For Troubled Boys Lyrics

For Troubled Boys - Kota the Friend

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We just tryna be happy

I'm a Rubik's Cube to every woman that have me

I dealt with women who feel they got the right to attack me

It's like she always failed to say how it happened exactly

'Cause I'm gentle in my nature, they takin' advantage

Women tryna beat my ass 'cause I took 'em for granted

Six years, you see me paintin' this picture

It's almost finished, and it's time that I give you this canvas

It's here

You was born out of trauma

And you was put in the lion's den with no weapon or armor

You coping mechanisms helped, now they makin' it harder

And you was handin' out revenge, wasn't thinkin' 'bout karma

You movin' farther from God, kid

Don't you let the devil's rage into your heart, kid

Leave the game with the same spirit you start with

If you already changed, then your heart is hard

Similar to mine, and it's time for you to start the job

You keep placin' the blame

And then you wonder why the outcome always end up the same

Just be gentle with yourself while you processin' pain

Askin' questions like, "Damn, how complex is my brain?"

And bro, the answer is very

And if you prone to depression, I know that burden is heavy

When you seven and chronically sad

Every day tryna be glad

People do you wrong

Now you got a collection of grudges all in your bag

And you don't trust nobody, you got beef with your mom and your dad

All your brother do is shit on you like nobody gon' want your ass

You always lookin' for home, you always lookin' for love

Nobody to meet your needs, I'm fittin' to set you free, bruh

People are gifted at castin' spells

But all that really matter how you feel about yourself

And bitter motherfuckers love draggin' people to Hell

The reason I put my heart on the table like show and tell

And other people feelings got nothin' to do with you

And nothin' that they say should affect your personal truth

Imagine a mere man whose goal is to stop the sun from shinin'

Homie, I promise they can't do nothin' to you

Unless you let 'em, lately I'm feelin' my feelings fully

Risin' to all my challenges, fearlessly facin' bullies

I'm happy in my routine, I used to get overwhelmed

Until I started puttin' the work in to love myself

Every day, I wake up and run, shower, face mask, read

Journal, sit down, breathe, and then I school my son

He tell me play my song

I let depression make me feel like fatherhood was a chore

Boy, was I wrong

I am blessed, now I say that with my chest

I am grateful for my breath, I am present in my flesh

There's enough for me to go around

Got so much to give because I give so much to me

And that's the shit that make me free

Apples fallin' from my tree, I am abundant

Hummingbirds in my backyard, butterflies in my stomach

Livin' is really somethin'

Kickin' it on my hammock, serenaded by chimes

I set up my environment strictly to help my mind

And that's self-love, passin' that generational wealth up

Down and then side to side, everything is by design

Just look in your mirror and see the key

Put it in the door to your cage and set you free, love