If I Gotta Go

If I've gotta go jail I'm coming out stronger

Been having demons to conquer

Could've stayed free and not been here much longer

God's got a plan for me and it pans out annually

A new year's ago like December to January

Man had to fend for my family

Certain man never had the mental capacity

Me, my name is still my name

Anywhere they put me I can make you feel my pain

If I've gotta go jail I'm standing firm

Got a few ways that a man can earn

Do what I must where the fam concerned

Put no faith in a random girl

Baby let the fragrance candle burn

Not everything you can understand or learn

I never ran or squandered

My people slaughter chickens, we can handle birds

Now picture the wing I'm writing you from

Rich like a king, my mind is too strong

Bounce back cause I've been grinding too long

I take my mistakes and write some new songs

Lord knows I don't try to do wrong

Lord knows I try to move on

But if it's me against the world, whose side are you on?

It's people like me that ride for you don

If I've gotta go jail, oh well

Don't think I can't shock the whole world

Even if the judge ain't granting no bail

I don't know about you my brudda

But I'm in control of my own self

Incarceration is preservation