letter to my brudda - 21 Savage (128)

[00:00.44] "letter to my brudda"

[00:02.29] Woah, woah, woah

[00:10.01] Once you cross that line, it ain't no tryin' to fix it

[00:14.27] You want me to forgive you, let's be realistic

[00:17.18] I can't kick it with your kind like I tore my meniscus

[00:20.37] How you go from co-defendant to a fuckin' witness?

[00:23.57] They'll stand on couches with you, but won't stand on business

[00:26.49] Woah

[00:27.30] I watched everybody turn on my brother like he ain't have 'em out here flyin' jets and fuckin' bitches

[00:33.93] This shit ridiculous

[00:35.53] I feel your pain, my brother

[00:39.79] I know you from the struggle

[00:40.86] I know how hard you hustled just to take care of your mother

[00:43.51] I know you took clothes off your back for niggas you call brother

[00:46.72] I know how hard it get in this jungle, tryna prevail without bein' tried like you no sucker

[00:51.23] Huh, life's a motherfucker, yeah

[00:54.96] I know ain't nobody perfect

[00:57.61] But what's the point in makin' it out if all they do is cuff ya?

[01:00.53] You know, we be comin' from, like, the worst conditions, the worst circumstances

[01:05.58] The trenches, the gutter

[01:07.71] And sometimes we be forced to make decisions that we don't even wanna make

[01:11.69] It be about survival

[01:14.09] At the end of the day, we be havin' good hearts

[01:17.55] They just be in bad places

[01:20.74] I guess that's life, though

[01:23.12] Father God, forgive me for my sins

[01:27.13] Take the mask off all my enemies that's out here actin' like my friends

[01:30.84] Did some shit I'm prayin' I never gotta do again

[01:34.04] I put blood, sweat, and tears inside this win

[01:37.25] If I take care of my hood, the prosecutor call me Gotti

[01:40.17] Turn my back on the hood, they probably kill me, probably rob me

[01:43.11] It's a Catch-22, I'm bein' honest

[01:45.51] Hard work, tryna keep the past behind me

[01:48.97] I still be havin' flashbacks 'bout Johnny

[01:52.15] Fast forward and the major label signed me

[01:54.81] Had to hustle, had to focus, perseverance

[01:58.79] Mama used to go to TJ Maxx and shop on clearance

[02:01.72] Tayman and CJ, I can still feel they spirits

[02:04.37] Skinny and Wanwan used to rap, I know they hear it

[02:07.56] It ain't that easy, puttin' pain inside of lyrics

[02:10.80] Send this up to Heaven so they can clear it

[02:13.45] Y'all know, like, real street niggas gon' feel this shit

[02:18.80] And I don't want niggas to get misunderstood

[02:21.99] 'Cause the rules we live by, don't even matter no more

[02:25.97] Just a, just a setback for you to come back

[02:30.22] Can't hold a nigga down forever

[02:32.61] Know what I'm sayin'?

[02:33.67] 'Til then, we gon' hold this shit down, straight up