A Kid With an Atlas

Tell me about a time in your life that you dodging advice Making decisions aligned with a price Tying your goals in a bow on a kite Throwing a line in a pond, till it bite Tell me about a time in your life where you Riding along, cause you thought you were right Honking the horn, if they slow on the road Roll up the green, while you stopped at a light Been the only one in my family Taking this path, and it's more than I planned to be I fill the role of provider Enrolled in the school of the trauma it brought us Rap in the journal, discarded and ball up 80s & 90s, the music I'm brought up I'm one of three sons, and the oldest the daughter She hit my phone if I get ever caught up What's up? Gotta stay focused That door ain't open It ain't chosen for you I kick the door down, I was done waiting I took the U turn on that one-way I need the headline of that frontpage I take the long shot, I can't pump fake I can't take this trip dodging holes in the road Way I work I just slow the approach Change your habits, fix more than your nose More than average, I just harbor the growth I wake up early and practice my grammar Minus degree, and my story still add up Circling cities, a kid with an atlas I ran from distraction, I'm talking bout practice Kids need a mentor, I never did have I grew up throwing my fears in the trash I learned the methods and I never did slack When I be upset, I connect with my past How I did grow from this moment, I'm living in currently I put a band-aid on injuries third-degree I was 13, I was called into surgery They put me under And said it was urgent Humor was missing, it slowly occured to me Laughing was my only way to address A scar on my right arm, was left Three hours later, I rose with a breath I'm talking crazy like pulling from wisdom I know these decisions, is grazing my death What's up? Gotta stay focused That door ain't open It ain't chosen for you I kick the door down, I was done waiting I took the U turn on that one-way I need the headline of that frontpage I take the long shot, I can't pump fake I can't take this trip dodging holes in the road Way I work I just slow the approach Change your habits, fix more than your nose More than average, I just harbor the growth