Hold Your Peace

When you're weary, feelin small And tears are in your eyes I will dry them all I am by your side When times get tough And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge Yeah Since ain't nobody rappin, I had to buss out the pen Who needs passion, they happily follow trends While they take it easy, I'm battlin thoughts within God give me strength to tackle the odds and ends Did the work to get on track, then ya fall again Devil want ya soul and ya back to the wall again Plottin my escape, if not now, then when I took my faith to heart, and it cost me friends Do they really love you, the fact is it all depends Rather play it safe and assume that they all pretend Rather not set myself up for them to disappoint You ont wanna hear me talk that talk, you better skip the joint Claim to do it for God, but wanna be pretty boys Debatin who the hottest in the city boys I ont have any bars, but let me hop in this car And hit the town to try and show em how I'm litty boys That's not gon get it done Don't get it twisted, we on two different missions son More than a few from out ya crew that went missin son Did the damage, keep it movin like a hit and run, yuh I always keep fightin You need the moral support, look at ya team hypin Talkin slick, but don't ever forget Oil and water don't mix, yall the definition of grease lightnin Out here causin a scene Every song ya drop, another marketing scheme Another campaign, another album to roll out Ya thought it was a game, but looked up and it's a blowout Took the high road when so many took the low route Guess them tours and merch ain't the only thing that sold out I got people that owe me splits and still ain't pay me Signed a lease with the homies, both of em did me crazy And then fell off the grid, maybe it was somethin that I did But I ain't livin rich, I ain't cop me no big chain Never knew you'd have such disdain for the kid, yuh Suddenly you avoidin friends Disappear till they makin noise again Guess it's the way it goes, we met the end of the road Even that ain't turnin you boys to men Caught up in a circle full of opportunists Tried to play it cool, but they was not the smoothest I ran outta room for yall on my to do list Seen a lil bit of Jesus, seen a lotta Judas Still made it through every kind of season Without any rhyme or reason, had to find a reason Even now I'm lookin for another line to squeeze in And yall thought that I was givin yall the silent treatment Not at all brother, gotta be careful wit who you call brother I know that pride come before the fall brother So Ima keep it mellow even when I ball brother Speak now or forever hold ya peace I've been known to preach over the coldest beats But I never needed you to notice me I'm just here to give you what was owed to me Every test, every trial Never flex for the crowd, they invested in now But I bet they couldn't even make it stretch for a mile Promise I would never keep it nothin less than a thou Dear Lord I was stressed, I was down I was pressed, nearly crushed, see the sweat from the brow I got lost in the maze, in the flesh, runnin wild Swallowed by the waves, outta breath, in denial Now I honor every promise I confessed wit my vows I got blessed wit a wife, blessed wit a child I got blessed wit His life, cleansed by His stripes What was mine from the start, I accepted it now Every step that I took, one for the books All sixty six, ask God how I look Not a pawn, not a rook, but a king wit a crown Any giant tryna run up on the team hit the ground, that's that Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah