Give Up

Give up what you crazy We gotta raise these babies Rap for me everything else for you Raising a man and a woman so beautiful Just like their momma Practice eye contact and good karma And if you want it go get it Look at daddy look at Ebed Yea we did it we ain't finished And if you want it go get it Let's talk excellence Work hard 'til you don't know what second is I don't shame who don't get this I speak to my kids and my kids' kids This bloodline is mine this bloodline is ours Fuck father time we have the power This is for you that's trying to do better All you get is sorry to inform you letters Harass your past but you've grown And you've known you gotta do better Nobody's perfect the struggle is worth it Put down your phone go find your purpose Don't feel worthless it'll hurt your kids Put down your phone go find your purpose Give up I'll break out in hives You and me are different like Jekyll and Hyde Many winters and summers I did survive Get blown away by the force of my drive These are layups I ain't dunking yet Patience wait I'll be something great Accustomed to not have not good I'm not bad Not gassed I'm not flat half assed I'm not that Where I'm from you're not supposed to make it You hearing me I already made it R O B if I tried I couldn't fake it E P T the place that I was raised in Hey I'm not supposed to be I should've died in a robbery Dishwasher mickey d's that was me Unknown territory Phoenix AZ It was two of them with guns It was 4 of us we couldn't run Dressed in all black from the hoodie to the laces Clown mask on faces goodness gracious One heads to the safe one walks us to the basement Up against the wall gun's to our faces Now we make eye contact Is this it will I go flat Gaze down the barrel 18 years old He gets called up stairs we stay froze They exit through the back the story ends My first and last day working at golden m --- Give Up - Rob D.