YBN Cordae 12. Nightmares Are Real (Feat. Pusha T)

Okay, uh, I can tell you how I first started in this rap shit

Mama kicked a nigga out the house, felt fantastic

Told my homies, "If you got a couch, know I'm crashin'

Worried 'bout my future, couldn't care about the past tense

Lost my grandmother, and I haven't been the same since

Start to get anxious, I'm tired of this lame shit

Tired of the struggle, livin' family in the subdivision

Ramen noodles, drawin' doodles wasn't in my fuckin' vision

But who's fault is that? Tryna stay all intact

Fightin' all my demons, they be schemin' but I'm crawlin' back

And eventually flyin', lately been mentally cryin'

Niggas resentin' me, I am not for the industry lyin'

Life's a dream, but nothin' is a fairytale

Do you love me? I can barely tell

'Cause I'm up and down, been all around, nobody's callin' now

No, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no

Uh, 'cause I know what I been through

But I still, uh, I'd do it all over again

And my life is so sinful (YBN, why be them?)

But through times, uh (King Push)

The good guys always win

I can tell you how I first started in this rap shit

8th grade, backflippin' on the mattress

9th grade, pack doin' gymnastics

10th grade, somersaultin' all them crack flips

Asterisk, skipped school, recorded with The Neptunes

We was makin' high school classics

Before I took a kilo and I wrapped it, I rapped it

Around the funeral with the casket (Yuugh!)

Coke avalanche, like a landslide

Only grew my hair this long because my man died

Collect calls on them landlines, I pressed 5

To tell about the new test drive and talk fly, ooh

Life's a dream, but nothin' is a fairytale

Do you love me? I can barely tell

'Cause I'm up and down, been all around, nobody's callin' now

No, no, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no, no, no

Uh, 'cause I know what I been through

But I still, uh, I'd do it all over again

And my life is so sinful

But through times, uh

The good guys always win