Blood in the Water

They never promise you that you'll never fall I can see it's Blood in the Water And I ain't keeping track but you never call Save me a plate, 'cause boy I'm starvin' Runnin' up Standards Ain't no way the boy ain't plan it Ain't no way the boy ain't plan it I can see it's done damage Elendil with the kingship Aragorn with the swordplay Frodo Baggins with the ring tho Otis Redding with the soul, ay I'm from Indiana, came up saying "straight thang" But I took it to another level that you never been on So get outta my face, mane 46th and college to the rest of the world and on and on A young bull from behind the fairgrounds destined to be a phenomenon He's on a run, ay So quiet when his song is on If I ever land a deal, the first thing I'ma do is call my mom My heart beats for this, why they tryna play me raw? I promise y'all I'm raw, please tell me what you take me for But how do I see myself? I ask this question too Sometimes you forget who you are when too many people question you Off and on you wish that you could go back to When no one was messing with you But never regretting or taking for granted The plenty of lessons that you Learned Along the way, you took the path That no one traveled but got lost along the way in fact I made a mess, I made a name, I may have made some cash But that would never take me back And them shoes won't help me run from my past They never promise you that you'll never fall I-I I can see it's Blood in the Water And I ain't keeping track but you never call Save me a plate, 'cause boy I'm starvin' Runnin' up Standards Ain't no way the boy ain't plan it Ain't no way the boy ain't plan it I can see it's done damage Elendil with the kingship Aragorn with the swordplay Frodo Baggins with the ring tho Otis Redding with the soul, ay In seventh grade, I was bumping Luchi and hitting the jiggalate At 21, I'm hungry as ever and constantly lookin' for bigger plates I went away And ever since I been feeling a weighed on mind After I left the neighborhood couple years after The day that Lil Bango died But local celebrities keep rising and falling like light on a new day I was never the social anecdote or party animal, or sipping on dusse I haven't been active enough I been depressed and I been acting up Remember acting tough when I was just a little boy in middle school My homies talking 'bout gats and stuff Those were the good old days in my mind, I guess time flies When you're writing rhymes and fighting time But it feels like somewhere down the line Everything was lost for me I went a different way And the only thing I got out of it all is that I'm gettin' paid 'Cause home base is lately feeling like it's no place For me to stay That's why I got up and walked away I love my city, I guess I just never got it back So here I go, into the fray And maybe one day I'll be back They never promise you that you'll never fall I can see it's Blood in the Water And I ain't keeping track but you never call Save me a plate, 'cause boy I'm starvin' Runnin' up Standards Ain't no way the boy ain't plan it Ain't no way the boy ain't plan it. I can see it's done damage Elendil with the kingship Aragorn with the swordplay Frodo Baggins with the ring tho Otis Redding with the soul, ay They never promise you that you'll never fall I can see it's Blood in the Water And I ain't keeping track but you never call Save me a plate, 'cause boy I'm starvin'