We All Heard the Warnings

Yeah

This one for the broken ones, the black sheep, the cracked-out sons

Trailer trash prophets

Real talk, real scars

I know I rap 'bout dope and meth and bags of powder white

But I ain't sayin' do it, I'm just showin' you my life

Ain't no glamour in that foil, ain't no future in that pipe

Just some backwoods demons that I fought damn near every night

I was raised on them dare talks, preacher's breath smellin' like gin

Told me drugs would kill me, shit, I laughed and took a hit again

We all hear the warnin', still play chicken with the sin

Now I'm dancin' with the devil, beggin' God to let me win

I ain't glorifyin', I'm testifyin'

This that real shit, blood oath, soul cryin'

Don't want the youth to follow in this fire

But you can't stop 'em, hell, I couldn't stop mine

Yeah, we all heard the warnin'

Still we ran toward the flame

Now we high, hurt, hollowed

And insane just the same

Ain't a flex, it's a curse, ain't a dream, it's a hearse

Seen too many laid out, shirts soaked, moms burst

I rap what I lived, not what I want y'all to chase

Ain't no future in the trap, just an early grave or case

I ain't never said it's cool, just said it's true

I ain't never sold a lie in my redneck blues

I talk guns, I talk drugs, I talk war, and I talk pain

But if you got a choice, walk away from this game

We all been told, "Don't smoke that, don't shoot that vein"

But here we are, chewin' pills just to numb the rain

And if the kids hear my tracks and think that shit's lit

I pray they know I'm talkin' 'bout regret, not a hit

I ain't glorifyin', I'm testifyin'

This that real shit, blood oath, soul cryin'

Don't want the youth to follow in this fire

But you can't stop 'em, hell, I couldn't stop mine

Yeah, we all heard the warnin'

Still we ran toward the flame

Now we high, hurt, hollowed

And insane just the same

I lost my brother to the needle, lost my homie to the pills