Lyrics been a while. - SmooveDonn

Everybody can't go
You crabs in a barrel ass niggas, y'all tried to pull me down
Y'all tried to pull me down
Where is the world I've been looking for
Oh, it's been a while since I'm almost home Oh, I've had it in this town, in the water and storms
The ocean's rising, does it even know
All I ever wanted was to live a life that come with purpose

Dreams of being signed, but waking up as a construction worker
Stressing off this music shit, my trash is full of crumbled verses
Trying everything, but everything just feel like nothing's working
Five years of swimming, still struggling just to touch the surface

In that booth for hours, wanting perfect, damn, my stomach hurting
People ask me how I hit big stages and don't come off nervous
See, when you put the work in, moments like that feel deserving
I was trying to build they curved me, left me all alone

Trying to book a show for months, them niggas ain't pick up the phone
Maybe I rap too much, so I dropped some hype, switched up the tone
I'm at ya crown like Michael B, make your king give up the throne
Like Tory Lanez, I'm gunning for your feet to keep you on your toes

I'm from a place where niggas feel entitled, leeching off their bros
And they ain't thinking for they self, shit to me, they just some clones
Dumfries DMV, that's the place I call my home

I try to be a solid nigga, you know, take my people with me
But the reality of it is, Everybody can't go, Everybody can't go

A crab, a crab in a barrel, you put a bunch of crabs in a barrel
Every crab that tries to climb out of the barrel
There's another crab that's gonna grab that crab and pull it back in

Eventually no crabs can get out the barrel
Because they're all pulling each other back down
Because they're all trying to get to the top
No crab is helping

Old friends, new foes, goaltend new goals
Just did two shows, check cleared blue notes
Then came back home, still feel too broke

They trying to take what I made, cautious when I move tho
Candlelights and ceremonies, gotta stay prepared for them
Two minute drive from gangland territory
House party was the move, till the opps aired it on em

Cops came, shut it down, momma said she scared for me
Anyone can catch a stray when death is on the rise
And they just clapped your man's the streets expecting you to slide
This game don't got no love, my nigga check up on your guys

My homie ain't no killer, but he kept it on his side
And then they took em' from me, I been stressed as fuck inside
His cousin wasn't going, he was vexed and upped the nine
He threw away his goals, but said I better follow mine

So while I'm counting ticket sales, he in a cell counting time
Damn
Where is the world I've been looking for
Oh, it's been a while since I'm almost home Oh, I've had it in this town, in the water and storms
The ocean's rising, does it even know

Told myself I gotta escape
Out of this place, out of this place

I keep on telling myself I gotta escape
Out of this place, out of this place