Build Me Up

You set me up and knocked me down

The streets'll let you down, man

You held me high, then let me drown

It's been a lesson from the start

So I just played it smart

Don't put no faith inside these *****

They gon' break your heart

The streets a dangerous place

Them corners hot and cold

Soon as you bless your game

They come back and snatch your soul

We in the last days, these ***** chasin' praise

I'm tryna get to this money, stuck in my old ways

And I kept rockin' up that quarter, bought my first J's

When them boys turned they back, that was the worst phase

When them ***** fix they plate, they ain't gon' never share

Build you up and knock you down, yeah, I've been there

Set you up for hard truths and then call it fair

But I'm just searchin' for peace of mind and clean air

They say it get worse before it get better

Cartel, how you feel about it?

I move how I move just for my kids

I feel like the police know exactly who I is

They wanna be all up in my business and not my bills

***** wanna kill you 'cause his bitch feelin' that wrist

If a ***** try, he gon' die

Put that .45 in your eye

She keep tellin' me she dreamin'

I'm goin' off a cliff and dyin'

ADHD, PTSD, bitch, you play with me, I'm fine

I remember sittin' in the prison, phone calls gettin' denied

Lil' bitty boy, mama shootin' at me, I wasnt hiding

Found a gun inside my cousin's shoebox, went outside and shot it

I be tellin' people yeah, and I be knowin' I ain't got it

Same motherfuckers talk about your ass and problems

You built me up and knocked me down

Thin in line between love and respect, *****

You held me high and let me drop

Now you can die a hero

Or live long enough to see yourself become a villain, hoe

Man, these streets get Philly cold

Started off as a dog, then ***** turned wolves with Minnesota

Want your eye like a picture store