Now and Then

Uh I said once upon a time it was a youngin who was stuck in the dirt He had a dream but never put in the work Plus he fighting through depression ain't no question he goin smile when it hurts Looking for himself now he on the search Tried to push him back its soo ironic how we always end up in first Steady preaching time to take them to church He ain't neva trust nobody they the same so now we staying alert We goin make it and I know it for sure And now we got it going on he been working all along I sit back and let them judge but I won't let them do me wrong Cuz I know we going up and we goin make it to the throne And I'm tryna stay away but won't nobody leave me lone He been sitting all alone feeling pain up in his soul Got me feeling like a dog cuz we goin make it to the bone He been wearing crooked smiles like he listing to Cole Steady acting like he cool but don't nobody really know Look uh And if I tell you that I love you know that I won't neva leave Locked up out that house so many times but now I got the keys Steady switching like the autumn they be falling like the leaves They got me feeling like Rod Wave I wear my heart upon my sleeve and I can't sleep Got me feeling like I'm Mario my brothers goin leap Soo much anger in my heart it make it hard for me to sleep All that fire in my heart it get to booming like a tree Ima bounce out with my brothers no surrender no retreat Look I don't gotta write, promise you it's all up off the dome And I can see the light, cuz I had to get up my zone And yeah I had to fight, yeah I had to struggle on my own I was living in that house but I ain't never had a home Swear I'm always on my own And I don't communicate so I be talking to the stones Uh Everybody copying I promise they my clones I'm feeling like taking they goin send me to the throne And now I'm really getting grown you can hear it in the tone Really do it for them nappy headed kids who got a fro Cuz ain't nobody watching for the people you should know I'm looking for my neighbors I been going door to door And even in this life of sin I'm trying to repent but they keep looking at my past but don't see I'm a better man So I'm grinding every day so I can get them dividends They wanting me to slip but I won't fall I gotta win It's now and then