Free

Let me take it back to my first time when I started doing this thing
 I had visions of my future self I never thought I'd see them
 I had no money no following so no one helping me then
 Just recording all on my own, no one listened when I would send
 Just left on read
 Damn I still remember that day
 Checked my latest song on my Soundcloud saw a couple thousand new plays
 I saw my homie and let him know he said you came a long way
 And we kept talking til he finally said that all the streams were fake
 I said no way
 But it was true
 He paid 20 for a thousand views
 Cut him off right then and there
 Never wanted that type of move
 Only wanted the real thing no shortcuts in my avenue
 We never spoke since then but it's something that I just had to do
 I know
 I made friends and I lost friends in my life
 Some were my fault, some were their fault but I'm never gonna think twice
 Cuz I'm better now than I once was
 Only really had one love
 Gave it all to the music now I see the shit that my mind does
 My old dreams came real now
 Crazy how this shit feel now
 Finally got what I always wanted but somehow I still feel down
 Life these days got many waves
 Sometimes think I'm gonna drown
 Sometimes I just feel amazed
 I hope one day I'll make it out
 To my true self I never found
 Believed in friends who let me down
 Couldn't ever just see it then
 But looking back I see it now
 Too scared to go open up
 Cuz people wanna just leave my dry
 Or maybe I'm just scared myself
 But don't believe that's the reason why
 Lotta people on the internet look real happy on their Instagram
 Finally met em in real life and I found out that it's all pretend
 Crazy cuz that image was the shit that I was just chasing then
 Thank God that I realized now I been focused on bigger plans
 Do a lot for my people now
 A lotta shit I don't speak about
 I don't need to show everyone just to try to make me feel real now
 I'm doing fine on my dopamine
 Don't need that life it's make believe
 You falling for their narrative
 It's a lifestyle that u can't achieve
 Cuz nobody really be perfect
 But they making you feel worthless
 Gotta go find what your worth is
 Then u gotta put your work in
 I built this all from the ground up
 16 I got no love
 Father moved to a new city
 Knew then I had to man up
 Got no time for that bullshit
 Had to find what my truth is
 I put my thoughts into my words now people everywhere use it
 Cuz people been looking up to me
 Can't control but I gotta lead
 Never post bout drugs or money cuz that's not what I'm supposed to be
 Always post my true self
 Hope somebody can find help
 Getting thousands of messages say my music saved em from mental health
 Or suicide
 Man what a life
 The reason why I stay up at night
 Cuz more fans means more pressure
 One wrong step it's do or die
 But this the life that I chose
 I can't turn back anymore
 I came so far it's been insane
 I'm thankful for every little thing
 Got a long road that's ahead of me
 But everything was meant to be
 I finally gotta just let it out
 And with that I'm finally free