Back Then
by M1chael Ang3lo
on Back Then (2019), Vegetative State of Mind (2020)
(Chorus)
I Remember sleeping on the streets, I Didn't have shit
Went from that, to sleeping on somebody else's mattress
Then from there I moved down to the Ghetto
With the Crackheads
I'm just tryna do it better then the way I did it back then
(Verse 1)
Yes I am positive bitch
I'm on a positive tip
Things will get hellish if I keep it quiet
So I talk about it, I never just bottle the shit
Or I might just go bottle a bitch
If I am bottoming out, I've seen the bottom of this
Nothing but a bottomless-pit, I'll never go back;
Got too much knowledge to give, too leave this early
Got demons inside - but i'll beat them, surely
'til then on God i'll let the reefer cure me
How do strangers love me, if my friends could hurt me?
Y'all really try to stir me
I'm just tryna steer me in the right direction
But my tire flattened in the intersection & my inner section
Comes rushing in, just too intercept it
(Chorus)
I Remember sleeping on the streets, I Didn't have shit
Went from that, to sleeping on somebody else's mattress
Then from there I moved down to the Ghetto
With the Crackheads
I'm just tryna do it better then the way I did it back then
(Verse 2)
It's been snowing in the North
But it's been hot up on the block
Catch me with a pack of Wolves
If you get caught up at the spot
In the Ville we get it jumping
Lots of kitchens & the pots
Lots of smoke inside my house
You ain't with it then get lost
I don't have a lot of friends
Only fam & dawgs & bitches
I don't have that much to lose
Don't get washed up like some dishes
I don't sleep, work around the clock
& handle all my business
While you're sleeping I'm still at it
Putting handles on your bitches
(Chorus)
I Remember sleeping on the streets, I Didn't have shit
Went from that, to sleeping on somebody else's mattress
Then from there I moved down to the Ghetto with the crackheads
I'm just tryna do it better then the way I did it back then
(Verse 3)
Bloody fights & near overdoses
I love you Kaelan 'cuz you held me closest
When nobody did & everyone left
Now with a clear head I can focus
On becoming a better me
Made emends with my enemies
& I started rebuilding bridges burnt
With the ashes from all the memories;
Just too walk across & connect again
All these thoughts, I've got a collection &
I'm just tryna fix a big mess again
Before I'm put too the test again
& I'd rather not lose
Ready for whatever though, so don't get it confused
Whatever I do, whatever I say
I will not quit 'til I try every way
(Chorus)
I Remember sleeping on the streets, I Didn't have shit
Went from that, to sleeping on somebody else's mattress
Then from there I moved down to the Ghetto
With the Crackheads
I'm just tryna do it better then the way I did it back then
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