Veteran

I ain't new to this
I'll be true to this
Only we do this

I ain't no rookie
I ain't new to this
Ain't a whole lot of anybody got it
How I got it doin' what I had to do for this

I ain't got push it
If you don't know who it is
You can have a couple minutes
For to go ahead and get it
Somebody gon' clue you in

Never close my eyes for mine
I'm a night owl
Depending on the time for mine
I might prowl

Pain keep pullin
But it gon' take more than that
All the weight that you can muster
I know where to store it at

Better look both ways
Before you cross the street
Don't be no cluck
It's too easy what they show you

In these streets for to get stuck
But you gotta have your head on
Swivel nigga duck
And try not to lose your head

With the riddle they call love
That was one of the rudest awakenings
Killing me, tracing the day
That my heart to the stone

I put my hands on my chest
And with all my breath
I start crying, leave me alone
Ain't nobody have my back

When I had my back on the pavement
So surely you can say it
Just watch how you say it
Cuz

I ain't no rookie
I ain't new to this
Ain't a whole lot of anybody got it
How I got it doin' what I had to do for this

I ain't got push it
If you don't know who it is
You can have a couple minutes
For to go ahead and get it
Somebody gon' clue you in

Never close my eyes for mine
I'm a night owl
Depending on the time for mine
I might prowl

Pain keep pullin
But it gon' take more than that
All the weight that you can muster
I know where to store it at

Don't make a vow in the night
And switch by morning
Allow your enemies time
To get back on it

Look them dead in the eye
If that's your opponent
Just because you're alone
Don't mean that you're lonely

All of these specialized proverbs
Increased to specialized commerce
A place the naked eye can't see
Only if it's been altered

Had to rotate a slight degree
So I could reclaim my honor
Please your honor
I know nada

But I'm nothing like my father
I have pain and I have problems
I did things I didn't wanna
I went places with some people

It's a blessing
I wasn't caught up
Yeah, I always take it here
I guess the pain always gets brought up

I'm still tryna do repairs
On the way that I was brought up
For my son and for my daughters
For my family name

For the fact
They abandoned me
Branded me Stray
Oh The past is the past

Call it back in the day
Born to lose
Built to last
Better watch what you say

Cause I ain't no rookie
I ain't new to this
Ain't a whole lot of anybody got it
How I got it doin' what I had to do for this

I ain't got push it
If you don't know who it is
You can have a couple minutes
For to go ahead and get it
Somebody gon' clue you in

Never close my eyes for mine
I'm a night owl
Depending on the time for mine
I might prowl

Pain keep pullin
But it gon' take more than that
All the weight that you can muster
I know where to store it at
Store it At