Lyrics I Knew - TEF XL

Ever been in such a space
Either path can be your play
So much promise so much homage
To those who paved the way
All this pressure do the same
How will what I say make change
Blessed a gift and a curse
Saw this vision in my brain
Then I knew
Yeah uh yeah
Then I knew
Yeah uh yeah

Memory cursed with moving caine
Homies lost to the game
Some got took some got hooked
Some got saved
Some got booked
This that real life
I try to talk and hold a mic
Hope the words hit you right
Every verse I take a flight
New Years Eve close with lessons
Here writing my confessions
Know this year gone be my year
Tip and toast for all them blessings
Sip alone need the space
Can't be slipping in this race
Got my business plans together
Know my time won't be forever
Cause I knew
See them leaves like you do
Rap is how I made it through
Black as night from me to you
Stand chill like hustlers do
On that side walk
Only fiends want talk
Sip my henny fore some spill
Coat with milk to the ease the chill
Stacking dubs chasing mills
Saw the writing on the wall
This too small I want it all
What it take for me to ball
Make the call and switch lanes
Leave the game for bigger things
Pray I make it through the change

Ever been in such a space
Either path can be your play
So much promise so much homage
To those who paved the way
All this pressure do the same
How will what I say make change
Blessed a gift and a curse
Saw this vision in my brain
Then I knew
Yeah uh yeah
Then I knew
Yeah uh yeah

I slip and slide through this life
With ups and downs for a price
Made my first hundred stacks
Moving weight through the trap
From FLA to current day
So much growth to where I'm at
People scowl I just smile
Ain't no sense in chasing that
Keep it real too much to gain
Won't let that simple in my brain
This big business this real talk
You can see it in my walk
Just yesterday gave son my praise
Told him love the way he raised
Looked in his eyes and touched his soul
That's what's missing now a days
Never claimed to be a rapper
That's a skill I can't chase after
From the hood so when I speak
It's from a space of pain and laughter
Homey Slick heard my shit
And said my story what people after
How you move how you rose
Made mistakes and paths you chose
Be transparent stay coherent
Watch the lives you touch and capture
If your books willing to open this will be your life new chapter
Every verse a gift and curse
Tell the truth sometimes it hurts
Learned thru pain there's a gain
If you let go that's when you grow

Ever been in such a space
Either path can be your play
So much promise so much homage
To those who paved the way
All this pressure do the same
How will what I say make change
Blessed a gift and a curse
Saw this vision in my brain
Then I knew
Yeah uh yeah
Then I knew
Yeah uh yeah