Lil youngin', he should've stayed inside

Didn't have to, but he still chose sides

Candle lighting as balloons go high

Family crying as his spirits go by

Lil youngin', he should've stayed

Younger sister saying, mama, don't cry

Made em suffer from tryna be a ride or die

Don't get easier as the years go by

If only he would've stayed inside

If there's no such thing as perfect, why make the word perfect

Term is just an escape from what the real world is

Perfect love from your mama to be the perfect person

But now you gon' know she's feeling is what the perfect hurt is

How many lessons you gotta learn till you actually learn it

Brought **** into a home they couldn't even furnish

And by the time you realize they didn't serve no purpose

Front row seats with the ones responsible at your service

Sometimes in life your mind get trapped into a corner

Then you land up in that corner doing things that you don't wanna

From bricks, tricks, hitting licks, taking shopping trips

You dismiss the greatest love of all that came from your mama

Got caught up in the hype, tryna keep up with her persona

There's a price you pay for living a life you ain't a part of

Can't save you from yourself, they done already put you under

These just thoughts that could've saved you from under

Lil youngin', he should've stayed inside

Didn't have to, but he still chose sides

Candle lighting as balloons go high

Family crying as his spirits go by

Lil youngin', he should've stayed

Younger sister saying, mama, don't cry

Made em suffer from tryna be a ride or die

Don't get easier as the years go by

If only he would've stayed inside

That's too much, you did too much

But now you gon' and we feeling like we ain't do too much

To keep you around, they warned you how them streets get down

But nah, you wasn't having it, stuck to being arrogant

Engaged in wrong business and your life was what they taxed with it

Knew you could score but you was better off passing it

But instead you held on, shoved her with your left arm

Moments you left them voices telling you you dead from

I guess it's real, you was really for real

You won't understand karma till it come like right hooks and hit you for real

Buncha fakes tryna prove that they real

When they better off on the bench instead of playing the field

Tried to warn you, try to save you but I guess it's too late

The streets swallowed you, could've been that family dentist by 8

Ayo get down

Bullet wound leaking plus the heavy breathing

Wish we listened when they was preaching

Lil youngin', he should've stayed inside

Didn't have to, but he still chose sides

Candle lighting as balloons go high

Family crying as his spirits go by

Lil youngin', he should've stayed

Younger sister saying, mama, don't cry

Made em suffer from tryna be a ride or die

Don't get easier as the years go by

If only he would've stayed inside

Lil youngin', he should've stayed inside

Didn't have to, but he still chose sides

Candle lighting as balloons go high

Family crying as his spirits go by

Lil youngin', he should've stayed

Younger sister saying, mama, don't cry

Made em suffer from tryna be a ride or die

Don't get easier as the years go by

If only he would've stayed inside