WHY I LEFT

I need to tell you something

There's no easy way to say this

But love is rarely worth the effort if it's painless, so here it is

I've been goin' through some changes

You said you'd take my name when I was nameless

Well, I'm no longer nameless

And I ain't on no A-list

But now that it's in sight, that's where my aim is

We met when I was aimless

Then I promised I would save us

I started scrapin' quarters off the pavement

Now that's where my name is

I was gettin' tired of turnin' pages

Next chapter's in stone, I gotta go through the paces

First steps, family floorboards were stages

Feel like I've been doin' this for ages

Don't go, gimme your hand, let me hold hope

Would you walk alongside me?

If I was a stranger, let's face it

You'd leave me wanderin' like I'm lost at sea

Don't let me leave, ohh, baby

There's no easy way to say this

By the time we meet again, we might be strangers

So there it is, I don't know if I could face it

I'm haunted by our final conversations and all the time we wasted

I spent so many hours on these flights, they're like a day shift

I'll work as night and day shift 'til I'm close enough to taste it

You said you want a life without complacence

But you don't want the man who's tryna chase it

I ain't changin' my pitch, now it's too late to forget

Starin' my vanity down, like, "What would you pay to be rich?"

I said, "I'll never see change," he said, "You'll never see change"

That's when my energy changed, causin' a paradigm shift

Watch as a pair of dimes flip, double the chances I get

They'll say "he's takin' what's mine" I'll say, "I'm takin' the fifth"

Industry name's on the line, bank on me chasin' their debt

You want my name on the line? Why can't you name a percent?

Why would I pay for your sins? You couldn't pay me respect

I don't need anyone's help, I could build all this again (Yeah-eah-eah)

Ego's your capital vice, I pen a capital M

Y'all here to capitalize, so I put a cap on the pen

What's your capital get?

If I need it, I'll pay in sweat

The only thing out of reach is the part of me I just left (Don't go)

On my way to the settin' sun

Don't try and find me again, I'm a stranger to everyone

I'm a stranger to everyone