Forever

When I wake up, no makeup, half naked, I feel like I’m the shit

Pardon my language, but hang ups do not define the kid

No, I’m not flawless, I’m scarred up and I’m fine with it

My body art a laundry list of all of life’s unkindnesses

But—I still sip tea and chant om, and live free, cause hardships and heartbreaks, turn to rap epiphanies

And mom told me stay woke cuz all gold ain’t glistening

Choose your words wisely cuz the all knowing’s listening

But, no worries. I’m Gucci

My thighs a lil juicy, my dialogue lil awkward, my idols still move me

My life is a movie, like Raheem and Mookie, I’m just trying to do the right thing, hope that it improves me

My bamboos are costume, sue me

You’ll be soon accustomed to me

This the moral, I got royal hemoglobin coursing thru me

And my strength is now inhuman, I get that straight from my umi

Signed and sealed from out the grill of yours and truly

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who you are-Forever

Cause they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cause You so damn fine, just the way you are

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who you are-Forever

Cause they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cause You so damn fine, just the way you are

I ain’t get here overnight

I was in that mirror like 4-5 times a week, with my mala beads reciting affirmations like holy rites

And I still don’t know everything

But I guess confessions from 8 by 11s in studio sessions seem like it’s only right

And trust me, this my therapy, fuck yo couch, Finna murk all these Murphy types funny styling me, shut your mouth

Touch me, I’m slaughtering crews, squads, goons, teams, the queen is coming to rule your region, coming for all of your assets, plus your house

I ain’t always have it in me

No tolerance for pretending

I was 14 yrs old forcing pills down my throat so my baby fat diminished

Still got the scars from cutting my wrists when I thought that life was finished

Now they remind me what my lows look like now I know the sky’s the limit

Ok. Never claimed to be perfect

That’s an impossible dream

I’m just saying that I’m worth it

That’s the responsible thing

Spent half my life trying find my light from outside sources, while the only voice that mattered came from me

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who you are-Forever

Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who you are-Forever

Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are

When Roc go in, she too aggressive, that’s too masculine

And her content lil too obsessive, just relax a bit

She say she God, that’s narcissistic, just the facts of it

Nah, I Don’t really eff with female rappers, that shit sacrilege

Glad I learned early not to internalize every ink up

Daddy told me with every opinion there comes a sphincter

And they would rather see dem thots than popularize a thinker

While them lion/lying archetypes is chasing cat, I’m trying Sphinx her

Rap pharoah, skin Caramello, apparel mainly vintage

Marrow composed of warriors so every verse became a vengeance

Went thru too much hell to not be fire, but they still feigning ignorance

So now I came to collect my just due with remaining interest

Baby, I’m a star without the Flash, fame or Fenty

Came out the dark lit up the entire game upon my entry

Kept it 100, messed around and gained another century in this

Now I’m aimed to pop off til my mental chamber’s empty

I’m unbothered, your standards is irrelevant

I might eff around and rock a baldie all just for the hell of it

They been trying to martyr me for ages cuz of my melanin

So now I’m soaking uv rays with shea slathered on my abdomen

My dude, I’m magic, my gang is goddess, my mood is savage

That’s Genghis Khan, these bars moving mountains, my range astonishing

Dangerous sonnets like raining comets, they blazing-trails thru planets, all hail this kind of amazing

That’s right, we’ll call it self love

Discovered I was dope, and indulged like upscale drugs

And u could call me arrogant if that’s gon help love

But if you trying to knock me down, your demolitions failed, bruv

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who you are-Forever

Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who u are-Forever

Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who you are-Forever

Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are

You betta shine on em baby, you a star. You betta

Be exactly who uyo are-Forever

Cuz they gon try and change your heart. Don’t let up

Cuz You so damn fine, just the way you are