Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone (yeah) Easy, easy (talkinâ to my younger self) Pull out my heart to make the being alone
Dear Gerald, youâre fourteen years and a truant Youâre trying to find your place, and figure out where you fit Youâre finna start rappinâ with a kid you went to school with But, more on that later, right now youâre going through it See, youâre going to have to prove that youâre not soft and youâre not stupid And you gonâ have to scrap with some kids that you ainât cool with You got a short temper, just be careful when you lose it You wanna be the man, but itâs gonâ take some time to prove Youâll fall in love, but sheâs gonâ break your heart and put you through it Fuck falling for that bullshit, you gonâ fall in love with music
Yourâe finna get arrested, almost fuck around and lose it Spend days in juvy standing at that window, looking through it Nothing in life is promised, not even free-time is So, only chase dreams, and only chase commas Wonât happen on its own, trust, trust, weâve been through it
If it was easy, everyone would do it This game is notâŠ
Easy, easy (Eazy) Pull out my heart to make the being alone Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone
I mean, I was fucking up I was seventeen, I was eighteen, just doing dumb shit My moms made me move to New Orleans and shit, I went to school down there on a scholarship I finally got my shit together, I started taking music seriously Then it started to kinda pop off a little bit, almost
Dear Gerald, 21, you think youâve got it figured out Got a big head from them labels trying to bring you out Till they passed on you, they ainât see what they was missing out On, that flight home gave you some shit to think about
Scrambling trying to figure out, went back to the drawing board Know they say rejectionâs only supposed to make you want it more But, no lie, you contemplating quitting, walking out the door But, what the fuck you supposed to do? This is all youâre living for Really it was that and Dev, that was all you had Paying rent by engineering other rappers at the pad Barely getting by, hella broke, you was doing bad Then âThese Things Happenedâ, you finally seen a bag You drove down the highway, a fork in the road A normal life with her, or going for broke? I seen an open lane and I went straight through it
If it was easy, everyone would do it This game is notâŠ
Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone
I literally sold all my shit I moved out of my place in New Orleans I was traveling around, living out of a suitcase Crashing on friendsâ couches Living at air B&Bs and hotels Trying to make the album Trying to make When Itâs Dark Out If I could take it there, thatâd be great
Dear Gerald, life changed since you dropped your second album And Me, Myself & I just went 7x Platinum Toured around the world, damn, you really had âem But now youâre 27 and itâs time to be a legend Back when it all started, grinding hard on that promo tour Tired from the night before and the night before and the night before Fuck it, tomorrow, gotta fly some more Donât complain, this is what you signed up for Youâre working for your family, managers, agents They all want something different from you, tell them all patience But, this oneâs on you, the lonely quest of greatness
Been trying to be famous, been trying to be A-list When you arrive, it will appear as if thereâs nothing to it But, you planted the seeds and you grew it Thereâs people taking credit for success that they had nothing to do with
If it was easy, everyone would do it This game is notâŠ
Easy, easy (Eazy) Pull out my heart to make the being alone Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone
So now youâre here What you gonâ do with it?
You know?
Make no mistake, listen itâs the life I was chosen for All I prayed for was an open door Iâve been rich, Iâve been broke before Iâve seen the floor You try to put me in a box, Iâll box out like Oak â04 And fuck being indecisive now Iâm so for sure And fuck Trump, itâs like âWhat the fuck we voted for?â And most of yâall should probably party less and focus more And if that line resonates, youâre probably who I wrote it for Where will I go from here? "IDK" They want me to architect Rome, in a day
Juice knew I was greatness when he looked at me Right away, Iâve made platinum records thatâll never see the light of day This is what the whole worldâs been waiting for The crowdâs jumping, going dumb until they break the floor Come take a walk inside my mind, come and take a tour Iâm really not playing, what the fuck you take me for?
Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone Easy, easy Pull out my heart to make the being alone Easy Easy Easy