Do What I Can

Music: Tione Merritt So mama when I die, please hold in your cry Just know that when I'm gone I'll always be right by your side And lover when I leave—
Who the, **** told you go be a ooter? It ain't shit in them streets, **** around die 'bout some beef I ain't lying bro, find something cooler Never lie, you get packed as the ruler In the crib, I'm still clutching the ruler You gon' look up like, "**** this whole shit" 'Cause a what is gon' hit when you tryna maneuver Foreign trucks when I'm tryna maneuver Bullied up when I'm tryna maneuver I'm tryna vent to the youth and just tell 'em the truth Change your life, I ain't tryna lose you Shit hit deep, I'm tryna do what I can Y'all know ain't no lying to my fans Grew up, bullets flying, had to blam I look up, so many dying, what's the plan?
Thought I'd never change, couldn't do it Quarter milli' chains so stupid But I love my mains and that's what I claim Mama told me gangs so stupid Mama told me gangs so dumb Mama told me gangs don't work I got lost in these streets, she was watching me tweak She get quarter but can't even hurt God must ain't want me to die It's just some real shit that happened I'm lucky I'm even here rapping, could've been in the sky Shot in my neck and my chest, I weigh one-sixty-five Even doctors like, "I ain't gon' lie" Modern day shopping Dubai Dropped out early, don't know Pi Some shit inevitable But it's on you to go better you I ain't tryna hit the nine
Who the, **** told you go be a ooter? It ain't shit in them streets, **** around die 'bout some beef I ain't lying bro, find something cooler Never lie, you get packed as the ruler In the crib, I'm still clutching the ruler You gon' look up like, "**** this whole shit" 'Cause a what is gon' hit when you tryna maneuver Foreign trucks when I'm tryna maneuver Bullied up when I'm tryna maneuver I'm tryna vent to the youth and just tell 'em the truth Change your life, I ain't tryna lose you Shit hit deep, I'm tryna do what I can Y'all know ain't no lying to my fans Grew up, bullets flying, had to blam I look up, so many dying, what's the plan?
Now we being realistic I know niggas that probably feel way about niggas Just thinking 'bout how we done blitzed it Never get this shit twisted Nigga run up on me, he gon' be a statistic I go back to my own lane and keep pushing the message like we tryna fix this They put violence for click-clicks And suburban kids hyping the comments could lick dick And the part that they dismiss My story, a Bronx nigga trying to get rich Ain't gon' lie, I be loved Independent, they eyeing the buzz Rap about it, no lying, it was Couldn't make it here trying to thug
Who the,**** told you go be a ooter? It ain't shit in them streets, **** around die 'bout some beef I ain't lying bro, find something cooler Never lie, you get packed as the ruler In the crib, I'm still clutching the ruler You gon' look up like, "**** this whole shit" 'Cause a what is gon' hit when you tryna maneuver Foreign trucks when I'm tryna maneuver Bullied up when I'm tryna maneuver I'm tryna vent to the youth and just tell 'em the truth Change your life, I ain't tryna lose you Shit hit deep, I'm tryna do what I can Y'all know ain't no lying to my fans Grew up, bullets flying, had to blam I look up, so many dying, what's the plan?
You know, it honestly took me a little while for me to realize what I was doing. The negative energy, the music we putting out, how it's affecting my culture and even how I live my day-to-day life You know what I'm tryna say? Like, I feel like the trend to hate your own kind and, you know, shitting on everybody Tryna be tough and gang banging and shit, it's all stupid And being honest, it did take me some years to realize it I'm twenty-five now and that shit all seem like it's corny And I apologize for all the negativity I put in the air and misleading to the youth. That came from my behalf. And moving forward, I'ma do what I can to, you know, better the trenches, better the youth and shit Ain't no positive role models right now, especially that come from the places like where I come from and shit Tss, and I don't want y'all to take me wrong I don't want y'all to think I'm saying like I ain't got no real ****-ups Like I know I ain't perfect and I did a lot of wrong, you know? But I gotta acknowledge what's wrong and what's right Just tryna do what I can
Who the, **** told you go be a ooter? It ain't shit in them streets, **** around die 'bout some beef I ain't lying bro, find something cooler Never lie, you get packed as the ruler In the crib, I'm still clutching the ruler You gon' look up like, "**** this whole shit" 'Cause a what is gon' hit when you tryna maneuver Foreign trucks when I'm tryna maneuver Bullied up when I'm tryna maneuver I'm tryna vent to the youth and just tell 'em the truth Change your life, I ain't tryna lose you Shit hit deep, I'm tryna do what I can Y'all know ain't no lying to my fans Grew up, bullets flying, had to blam I look up, so many dying, what's the plan?