Oh, people down-cast in despair See the disillusion everywhere Hoping their bad luck will change It's a little harder everyday People struggle, people fight For the simple pleasures in their life The trouble comes from everywhere It's a little more than you can bear I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart The way things are The way they've been And the way they've always been People shallow, self-absorbed See them push and shove for their rewards When nothing else is on their minds You can read about it in their eyes People ruthless, people cruel The damage that some people do Full of hatred, full of pride It's enough to make you lose your mind I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart The way things are And the way they've been Yeah, I know that it will hurt (I know that it will hurt) I know that it will break your heart The way things are And the way they've been Don't spread the discontent Don't spread the lies Don't make the same mistakes With your own life You know it'll always come back Yeah, I know that it will hurt (I know that it will hurt) I know that it will break your heart The way things are And the way they've been Don't spread the discontent Don't spread the lies Don't make the same mistakes With your own life And don't disrespect yourself Don't lose your pride And don't think everybody's Gonna choose your side, oh no

I don't know when to stop Bull in a China shop Reckless behind the wheel Been stuck in my left brain Don't have my thoughts trained So don't know how I feel They say, proceed with caution I say, boy don't be scared These hands will always handle you with care Maybe I'll Break a couple rules Break a little promise Maybe I'll Break a little sweat When I'm getting too honest Maybe I'll break the stereotype of a girl from a small town I might break down on my way out Loving me might feel like a shot in the dark but I ain't gonna break your heart (oh) No I ain't gonna break your heart (oh) So unpredictable Least I admit it though You drew the wild card If you can believe it I'll love you to pieces And leave you with no scars, mhmm yeah They say, proceed with caution I say, boy don't be scared (don't be scared) These hands will always handle you with care Maybe I'll Break a couple rules Break a little promise Maybe I'll Break a little sweat When I'm getting too honest Maybe I'll break the stereotype of a girl from a small town I might break down on my way out Loving me might feel like a shot in the dark but I ain't gonna break your heart (oh) (Oh) I might break the speed limit To get to you on a Friday night I won't hit the brakes Running every light 'Til I'm looking in your eyes Yeah I might (maybe I'll) Break a couple rules Break a little promise (break a little promise) Maybe I'll Break a little sweat When I'm getting too honest (ohh) Maybe I'll break the stereotype of a girl from a small town I might break down on my way out Loving me might feel like a shot in the dark but I ain't gonna break your heart (oh) No I ain't gonna break your heart (oh) I ain't gonna break your heart (oh) No I ain't gonna break your heart I ain't gonna break your heart

I could have loved you in time But I don't have much time, even to myself You think I'm here to stay but I know That the winds are gonna change And my heart will feel the pain of wanting something else So let me apologize ahead Cause I'm gonna break your heart tonight instead I'm gonna break your heart I'm gonna break your heart Quiet and softly You're better off without me You're trying to pull me in but you're pushing us apart I cannot touch you without setting your hopes on fire So please, oh please hear me every word I say: I promise you, oh I promise you I'm gonna let you down in every way I'm gonna break your heart I'm gonna break your heart Quiet and softly You're better off without me

I always wanted to do one of these type shits Uh, I had a yellow girl, called her, "Dandelion" She be panty-less, so no panty lines She's from Campbellton, north of county line Steady hands, never let her count the bands, though She fucked me, tryna pluck a couples bucks like a banjo Had a girl that was a artist, she could draw, her name Tracy She always outta line, making Mona Lisa faces And we argue all the time, but we fuck like we crazy She said her favorite thing is face painting I used to have this white shorty, always hanging with the black folk She used to bump Black Thought, I saw her using black soap That's a wack thought, ain't wanna kick her to the curb Until she asked me, can she say the N word? Hey, can I say "nigga" around you? Some nerve I knew a girl from Jersey who use to love Donny Hathaway And she was from Piscataway Her brother pulled a gun on me, she told him "Put the gat away" I was tapping that ass, I'll never forget the Saturday But it don't even matter like D'Angelo and Laur' Hill I had a country girl from Alabama down in Mobile At that time, she had mo' bills than me And she, her, had no time to chill with me I still miss her, I wonder where could she be? Hand me the Fronto leaf Hey, damn bro, I don't think we got no more Alght, let's go to the store Aight nigga, shit, but we driving yo' shit You driving? Young nigga, you don't know nothing 'bout no bitches Listen Now as we smoke and ride and reminisce I'm thinking back to a time when I was Young and dumb with single nigga privileges I had a chick, her name was Loraine, did anything for me On the day she get her hair done, walk in the rain for me Pick Sharika up and stole the car, she wasn't ashamed of me Trapping hard, slept on the floor, and never complained to me My baby went into stores and did her thang for me Even ran from police and got it back on the train for me Lame to me, half of these bitches, laugh at these bitches 'Til the point you go on IG and you can rap for these bitches Not to say I wouldn't tackle these bitches, given the chance If it happened, it was destiny, shit was out of my hands I'm saying... Man... They say karma is constant That means it's just... it's a consistent cycle of... Good and bad Coming and going from every source of... life... Existing on Earth, so... If I fucked a bitch real good back in the day You know what I'm saying? I'm talking like real good and like made her feel, you know Like the woman that it made her into the woman that she is right now Then I'd expect somebody should be Coming to fuck me real good any day now I mean it's karma, right? Shit