Gerald (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

You know? Yeah Am I still the Gerald that I been from the beginnin'? Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions Should I be rappin', should I be singin'? Should he be losin', should he be winnin'? Should he keep pitchin' still in the ninth innin'? Keep dissin', that's just addin' fuel to my engine Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin'? Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions (yeah, uh, for real) Somebody in my life was a best friend to me Been a minute since my guy sent a text to me It really say somethin', think he's judgin' me Feel ten miles apart when you're standin' next to me Lifestyles change, people grow apart Won't happen overnight, this shit had the slowest start Different shit matters when you open up your heart Addiction to celebrity could choke you from the start Crazier than heroin, yeah, this shit hooks you My uncle died of that, my dad told me, that's a good dude Never met him, only heard stories where it took you And I'm just tryna live up to what they think that I should do 'Cause he's got potential, he's that precious He's that special, he could be Elvis He should be the biggest, he should put his career first But no one ever told me, I should go and put me first, yeah Am I still the Gerald that I been from the beginnin'? Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions Should I be rappin', should I be singin'? Should he be losin', should he be winnin'? Should he keep pitchin' still in the ninth innin'? Keep dissin', that's just addin' fuel to my engine Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin'? Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions (yeah, for real) How could he feel lonely when he's always surrounded? How could he not indulge when he's always around it? How come he does drugs, could he still do it without it? How could he fly the highest, somehow still stayin' grounded? Some days I really feel like, I could've run for president Some days I wanna be a self-destructive degenerate Gettin' high, wastin' my time, I'm not regrettin' it People talkin' 'bout what I should be doin' instead of it But this is my life, at night, I go to bed with it Got some real demons, can't seem to cut off the head of it Pay for my decisions, feel like I just lost a bet with it Maybe my success has been goin' straight to my head a bit Maybe I been listenin' too much Maybe I been drinkin' all the Kool-Aid and fruit punch Maybe I got it, just stop tryna find help Stop lookin' outside, and look for it in myself (for real) Am I still the Gerald that I been from the beginnin'? Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions Should I be rappin', should I be singin'? Should he be losin', should he be winnin'? Should he keep pitchin' still in the ninth innin'? Keep dissin', that's just addin' fuel to my engine Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin'? Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions (I'm me, for real) Rinse, wash, repeat, learn through repetition Deliver platinum albums, you take it as a given? Songs don't write themselves, how you think they're gettin' written? Wanna judge me? Then come trade me my position Everyone is talkin', everyone's reactin' Take it all for granted, think these things just happen Every stop, hoppin' off and on the bandwagon Hate the way I'm livin', criticize my actions Bought mom's a house, and the town was hella proud of it But the next day, I did some shit you got a problem with Almost fucked up a deal, was high, and I was out of it On a conference call on mushrooms, my words slurred a bit 'Mind myself, who I am, all the shit I've done Right now, I'm top two sellin' rappers where I'm from And I ain't number two, that only leaves one I go out the biggest fuckin' artist when I'm done, for real Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin'? (Been from the beginnin', been from the beginnin') Ask ten people, you'll get ten different opinions (Ten different opinions, ten, ten different opinions) Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin'? (Been from the beginnin', been from the beginnin') Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin'? (I go out the biggest fuckin' artist when I'm done, for real) Ha-ha (your side), "These Things Happen Too" Tell me you'll love me for a million years Then if it don't work out Then you can tell me goodbye