Is this what you had expected before
Is it less, Is it more
Is it best when you're lettin' it pour
Can I trust if it's defected and torn
And the stress it absorbs
Through ya chest and the core with a lesson ignored
Situations they didn't change
I need me a big escape
I'm thinkin' a prison break
To dissipate the war
Now I guess my blessings left through the door but
This is just what I expected, I get it of course

Yeah
Up in the night
Hopin' the fam is straight and they safe from the strife
Mama askin' when the blow up coming feel like asking God what is life
I don't wanna talk about it for better or worse
That's some shit we do not do
Feel like the harder we push it inside the more that we hurtin' the people who got you
Pops taught me not to show any weakness
You show yo true feelins' don't let them see it
Soon as they sense it, they pocket it
Next time yo back is turned they gon' use it believe it
Life ain't really what you see on the TV
They make it look easy that shits an illusion
Head to the streets and I'll prove it
Fluent, study the people and learn to maneuver
Only thing people respect is money and power they never gon' settle for less
Secret is ain't no milli get made except by finessin' the ones who got less
Pull the curtains of a broken system
It's people of color that's pulley pushing
Only solution is revolution
Only solution is revolution, Let's go head and do it

Is this what you had expected before
Is it less, Is it more
Is it best when you're lettin' it pour
Can I trust if it's defected and torn
And the stress it absorbs
Through ya chest and the core with a lesson ignored
Situations they didn't change
I need me a big escape
I'm thinkin' a prison break
To dissipate the war
Now I guess my blessings left through the door but
This is just what I expected, I get it of course

Aye
Up in the booth, press record
Daydreamin' 'bout things I can't afford
I've been working hard to have a brighter life
But I'm stuck in dead-end 9 to 5
Tryin' my best to go forward
But there's so much shit in my way
My inner doubts and my inner demons are makin' me lose my place
I've been screaming out now tryna make a loud sound
But no one will hear what I say
Wanna be further along, I gotta be strong to get to the place where I'm tryna belong
Night is darkest right before the dawn
But sometimes even when you're right, you're wrong
I want a better life for me and my own
Want crowns for my people, wanna sit on my throne
Want a girl so fine with a life so sweet
Wanna come on home, kick back my feet
Want a nice new whip, wanna make it all clean
Wanna make it shine, wanna make it all gleam
Wanna sit on my porch, look back at it all
Wanna see me rise, never see me fall
Fall back to the grind, no stress in the back of my mind

Is this what you had expected before
Is it less, Is it more
Is it best when you're lettin' it pour
Can I trust if it's defected and torn
And the stress it absorbs
Through ya chest and the core with a lesson ignored
Situations they didn't change
I need me a big escape
I'm thinkin' a prison break
To dissipate the war
Now I guess my blessings left through the door but
This is just what I expected, I get it of course