Long Way ft. Tay LaRose Lyrics

Lately it's been getting hard to stay coordinated

I work 10 steps ahead of myself

I've been so inpatient

My mom told me don't rush it

Now I recall her statement

I gotta take the longer route on my road to Greatness

I gave up almost 3 times in the past 3 years

I had to boss up

Make some changes

And face all my fears

I don't have no opps, me vs me

I done seen some tears

God let me go through those hard times just to test my faith

I don't have no idols

A few folks I revere

How do I start to explain how my life became this way ?

Getting hard so I don't know

I've been sitting down reminiscing

I remember all the pain but I smile even with a low blow

I remember hate

All them Niggas used to talk down on my name

Looking down on where I came from

How the fuck I overcame?

Managed to remain the same

Walking around in this cold cold world

I took a trip to Nigeria

Thirteen hour flight just landed

Trying to catch a better vibe

Incase you wonder how I've been feeling

Heart Cold as Minnesota, been down hearted for a minute

First time she heard I was Nigerian

Probably thought I was a Scammer

But by the end of the night, she'll turn into a dancer

I've been screaming Fuck Love, them niggas made that shit a anthem

I done put in so much time, it hurt that I can't get it back now

I be all up in my thoughts, got questions only she can answer

So alone that I got Vlone, I got Vlone on me

Energy on Zero but I'm the life of the party

I've been cooling on a D-Lo I'm unfazed, I'm unbothered

Only time that I come around is to finish what I started.

But the Fame is what I wanna Attain

Need the chance to Hit The Stage

Let the whole world Know My Name

But I know it's a Dirty Game

You could have your Image Tainted

Forced to throw your morals out the window

What's the gain?

I'm just tryna beat those odds

In a system that's designed for me to fall

I'm tryna ball and remain who I am

But the people, they make it hard

They're gonna judge your every move

When you try to do what's right

I do I swear

Food stamps to Middle Class Living

No need for Government Assistance

Moma working hard alone

She took the Role of Both Parents

Making sure that I'm good

Promise this just the beginning

I don't have a hood story

I'm just a man on a mission

Moving in a way you don't expect like a silent assassin

Getting everything I want done

The exact way that I planned it

Put God first before the music

Only I understand it yea

Only I understand it

Man I used to feel abandoned

Lonely Child like Youngboy

It ain't the worse thing that ever happened

And I couldn't mask my pain

So I wore it on me like a canvas

That's why I'm Motivated By Pain

I use the music as an outlet

They don't even feel my pain

They just watch how I make things happen

Tryna stay safe when I'm out

Tryna step up can't stay on the couch

Get a check up can't stay in the house

Swear I'm next up when they leave me out

Been tryna keep my head high

I ain't gon lie, life can make a man cry

I'll forever slide even if the feds by

And I don't feel alive, feeling like I been died

And Glo, keep a thirty on his lap

If they want smoke then they blurry off the map

And he Steph Curry with the strap

I'll leave it to God, Ion worry about that

I ain't ever chilling with a fiend, no

Babygirl chilling with a king for sure

When I pull up to the scene, oh

Nobody want to test me though

Bad habits can't keep those

I just wanna ball hit the free throw

I'm tryna be making all the C notes

I'm just tryna see how hard the beat go

Tryna change my life , I don't chase these drugs

Need God in my life , I don't chase these plugs

And you know that

I can't go back

I got Big Bands

I can't show that

I came a Long Way

Had some Hard Days

My teacher bashed me

While in the hallway

Nobody asked me

If i was okay

Now I'm flexed up

I carry the Most Faith

I still carry benjamin's, that part

Old friends in my DM

Like when did that start?

Swear I'm moving so fast like a jaguar

When I press the whole gas in that nascar

I have a past but no one ask about me

I'm tryna rap but everybody doubt me

I took a stab but I ain't let it out me

I'm out here

Swear i'm Top 5 I say it proudly

I'll never take percs, RIP Gus

You make fate worse if you include drugs

You hit yo vapor, tie your noose up

But Little Brother I'm yo neighbor

Somebody who loves you

Gotta stay strong when you stressed

Cuz today you could take yo last breathe

Until that day imma still be the best

If you really disagree then come and say it with yo chest

I could never ever go left

I could never pull up in a dress

All my money I had to finesse

All my problems I had to address

How do I start to explain how my life became this way?

Getting hard so I don't know

I've been sitting down reminiscing

I remember all the pain but I smile even with a low blow

I remember hate

All them Niggas use to talk down on my name

Looking down on where I came from

How the fuck I overcame?

Managed to remain the same

Walking around in this cold cold world

How do I start to explain how my life became this way?

Getting hard so I don't know

I've been sitting down reminiscing

I remember all the pain but I smile even with a low blow

I remember hate

All them Niggas use to talk down on my name

Looking down on where I came from

How the fuck I overcame?

Managed to remain the same

Walking around in this cold cold world