Mud (feat. Deante' Hitchcock & Cantrell)

When the lights get bright, are you gon' fade or you gon' fall?

How many times before you ball? Back pressed on brick wall

Watch the odds stack up against you, tell me where are you going now?

When these chips fall, I won't be stuck on this block in disarray

Echoes ringing in my brain, same thing, every three a.m.

Cold game, can't sleep, fuck it, let's paint this pain away

Bob Ross, how I turn my L's into some happy trees

Then we celebratin', throw blue faces, hoes rake all my leaves

From probably to prophecy, from pay for shows to gotta see

Hate on me, then you must hate yourself that's truth and honesty

Made it from the sandlot with my ****, told em stand by me

Now it's back and forth overseas, shit feel like we a soccer team

Striking conversations, always ending with a “follow me”

I told Lil, baby, dating me is a situation, I exist in difference spaces

And I go through 'em standing tall like Phillip Banks, this more than making songs

I'm talking to my moms like every day, she preaching patience

I even called my pops to heal our situation, he said

"I been young, just right your wrongs and please don't lose your faith"

Ten toes down, arms raised, when you perceived as dangerous

Black on black whip, a couple chains, we came this far from slaving

Copped my nephew a marathon tee, now he says that's his favorite

He thinks I'm so cool, I say "I don't care, just care that you make it"

If it's a game of inches, then just Babe Ruth or Willie Mays it

If it's a game of rules, then bend them bitches and deliver greatness

Yeah, yeah, we been through the struggle yeah, we been through it all

We came up from the gutter now we just wanna ball

We just wanna ball, we just wanna ball

We just wanna ball, yeah

Yeah, we been through the mud and we can't wash it off

We been through so much and we just wanna ball

Just wanna ball, we just wanna ball

We just wanna ball, yeah

Remember sitting in my room bumping, real person

Tryna figure why my shit wasn’t working

Thought I had it, tryna create static and closed circuits

These **** tryna to dim my light

Shine regardless, go and get it if I gotta

From the projects, not a problem

Having dreams of really ballin'

Hall of Fame, not talking novice, yeah

Shocked 'em they surprised, my shit together like apartments

When the friends ain't really callin', Shammgod to get 'em off me, yeah

From catching cases to catching break

From pictures on the wall and the fridge to taking pictures with greats

I make mistakes, I hit my knees and I pray

Amazing grace

Homie hitting licks to mask and a car

To save face

I wasn't with it, just hitting, winning, with bad intentions

See me carry weight on my wings, feel like Mark Henry

Legendary, they try to treat me like I'm ordinary

Story never changed, and I'm still great

Tyler Perry, from the bottom, came up out it from the mud

Funny how we remained silent, leaving college, broken pockets

Do it big, not Milonakis, feel the pressure, **** tell me

Did I leave 'em? Never switch but know that I can't wait forever

Rapping in the pasture, even pastors say that I'm they favorite

Granny on my bumper 'bout the bible say she love me daily

In this game of inches, I go prime time or Terrell Davis

All my **** get it out the turf, how do we deliver greatness?

Yeah, we been through the struggle, yeah we been through it all

We made it from the gutter now we just wanna ball

We just wanna ball, we just wanna ball

We just wanna ball, yeah

Yeah, we been through the mud and we can’t wash it off

We been through so much and we just wanna ball

Just wanna ball, we just wanna ball

We just wanna ball, yeah

Hey, knowing that this life I’m living may end tonight

Sliced short by the knife of God, cut down before blinking twice

I aim to make amends for my sins with this pen I write

Defend this light in my soul before the darkness take hold of me

The hero and the coward feel the same

Fire burns within but only one will taste the flames, strange

Don’t let the body hold you back, it’s only real purpose is to carry the brain

Maintain, maintain