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Do Tell

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Do Tell

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Tell my mother I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt her

And even when I did, I didn't meant to take it further

Tell my father I love him, dada ect.

You used to give me advice like I pled the raw

I tried to find myself, but I was your replica

I mean, I only tried to be what you never was

Tell my older brother I'm bad at being a brother

I know I never told ya just how highly I think of ya

Tell my Grandmother Mi, she always been a friend to me

I would of visited more if I wasn't into me

Tell Tray I think his mother is an asshole

When you get older you might understand how that goes

Tell the hood I left, not for greed or wealth

I did it for my own sanity, to keep my health

I tried to bring a few with me, hoping we can cash in

But all they said I ain't do it in a timely fashion

Tell music she saved me when shit was adverse

My first love, I give my life so she can have hers

Tell my friends, each ones, they thought me how to be one

I owe to them, part of everything I've become

Tell fame I ain't want it, Now I keep it a hundred

I try my best to go and get it but a nigga fronted

So, I logged on it, living through torment

Tell cops I got warrants I don't warrant

Tell the therapist look I never thought I'll get here

Some body ask Luv why she didn't want to live here

So when this place is a lot of pride

Anyone thinking they know me, I apologize

Grandpa is 80 plus, still being strong

Tell the fake niggas keep on keeping on

Faithfully, tell anybody who hated me

Basically, All it ever did was motivated me

They say I'm difficult, so to put it simply

Tell the world I never cared it was against me

Tell God to be there in case I fall

Tell me fan I never tripped them, I always game them my all

Tell me girl, she put me through it

But if I had to go through it with anybody, I'm thankful it's her

Tell any member of my family

For too long I hide behind my insanity and got me caught up

And then somebody tell Currency I chased him to the death

I thought I catch'd the nigga and so I ran out of breath

Tell my bruises I'm fine, I'm good, I normally heel quick

Tell the rain, come down I need to feel it

I told a nigga, give me a hand but he wouldn't

I kept telling myself I can't, until I couldn't

If niggas want to kill me tell them I already died

Tell anybody that'll listen, I tried

Till the water ran dried

Tell the water get the fuck out me eyes

Tell the crust it tastes great but I'll much rather the pie

Ask success what I gotta do so succeeded

And tell my twin brothers I look at them like my seeds

Ya'll be the mouths I feed

If a nigga ever tell me how to rid myself of some of this greed

I tell them that I'm grown, really I ain't finish growing

Look, tell failure I ain't want to get to know him

Tell the stick up kids to come and get me

Tell Stereotypes, Look I tried them shits on, they didn't fit me

Tell who ever I wrong, I apologize

They tell me There's bumps on the road, still I gotta ride

They tell me I got a lot of pride

I tell them How the FUCK you gon tell me what I got inside

Then they wanna lecture a nigga

Tell me Life is what you make it

That's when I tell them I beg to differ... nigga

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