Should I Be

Lyrics: Gabriel Al-Shaer Music: Gabriel Al-Shaer Should I cave, should I give it up, should I call it quits Should I write, should I drop another album get it in Should I talk, all my shit, I think I deserve my flowers Should I call all yall out, for tryna be a downer Should I should I should I do All the things I need to do All this for a legacy Do it for my grandchildren How they hold my catalogue They gon see our family tree Push it down I’m growing up For the whole world to see Should I be Should I be What Allah made me out to be Should I be Should I be a winner, a sinner A master and a beginner Life a real life, a pretender A savior or a grave digger Educated, but still I'm that n**** Elevated, but grindin' to build up Took some time to charge it and fill up Test, test, test, test, test I'll testify The God gave me an eye, so I blessed the sight Create my own world when I touch the mic A dirty boy with a flow and it's extra tight Flow raw so dope that I stressed it twice With no cut for the re-up, really had to go and raise my fee up Exercise, all these thoughts I confess the side Hoping y'all wouldn't hear my cries, what should I be Yeah, should I be What Allah made me out to be Should I be Should I be Should I be What Allah made me out to be Should I be Should I be the villain I know yall hate to see me When I succeed, I digress don’t do it purposefully Kinda roped myself into it, started on an accident Now I may as well keep going, thats that hustle culture heaven sent the verses, i just write em and i tend to let em fly not on me, the kinda mess yall think it take to do what i Do and I promise, for all of the rapping still it don’t come easily How to balance all these roles I play in my family Father, brother, son, academic, artist and musician Teaching for my 9-5 and then I hustle for a living Breaking my bread on all this music it’s a legacy Still tryna figure how to integrate all of me Should I be Should I be What Allah made me out to be Should I be Wait I ain't got no time for no more questions I can't let 'em doubt my vision I can't let 'em block my blessings I was down and out, bills barely paid 9-5, couldn't get a raise Nah, never had to make a change Now I'm top bill standing center stage Yeah they know my name Yeah, they know who I am I had to piece the whole puzzle together I had to stick to the plan Now haters pay enough I hear 'em saying it was overnight But they ain't see me when I was at my lowest Making sacrifice after sacrifice, like damn Should I be everything for everybody Or should I be selfish and stick to myself So many people depending on me I'm lowkey exhausted, I'm catching my breath Shout out to my angels, they guarding my steps Walking with faith, 'cause I know that I'm blessed Should I be worried about all these rappers they mention I'm not, 'cause I know that I'm next, I know that I'm Next