedroom home
All alone, chain smokin', nice pass
I remember that call
I saw the Bentley on the news
I used to ride in that car
I'm on tour, this the life of a star
I'm in a small town tryna hide from the law
I ripped open the seal
In the hotbox
'Bout to smoke out with B real
I made two EP's before DS3
Now, rest in peace to Jack
It's been hard to sleep
[Verse 10]
Life changes
You think about my daughter
How I go from sellin' blow to sellin' hemp water
Man
I did a album again
And woke up to a letter from Gucci man
Shit's a trip, bring nice and Jack back
I miss talkin' to my mother
Where's my lighter at?
It's time to smoke
This here's for grown folks
[Verse 11]
Burn, what up?
I sit alone in my room with a lost stare
In the same bed that my momma lost her life, yeah
Toss and turn, havin' dreams
It was just a dream
Daddy die when I was young
I was just a teen
Got a quiet son, I can't even speak about it
No IG or Facebook
Don't tweet about it
Inner demons of my mind I gotta deal with
Signed in '07 down the drain where that deal went
Radio ban me
They don't even mention me
Can't ignore the fact that I made bay area history
Stress with sides on me, thought they ride from me
But it ain't no love lost
Shit, he's still a big homie
[Verse 12]
I was doin' runners
To him, it was just business
Fans left me for dead
Guess they thought I was finished
I never wanted credit for hookin' Berner with whiz
I just connected my brothers
I'm glad they handle they biz
Doin' for they kids what I be doin' for lip
Hopin' my baby mama heart has room to forgive
Momma, talk to me often, I can hear her voice
And don't give up, stand
Mama, I ain't got a choice
[Verse 13]
Just bought a Maserati fresh off the lot
And a house on the hills with a three car garage
Six bedrooms overlookin' the bay
Put my plaques on the wall
You'll love where I stay
I could drop the CD, mama, and you on the cover
Dedicated to you, daddy and my brother
I'm gettin' older and wiser, makin' smarter decisions
You grow through what you go through
It's all about livin'
I wanna say, keep your head up to the people in prison
So all my dreamers out there, keep holdin' your vision
No matter what, God got your back
Rest in peace to my big brother Jack
