Life & Times (feat. Joey Bada$$)

Statik Selektah I'm not always right, I'm perfect Woke in my purpose, my soul ain't too valuable to purchase Might get the same thing that my curses It's like a double edged sword The way these thoughts honed in my mental It feels like I'm in a psych ward sometimes Just writing rhymes is all I need to ease my mind Writing from the sun up to the evening time Stuck in my zone, sitting at home tryna see the silver lining Every dark cloud hovering over my peace of mind Hit the streets to see the signs, me, myself and I Havin' talks with God about being alive, just vibing I close my eyes and start to wonder why a few of us thrive When most of us is out here barely surviving Products of our environment or victims to what we believe Either way it's change that we need in order to succeed Whatever doesn't grow dies So you gotta cultivate your seeds, water your trees and shine light on its leaves Life is full of seasons and we all face winters So when it get cold is when you gotta go inner Something to remember next time you in December 'Cause when it get dark is when you see them stars glimmer And I'll never let 'em dimmer my light The warrior inside of me ain't backing down from a fight This life shit is what you make it You can choose to waste it or take it by the reigns So when it's said and done you make 'em remember your name, nigga Can't forget the reason that you came, nigga I said we all one in the same, nigga It don't matter if the chain bigger, look Follow my faith like it's my North Star Guided by the light, I'm traveling At the speed of a sports car, it's dazzling How the journey unraveling Just tryna keep my feet on the gravel and knowing That this path I chose is challenging Life is like a boat sometimes, it feels like you barely paddling Or the current that you up against is what you battling Lost in the middle of sea and seeing nothing of course That'll make you want to toss yourself off Having suicidal thoughts, disconnected from source Like death gotta be cheap 'cause life too big of a cost I mean we all gotta die, very few of us discover What it means to truly be alive It's all in the eyes And there's a fire inside of me that'll never perish I'll forever cherish every obstacle 'Cause when I overcome it, I know anything is possible Physically in a rut but mentally I'm somewhere tropical Enjoying the ocean breeze Finding balance in between emotional needs and what you would consider logical Somewhere between keeping it G and philosophical I'm spiritual thuggin' in this U-N-I-verse I got a lot of pull My demons mean muggin' but to me, it means nothin' I got a 6th sense dawg, it's like I seen somethin' Since I was a kid I always know I'll be somethin' They was on Front Street while I was really hustlin' And I don't need no introduction, yeah And I don't need no interruption, yeah And I don't need no instruction, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Said I don't need no introduction I don't need no introduction, no I don't need no interruption or instruction