Fake

Verse:
starting off local
i ain’t got no pro tools
i am not the protocol, the typical, no strings to pull
full of mind games
no rules, step out the way
if you don’t come to play you might as well spectate
by the way, i’m in a really dark place
you can speculate all you want
my father’s son but the light don’t shine my way
got a lot on my plate
you can see it in my eyes i don’t stop the grind i can’t wait
locked in this cage, anxious to play
work with whatever i have to get a hundred plays
stuck under the waves behind pace
tryna stay afloat in this cave
losing track of days in a haze
now i’m used to the cold world that we hate
give a nod & a smile to entertain
but behind closed doors it’s just not the same
c’mon, you know how it is to be fake

Chorus:
split face, two face, hiding in the shade
talk behind your back, acting different ways
under the surface some people are fake
fake, fake, fake, fake

Verse:
now i’m tellin’ y’all the truth, no one wants to hear it?
it’s what we all go through, feels good to unleash it
get it off my chest, clear my mind, freedom speeches
i am legit full of wit no restrictions
envision a man, with a pale in his hand
wishin’ he had the energy to stand
on his hands & knees reaching for assistance
not a person around, think he’s losing his vision
no objects to be found, crawling on the ground drippin’
sweat from his wrinkled face, dirty as a lil’ kid
hurting for some vikoden, losing his mind again
hear the sirens, if he doesn’t find a plate or collect spare change
prematurely, he lays unfit to survive
and we look the other way, but was it really his time to pass away?
what if that was you?

Chorus:
split face, two face, hiding in the shade
talk behind your back, acting different ways
under the surface some people are fake
fake, fake, fake, fake