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[verse 1]
I did everything I could to be like you
Not my mother or my father, I mean like you
I mean the people that are listening through the speakers
to the words that I'm preachin in this verse, when I speak it
It’s like my pledge of allegiance, you see, I'm scared that I need ya (so)
I promise, (no) I swear I won’t leave you long as you like me
Psyche’s impaired by my demons but still I'm fearful to flee ‘em
A little struggle makes the victory sweeter...
Put that in the lemonade I made from what life gave
Until that’s a tombstone over my grave
I really tried to fall in line like a nice shave
But I'm old school, still talkin’ “back in my day”
wo ways to live and I couldn’t take the highway
Hope this road is what I expect, like a blind date
Hide the windows to my soul behind shades (why)
To try to mask my audibles as designed plays
[hook]
I tried to be just like you…
I tried to be just like you…
I'm so sorry, I tried to be like you
But something in my mind said I wasn’t designed to
I'll never reach the top if I'm standin beside you
‘Cause there’s only one spot, I gotta take it despite you,
So I'm so sorry
[verse 2]
I did everything I could to be like you
Not my mother or my father, I mean like you
Tried to blend in when i’d sit beside you
‘Cause no opinion matters to me, besides you
Homie what you got there? Maybe I should try too
Soarin off of a cliff? Maybe I can fly too (nope)
Fell and learned some places you can’t go
And you’ll never fit a round peg in a square hole (nope)
I'm in a different league, see, we don’t share goals (nope)
So they wonder why I value my degree over 24’s
(or) Why I don’t flash cash in videos
And even though I'm still addicted to centerfolds
They wonder how I pass up lust for love
Or alcohol, weed, smoke, dust or drugs
They wonder why I sweat in this booth
to tell you the truth, every word is my blood and every letter’s the proof
They wonder why I don’t drink, or get high
Is he religious? Did someone in his family die?
Was his momma an addict, and some nights he cried?
Is his bloodline poisoned from a needle’s insides?
Was he born paranoid? Can he feel it inside?
Is he one drink away from attempting suicide?
Did his father put his hands on his soon to be bride?
Did he watch his father do the same in kind?
Now, some of that I can’t deny
But if you looking for a reason why I'm sober...
Every twenty four hours I'm another day older
As a black man, lifetime second hand smoker
with this stress on my shoulders, my life span shorter
and I don’t wanna miss a minute ‘fore my days over
I don’t judge no one, you can do what you like
but when you offer me a drink, and I tell you that I'm fine
or you offer me a hit, I say I'm already high
That’s ‘cause I live life like I already died
I'll know what I'll lose when the days go by
If you could fit my shoes you would understand why
[bridge]
They wonder how I keep cool, calm, composed
Diamond in the rough, pressure’s all I know
Flaws here and there but I accept ‘em
I hope you do the same, regardless, tomorrow I won’t change
[hook]