Lyrics Benefit of the Doubt - MC Uriah

I used to wanna fall in love
Nowadays I'd rather be alone
Feel like it's a whole new world
Where it's hard to even trust a soul

Still
I try to give them the benefit of the doubt
Like I'd hope they'd do my music
I'm sorry for all the droughts
I've been doing this for me, we're most doing it for the clout
Standing on my business, I'm hoping that they would vouch
But they just want my talents
they've been trying to wring me out
They've been treating me like trash
I guess that I'm Oscar the Grouch
Took it as a lesson now I'm charging new amounts
Send it straight to my account or bad check you could bounce
Really don't need them around
Anybody in my circle knows that I'ma hold it down
Doing anything you need, hoping we all can make it out
Cause everybody needs a blessing, that's why it's never announced
I know what it's like to build some shit up from the ground, man
Life is such a circus, learn you can't work with the clowns
I think loyalty is royalty, I remain with my crown
Cause love just ain't lived up to how it sounds

Swear I used to wanna fall in love
Nowadays I'd rather be alone
Feel like it's a whole new world
Where it's hard to even trust a soul

Cause
I've seen more people get crossed than intersections
Even including myself, I know toxicity's infectious
Get it by any means definition of a death wish, man
It kinda seems survival's been clouding my perception
But I can't appear weak, cause they could use that as a weapon
And you gotta be goofy if you'd think I give the leverage
Sending all these letters with an underlying message saying
Find your inner strength and then possess it
Keep on going, don't get tired, no one ever sees perfection
But it only stays alive when you nurture and protect it
Recognize the blessing, even when it is a mess that it gets dressed in
That there's never really losses, only lessons
But it breaks down to perspective, and I guess that anything could be subjective
I'm just trying to make the most out of my wreckage
I understand that no one owes you shit, and nobody's got an exception
But honestly, that just sounds like oppression and still we rep it

Went from desensitised to tired of being senseless