Exposed

[Verse 1] Since '91 I been a menace, for real Born rotten and exposed A rose in a garden full of hoes A flowerbed of souls Where the flowers never learn They can go, they can grow, they can— They can be something I'm a bird, I'm a bird— Look at me fronting Been confused and obtuse, gotta mean something I don't feel, I don't feel, I mean nothing Mama look around, what you gotta say? You probably never gave a fuck about me anyway I know I'm foolish, 'cause I love you with my whole soul But I keep running so, I ain't gotta home— I don't wanna go home Runnin' from the fire in my brains, in my ozone Runnin' from the pressure 'till I cave in my own home You don't understand the obsessions that I got I need love, I don't feel that shit a lot, nigga Been alone from the motherfuckin' jump, man Every battle, every hurdle, every hump, man Bitches either feel it or they motherfuckin' Don't, man Time to draw the line and do the motherfuckin' *Snort*, man Man, listen, I don't talk about myself, nigga, oh no You don't get it, you don't feel it, nigga, oh no Where I'm from is a nightmare, not a smoke show Niggas never make it there, they never make it, oh no, nigga [Instrumental] [Verse 2] I'm from the generation of the scarred and abused For real, man You're either dead or you're dyin' or you doomed And what's worse is nobody's got a clue Of what the fuck that I go through in my brain That there's a fuckin' beast of the motherfuckin' chain That I be having dragons in my heart being slain 'Till I'm broken and too vulnerable again Love—nobody ever showed me what it was, my nigga For real I've been beggin' since a youngin', since a cub, my nigga For real Saw into your pretty blue soul like the rainbow My third eye saw your devil and your angel We tried to love each other from a different angle Unfortunately, we still got strangled I don't even know if I'm-ma make it to the next day! Every day, I wake up and I feel like it's my deathday! You can see inside me like a motherfuckin' x-ray! Losin' to my demons in a motherfuckin' chess game! It's a hard life I choose to lead The memories' so lucidly I'm just speakin' truthfully It's hard to breathe, it's hard to breathe, damn