Time after time, food on my table, thought it was always, yeah

Clothes on my back, every time I turn around, it was always, yeah

You never leave me, God. Never forsake me, God, it was wrong

Feelin' how I'm feelin' and I just can't seem to shake it

Who am I to make demands at this table? Every time I'm in the zone, I can sense that they be hatin' why I keep it to myself and I be stackin' up this paper

On the real who cares how I feel, cause I'm down on my luck but I just keep it all concealed

I'ma pray about it, but keep it real, we got billions on this planet, is he listenin' for real

Dear God, if you can hear me, send a sign, cause I'm dependin' on my rhymes

They ain't been helping' for a while, so I just need to know if you really hear me when I cry, cause I been leavin' puddles in the street when I walk

But I'ma keep my head high, know I'm a soldier, no doubt. Wake up put designer on, but it ain't helpin' me out

Got this chain around my neck, it steady weighin' me down, wow. Word power is enough to keep a man down

And all that jewelry keep a girl around. But when we die, where it all go? I been cold, now that's rain with no raincoat

I been down, ain't no up left for me to go. Y'all been clowns, you just never saw me takin' notes

You just never saw me takin' notes, cause I was really on my grind, had to take a oath

I was lookin' for my credit, but I felt alone. Broken mirrors, broken windows, and a broken home

I was 18 on the road, I was on my own. I was homeless at 20 with the path I chose

Manifestin' all the good when I see my goals, and so they sold for a chain when I'm seekin' gold

All I hear is pain when I'm on the phone. You don't know what it takes for me to do a song

No lies, I put my heart on every verse. Gray hairs in my hair cause I'm gettin' old

I still feel young, but I'm gettin' old. Homie got addicted to drugs, but I'm givin' hope

They told me that he died on the 25th. All the times that I missed seem like that I did em' wrong

Shit, now that I'm on my own, I try to forget, but my grin ain't gone

A lot of people die young, just where I'm from. Feel like I'm on the run, but the race is won