East Coast Freestyle

Far From Home Right! I'm back in the booth, it's been a little minute But you know in this time I've been gone I been living, seeing some things Shoutout to CASTLEBEAT on this one by the way We reporting live from Castle Hill Listen Man this shit is crazy, feel like I ain’t do this in a while Last time I wrote a rhyme, back when the world was shutting down Looked in my app to be exact, 2020 June 25 Now it’s 2021, we on this 5th day of July It’s been so long, I wonder why I guess I needed hiatus Guess I needed time to live, now I fill in my pages Of mi diario, in the format of audio Know me then you’ll prolly know That this life that I’m chasing Is full of bells and whistles Along with that some other things this type of life would entail Referring to the darker side, they hardly give us intel ‘Cept for the few heroes we idolize because they meant well The reason why they win still This road’ll crack your windshield and reveal your intentions To turn around, or will you survive and then still go the distance? My nigga just trust me, you would be lucky if they send well wishes But with elevation that you been making, they watch and then they’ll listen Right Damn it feels so good to be back home It's like I ain't even know I still had it in me But that was 2021, so much changed since And I been gone for so long It feels so good to be home Man I been gone for so long I been all on my own For so long 2022 I woke up on an average day, prolly just a 2020 Saturday Where tragically, we trapped behind these walls, all cast away I’m glad to say that I ain’t let this time go to waste Well actually that’s after weeks of being a disgrace To everything that I promised to myself Constant growth and constant motion And improvement on my health Done with loafing, looked in the mirror with a purpose To take advantage of this down time that we’ve been dealt How it felt? Step one, a change of scenery, I took it back home Atlanta to NY, that’s ‘bout 15 hours on road 'Cause that’s somewhere that I know that I Would surely find a piece of mind And roam the city every night No limits to what I would find It’s been a blessing, just reconnecting with some old friends That’s years we cherish, from adolescence to some grown men Path is separate, I’m chasing this music long as success hit Just building leverage, 'cause in this era boy we gon' win I know the destination, only problem is the path 'Lotta niggas called it quits with this experience I’ve had Niggas booking me but then intimidated by the craft And wanna ask for favors while they talking shit behind my back And all I do is laugh, it’s what I signed up for right? I know these niggas opportunists, so why be surprised? All for self, it ain’t personal, they trying to survive Ain’t even mad, dawg I get it, I just won’t compromise And honestly, Atlanta scene, I feel like an outsider Usually I would embrace having to be the outlier But shit get so stressful when you Exceed in effort, then you Just feel neglected, 'cause they don’t fucking get it That it’s deeper than rap, it’s more to the craft It is open mind that they lack Or matter of fact, the way they react Try holding me back like they under attack But trust we all can eat, but often we Just often think, “it’s more for me” Try tarnishing, that’s forcing me To say this shit is all for me And years back I saw Cordae, absolutely amazed By his presence on the stage in my view Inspired man, I wanna go straight to the booth My nigga Jordan tapped me, said, “Man I can’t wait 'til that’s you” Damn, that’s a true friend, those words stuck with me Lost a few on the way to go along with some women Some reached out later apologizing for endings Or new beginnings, girl I wish you would hit me But off that, that’s off track, got no time for feelings ‘Specially as of late with this life I’m living I been road-tripping, long distance Scratching off destinations on bucket listings See the world through these lenses Long ass flights, layovers through the night But the shit is like a breeze when a nigga so excited For the first time that I touch my feet down in Thailand Like how the fuck could this place exceed my desires? Now I need an address here, a place that I rest here Fit in perfectly, already hella connects here Domestic flights to go and see the beach in Phuket here But with these experiences I’ll tell you my biggest fear That too much fun’ll have the work slowing up I still ain’t reach my dreams man, will this take my focus? But on the flip side, still I get inspired then I Turn that into these words, soon have us going up And I been gone for so long And I swear to god it feels so good to be home Home Baby