I Apologize

Yeah

Check, check

Look (ayy, ayy, ayy)

This for the sons with no father figures in their life

This for the baby mothers who never gon' be a wife

This for the daughters who lost their innocence to the streets

This for the brothers in them trenches where it ain't no peace

I forgot to call and check on you like I was 'posed to

I forgot to help you take some weight off your shoulders

I forgot to give you love when that's what you lacked

I forgot to pray for you when the Devil attacked

I really wish that I could take away all of your stressing

I really wish that I could turn your pain into blessings

I really wish I could deliver you from all the drama

I really wish that I could heal you from all your trauma

I'm finding balance, tryna learn how to love better

Tryna make life for the ex-cons and thugs better

We underdogs and outcasts, we love pressure

This deeper than a rap song, this a love letter (ayy, ayy, ayy)

I apologize for the way the world made me, got it all

I turned my back on your attention, should've gave it to my baby

Seen a lot of wrong and blamed it on the Devil

Pain, the only thing the streets ever gave me

I seen 'em put that dirt on top of you with shovels

Lord knows I had the chance, you'd be right with me

I got a heart full of tears, I just ain't cried yet

My uncle told me that we're dead, we just ain't died yet

We in a spiritual war, mentally, I'm gettin' tired

Playing chess against myself, trying not to root for either side

It's depressing when I'm passing through my block

I done took so many losses, I lost my way to the top

The streets had me in a dark place that was sunken

Too young to realize, I was functioning in dysfunction

Everybody was thuggin', angry, violent, and broke

Been sleepin' on me forever, steady claiming they're woke

It was rare that I spoke, constantly losing hope

Laughing to keep from crying, so it was often we joked

Let's go, 'cause time after time I done been denied

But I ain't got nothin' to lose, so I ain't got no pride

Grew up way too fast, everything was exposed to us

We gon' just keep showing up until this world notice us (ayy, ayy, ayy)

I apologize for the way the world made me, got it all

I turned my back on your attention, should've gave it to my baby

Seen a lot of wrong and blamed it on the Devil

Pain, the only thing the streets ever gave me

I seen 'em put that dirt on top of you with shovels

Lord knows I had the chance, you'd be right with me