For You Lyrics

See I came up with something; barely enough of nothin

Stuffin merch inside my pockets. Parents ask me if I'm thuggin

I just shrug and end discussion. Hug em' and say I love em

In and out of houses running, ducking, huffing and puffin

Just a youngin feeling rough n- rugged ready to hustle

Doc Holiday swagger tell your bitch to grab her bustle

See who needs missles, guns, ammo knives even muscle

When you got trouble in your corner looking for a tussle?

I ain't rustling feathers, I'm just flipping birds

So take this finger as a gift from a prodigy with words

Once was called the wizard-until that name was all I heard

Now I roll the swisher- like a magic wand of herb

Act assertively. Violence with the absurd

And with a mind like mine a mistake can even work

If I fuck up, I take it out and leave you insecure

Skip a line and curdle thoughts til they're milked for what you're worth

Even if I could stop somehow, I'd take you all with me so, why stop now?

It's for you- the things that I say, that I do

Cause when you read my words you will know my truth

My life's do or die, truth and lies (From) both sides of the faces I've made

So I lay my life out cause when in doubt you can only win with the hand you play

I've come a long way since hallways in middle school

So please forgive me. Lately I've been acting like the fool

I hope you understand that this darkness has a pull

It's always hungry, eating up well after it's full

And I've been dragged down, feel gagged now; been screaming out

And everyone wonders what the fuck it's all about!

"Where's my son?" "Where's my friend?" "Where's my god damn boyfriend?

"Where's the people that I've loved, and the ones I loved in sin?

Well Where's the faith? Where's the sun one should feel upon their face

When they need to feel the warmth and the capacity for grace?

This life has bashed me in the face, and I keep crashing when I race

To try and make escape. I think it's time to take it all away

You know what I mean. You can blame some other factors

But this pain I illustrate before you soon won't really matter

I can make em' laugh but we all know that pain and laughter

Never lasted long, even in the funniest of actors. Love you Robin

Even if I could stop somehow, I'd take you all with me so, why stop now?

It's for you- the things that I say, that I do

Cause when you read my words you will know my truth

My life's do or die, truth and lies (From) both sides of the faces I've made

So I lay my life out cause when in doubt you can only win with the hand you play

So, what does I'm saying really mean?

What are you accountable for? Is the mirror you use clean?

I guess what I'm getting at is that spitting rap for me

Is like wiping slates clean of all the things that dwell beneath

All the hidden shadows and sharp edges that seem to lead

Me to the dark ledges hoping that I do fall in deep

I've been there before… so fuck that metaphor and move on

Don't hang yourself, cut yourself in water that is luke warm

And if you do find there is something come the next morn

Then thank yourself, and don't forget to write me saying come on!

I've had it, but I know I can't stop

I'm an addict and every single beat I do's a drop

Straight to the brain. I lurk in pain with every thought

A soul to buy, the devil tried but all for naught

And now you're caught, within this web that I weave taut

Trapped in every line between what is heard and what is not