Downfall

[Intro]

Yall don't know me

Honestly, I can't say that I blame yall

I don't even really know myself

But, yall probably shouldn't know me

[Verse 1]

Last thing I'm tryna be is the good guy now

I ain't never gave a fuck, why should I now?

Like the world's interrupting my song, with an interlude

Can't y'all see I'm busy trying to balance out my chemical?

Finishing up, what y'all ain't even begin to do

When your back's against the ropes it's either him or you

Y'all ain't so important that my words are meant for you

When did ey'body become so sensual

Caught up in the he-say, she-say, blog sites

Him and her, broke up, WorldStar, Nahright

Dumb fans, they believe, everything that y'all write

Found out, friends fake, couldn't even facade right

Pressures on, won't fail, nigga got too much to prove

Would've been, lost it, but I got too much to lose

Say what you want about Joe, but I stood my ground

Bitch, I get it up myself, you just put it down

They say, I put my whole life on display to my dismay

Stop it, you're carrying on without logic

Let me tell you this about Joe

I only say what I want you to hear

You'll only see what I want to show

Crushing up the Percocet, chasing the high, Talli

I couldn't make this shit up if I tried

The forecast shows a downpour

Y'all just made God cry, praying for my Downfall

[Transition]

This shit I'm talking 'bout right here

Let me tell you niggas something

You can be anything in this world that you want

Except for my downfall

Ha, check this

[Verse 2]

I'm a victim of society, circumstance or just feelings

Was a nigga victimized? Or just willing?

No blinds, no bags, just dealing

No foundation or floor plan, just building

Check it, nights bright, but the days dark

Covered in tattoos, but hate art

These eggshells I walk on are razor sharp

Staring at the finish line, looking for a way to start

I've been called everything, an extremist

Is that a bad thing or what they really mean is

Anything a nigga do, a nigga mean it

And I won't let a person, place or thing come between it

An opportunist is how they paint me

But if the nigga only knocks once can you blame me?

Still I feel like my problems are great

Shit, if I don't never solve em' I'm straight

On the bright side God choose me to put a lot on my plate

So he had to figure I wouldn't be bothered by the weight

I'm trying to change the pattern but it's on loop

Even an outcast in my own group

What's it mean when ey'body standing next to you expects of you

Everything that comes wit a spectacle?

If everywhere I go, I just leave behind residue

Tell me, trust me, I won't think nothing less of you

[Hook]

I'm sorry I ain't around more

Come up with me, or stay on the ground floor

I don't need shelter from the downpour

Y'all can be whatever you want, just not my downfall

They tryna make me slow, tryna take me, no!

Can't be my downfall

They tryna knock my grind, I won't stop, I'm fine

Can't be my downfall

[Verse 3]

No moment of clarity

The next fight showing is a rarity

Severity in me against my growin popularity

Rappers won't rap, I'm forced to believe they scared of me

But can no longer use the scapegoat, 'They not aware of me'

So y'all can go and throw your little pot-shots

Some dudes dissed me and temporarily got hot

I'm getting my head right, recollecting

Y'all looking for some website resurrection

Being that I got too much to lose

Or maybe a slight chance that a nigga guilty of all that I'm accused

No longer amused, affected my loved ones

Now they startin' to bruise

And I don't want no parts of that abuse

Wouldn't wish upon my worst foe, a day in my shoes

That'll just eliminate any excuse

And why entertain em'?

Old me would'a lost my senses, y'all just helping the new me regain em'

Been punched in the face

It was either feed my family or hunt wit the .38

And I ain't want brunch to wait

I've out grown Hip-Hop, it turned into a Day-Care

So next time some shit is on my mind, it'll stay there

I'm staring at the man in the mirror

But it ain't helping see the man any clearer

So I get M.I.A. from around y'all

Till God stops answering these prayers for my downfall

[Hook]

[Verse 4]

Tell me what am I to do

If I ain't have a soul, a nigga always had you, pardon due

But I gotta speak candidly

How the FUCK could you abandon me?!?

Wit five years of blood, sweat, and tears

But it was obviously a disconnect

We turned that into a disrespect

Said she been holding it inside for years, she's unhappy

So the girl I wan' marry was afraid to come and tap me

So I went away on tour, and you went on one of your own

But while you was on the horn all day wit ol' boy

Did you ever think about what it would do to your home?

What's his name? Where's he live?

What is it he offers? What's he got to give?

And I love you so much that when I caught on to your fibs

I hit you like a man, you wore it in your ribs

I was heated

But had to be strong enough to remove the infidelity and see what's underneath it

Come to find out you felt lied to and cheated

Mistreated, and kept it a big secret

Or are you just loose?

And I'm so naive I'm tryna give you an excuse

Now that I refuse to believe, we life partners

Holy water on whatever devil come and try to part us

Can't use anything I ever gave you to bury me

You supposed to be the one to bury me

You wan' leave? Then goodbye

Think the grass look greener on the other side, but it's dye

[Hook]