I be callin´ out to God like, "I´m back again" Then He told me tighten up, but I got sacked again Nerve bad like I´m back to sellin´ crack again Fame and money brought some factors I didn´t factor in Happiness be happenin´, but what happened when Depression say, "I´m back again" and get to tappin´ in? Even then, came to win, ain´t no tappin´ out I´m about all the things that I be rappin´ ´bout Bought a yacht, all the buildings I was trappin´ out Bankhead Seafood, me and T.I. got Apartments in The Bluff, yeah, that´s me I got I think about when I was a youngin, I was rollin´ rock I sold a product that would share a name with soda pop
My baby mama tell me often, so I ain´t forgot From the home of Coca-Cola and player, I´m out
Safe, keep watchin´ me (Keep on, keep on watchin´) Nobody knows what trouble I know (Nobody know) I been down, down before (I been down before) I´m on the rise to take the throne
I don´t be knowin´ if I´m comin´ or I´m goin´ I´m on a path and I don´t know where I´m goin´ Talkin´ to God, Mr. Mighty, all knowin´ I´ma say it even though I know you know it I got some people that I probably should avoid I did some things that keep me, um, paranoid I´m goin´ blank, I´m just tryna fill a void
My junkie auntie do the same with opioids
Safe, keep watchin´ me (Keep on, keep on) Nobody knows what trouble I know (Nobody knows) I been down, down before (I been down before) I´m on the rise to take the throne (To take the throne)
You got to rise up out of Hell to be heroic Better be movin´ with the wisdom of the stoics My transformation undergoin´ and it´s showin´ Stayin´ and goin´, reapin´, sowin´, I ain´t slowin´ I could write about that evil like I´m Donald Owens Seen the trappin´, seen the pimpin´, seen the hoes is hoin´
I took depression from the pain and wrote the beautiful Amen, thank the Lord of Glory, hallelujah too
Safe, keep watchin´ me (Nobody knows) Nobody knows what trouble I know (The trouble I´ve seen) I been down, down before (Yeah) I´m on the rise to take the throne