Ego Trips

(The Other Guys)

Uh

It's hard to relax on these ego trips that I take with myself

I was young, started a business, made mistakes with no help

My accountant said something wrong, I wasn't paying myself

Spending money tryna invest, it started draining my wealth

I was busy moving, different states from week to week

The passenger seat reclined just to squeeze and sleep

Need for cheese just replaced my need for peace

Seen fiends and thieves smoking just to ease the screams

Damn, rapping just an excuse of sharing my fears

I hit 30 and felt like I was behind compared to my peers

I was dealing with wrongs that was hard to right

So now I'm 30-plus and feeling like I got a late start in life

Yeah, young intelligent that can speak with class

You can give 'em the knowledge, but you can't teach 'em class

Up early and I was sleeping last

'Cause I'm a leader surrounded by the sheeps where they only dreams is naps

Yeah, that's right, that's right, uh

Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity

Yeah, I'm in the secret place, place

Uh, I keep a sacred space, space

That's right, that's right

I spent too many years living too uncomfortably

I'm not having it 'cause I control my destiny

All my time has been focused on my freedom now

Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity (yeah)

Things in life, you gotta live with it and accept

I felt like it was things in life I'm missing 'cause of this bread

Them sacrifices now got me entering in success

I made a choice to deal with the pain of discipline, not regret

Yeah, my skill of beatbox compared to the Pete Rock's

It's blood, sweat, and tears, I cry rivers and bleed clots

Queen spot, biggest regret exposing my weak spots

Now it's hard for them to hear from me, can't even eavesdrop

Could write these raps in a handstand

Fuck a label deal, I'm making five figures off my Bandcamp

Always had my own connections and my own money

So you'll never hear a record label stole from me

Knowledge is good, but this vision made me curious

'Cause a greater power is the wisdom from experience

Yeah, you know the pressure was felt

But if you wanna be a boss, you gotta bet on yourself

Yeah, that's right, that's right, uh

Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity

Yeah, I'm in the secret place, place

Uh, I keep a sacred space, space

That's right, that's right

I spent too many years living too uncomfortably

I'm not having it 'cause I control my destiny

All my time has been focused on my freedom now

Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity (yeah)