The Dark

My pops wasn't really present in my life
Go figure
Typical black male stereotypes
Where you go jail or you die
Fail if you try
but really the system ain't really designed
For no nigga
And who am I?
Another face, case, broken dream
Ended before it started
Leaving me broken hearted
Given me spoken hatred
Only to be mistaken and looked at like I'm a target
Like why is this nigga bitching?
Well if your cup runneth over and
You ain't got no pot to piss in seems ridiculous
So you gotta to make it
But that's a question of will you?
What doesn't make will kill you
Be stronger for the better
In hopes one day that they gon feel you
And if they don't make your point and move on
When you thought you said it all say it all on a song
And if you don't love me now then I'll say my so longs
So long
Au revouir
Every time that I tried they seem to pay me no mind
Paint me as the bad guy at the scene of the crime
And man I just dont know why
I pick my life up from the pieces
Tryna find out what peace is
I'm traveling through the dark
I'm following from the start
Just to see where the street is
Telling you all these secrets
Coming straight from the heart
Only tear me apart
Yeah, they only tear me apart
Constantly struggle with thoughts of what life would be
If I never left home at nineteen
What would happen if I stayed complacent
And made mistakes and never learned from the same few faces
That could guide me?
I guess we'll never know
Kanye shrug
But I constantly tug at the thought of where my life could go at any moment
So I own it
Never regret because at one point I did want it
And here we are
Life can give you lemons but they never tell you it's in your backyard
And life can deal you your hand but you can never switch the cards
So make due even when you at odds
And your patience runs thin and the time is slipping
Never give up when your life is god given, yeah
This ain't no preach just a reach at the stars
I need the light just to get through the dark
Yeah
This ain't no preach just a reach at the stars
I need the light just to get through the dark
I pick my life up from the pieces
Tryna find out what peace is
I'm traveling through the dark
I'm following from the start
Just to see where the street is
Telling you all these secrets
Coming straight from the heart
Only tear me apart
Yeah, they only tear me apart