thE confrontatioN

It is what it is, not was what it was

Yeah, hey, uh

Confrontation is confirmation

I can't make a decision just based on observation

'Cause when your energy's off, I need a conversation

But you're too comfortable with strangers for validation

Yeah, I think I'm losing patience

You niggas get too comfortable

But no more mr. Nice guy, that shit insufferable

I choose violence so fuck being vulnerable

'Cause when I chose silence, man, that shit had me uncomfortable

And if I'm being honest, dawg, that shit is not recoverable

Don't go hating yourself trying to be loveable

Don't go catching on feelings acting untouchable

Don't ignore your gut feeling always being gullible

'Cause lately to me, it seems loyalty's adjustable, nigga

Yeah, but we move, right?

Sad generation, all them Twitter likes don't prove you're right

Being alive sucks till you come close to losing life

So choose life

'Cause if it doesn't hurt then it's not love

That shit comes with the pain, nigga package deal

Gotta keep it moving though, baby, otherwise, you never heal

One thing consistent is the common will

Yeah, that's just me, that's just how I feel

I never fake a smile just to, uh

No more complaints about the industry from me

Fuck telling folk hard work, nigga just pay the fee

You gotta kiss the right asses, don't be like me

Get your fake smile game up, nigga, you wanna eat?

'Cause every time you check the lineup, it's on repeat

Just gotta sacrifice to ask who just to get a seat

Motherfuckers don't understand, man this shit gets deep

That's why niggas get coked up and they can't sleep

Imagine staring at the mirror and you can't see you

Just the brand that you built up to try feed you

And the brands are watching, nigga, so can't speak truth

No fumbling the bag so you can't be you

Be all the reason why niggas wanna be like you

They figured doing it like you is guaranteed w's

Then it's you vs self like a ang lee flick

And then you realize that all that shit don't mean shit

Yeah, confrontation is confirmation

I'm not surprised that it ended with no communication

I'm just confused that you made it about remuneration

Then took it personal just to protect your reputation

Yeah, it's all a simulation

This whole time I avoided making a speculation

This whole time I've been waiting to have a conversation

But you would rather pay lawyers to make a mediation

Yeah, tribulations and trials

Suddenly you demanding exaggerated amounts

Got me thinking I should've left solo back in the south

You niggas never deserved to step foot in my mama house

Yeah, can't believe they switched the narrative around

Everybody said I'm the reason the crew was falling out

When I'm the reason why certain niggas could put an album out

And I'm the reason why everybody's familiar with them now, yeah

And everybody would vouch

I did it even though the industry wouldn't allow

I guess I'll only get my flowers when I'm buried in the ground

Unfortunately, it's too late to reconcile

Whatever's in the past, I'm leaving it all behind

I took a wrong turn 'cause I wasn't reading the signs

Took me four years to figure all of it out

It was only holding me back, tryna hold you niggas down

I said what I said, regretted it over the years, it is what it is

One bucket and two tears, I did what I did

That's the reason I'm still here

But like jimmy hoffa, they want me to disappear

These young niggas treated my verses like souvenirs

You downplaying my story just because they told you theirs

All I wanted was to make that list

Until I realized that all that shit don't mean shit, nigga