Choices (feat. Phonte, Bemyfiasco & Kay Young)
Right about now it's about that time
For me to say on record what I think off line
I made a choice to be a man if you ain't, that's fine
How you identify your biz I don't make that mine
First thing I ever planned was a pregnancy
Before I had a child never I thought about destiny
Cheffing up a beat it wasn't off of no recipe
When Labels came to peep it I would offer a specialty
95 north I'm in an office who checking me
Could have went south like New Orleans or Tennessee
Nothing meant to be even a calling collect fee
Cause ain't effecting me I'm involved in what's stressing me
Was brought up by enemies that were off in their energy
It was often my guardians that would part on me misery
Their heart was in place where jobs wouldn't let them be
I made a choice to never let the toxins get into me
Eventually
I keep hearing voices drowning out the sounds
La, lala, lala
La, lala, lala, la la
I keep making choices trying not to drown
ooh I need you now
La, lala, lala, la la
I'm thinking back on my block
Way before I knew if this rapping would happen or not
I used to stand and just watch
My OG'a say s*** like, if this don't pan out, we going back to the pots
Let's exam in the plot
And just imagine that you standing at a crossroads
To overcome or overkill
You could choose to politic it or choose to keep it real
And still get your whole family shot like Olan Mills
All for the Benjamins tell me, what's the benefit
Wait too long and you choose wrong dog I will never hear the end of it
Stress on my chest it's a need I feed with weed and acetaminophen
Just so I can roll with the punches and the upper cuts
Under the pressure I feel it
When choosing a life that is neither ideal nor Idyllic
My friends in low places, keep me in high spirits
So I'm out
I keep hearing voices drowning out the sounds
La, lala, lala
La, lala, lala, la la
I keep making choices trying not to drown
ooh I need you now
La, lala, lala, la la
Yeah, I'm proud, I ain't ever quit
I'd be lying if I said, I didn't think it
From a young child, God gave me a vision
And ever since I've been about my business
But when the road gets tough and life gets hard
Hit you in the face not once but twice or more
Don't throw in the towel
Oh baby don't oh baby no
Don't worry joy's on the other side
Cause when I hit the stage and I get blinded by the lights
Crowd, singing my lyrics is a different kind of high
Sold a bag of merch, floating on a cloud
Take a few pics with the fans so wild
Oh! I'ma do it I'ma do it
Aye, In my DNA so fluid
Oh! Made a promise to myself just own it
Aye! And show the young Kay I'm still going
Im still going
I keep hearing voices drowning out the sounds
La, lala, lala
La, lala, lala, la la
I keep making choices trying not to drown
ooh I need you now
La, lala, lala, la la