Follow Your Lead

[Verse 1 - Joe Budden]

Uh, I got bitches on my dick, I don't want 'em near

Closet full of brand names, I don't wanna wear

Everybody got advice that I don't wanna hear

World in your palm but you don't wanna share

Still I'm followin you - are you leadin me with a weapon drawn?

Co-dependent on her but got me in bed alone

You say if you love it let it go, nothin set in stone

Plus every rock they throw, I use as a stepping stone

Got questions, say the answer's better left unknown

Though I may not never see you, I should know you never gone

So I break the mirror, cause everything it's showing me is wrong

Grab your hand and go along - cause I'm followin you

I say I should be pleased, what if I'm saddened?

Always say I've been through worse, what if I haven't?

But if that holds true, here's the lesson

If you keep your head down, you might miss out on the blessing, sing

[Hook - Joe Budden] - w/ ad libs

I don't need the money (money), I don't need the fame (fame)

I don't need the lifestyle, I don't need the pain (pain)

I don't need the clubs (uh), I don't need the cars

None of that really matters to me (whoa)

I don't want the bad bitch, I don't want the strain (nope)

I don't want the highs, enough shit on the brain

I don't want whatever's gonna help me be sane

I just wanna follow your lead

[Verse 2 - Joe Budden]

You sayin follow my lead, follow, follow my lead

Brought me to my knees, he must wanna holla at me

When the world feel like swallowin me

When every decision costly and I ain't got a dollar on me

Check it, I don't wanna pretend, I don't wanna live a lie

I don't wanna be judged, don't wanna be criticized

I don't wanna talk, there's nothin I wanna say

The more I let 'em get to know me, the more they just run away

And that, must be your way of sayin we should stay together

I know how to fuck it up more than I can make it better

I figured folk around me would learn to take it better

Instead of tryin change me, I've been this way forever

Time will reveal more will be shown

You pushed it, I thought the door closed on it's own

But uh, nevermind what caused it

Livin a dream, nothin in this world powerful enough to pause it, sing

[Hook] - w/ ad libs

[Verse 3 - Joe Budden]

He's sayin follow my lead, follow, follow my lead (uh)

Cig in my mouth, prescription bottle by me

And even when I think you might be makin a mistake

I may not know the destination but I make it there safe

Check it, when I feel like I can't get weaker, uh

You always come and make a cameo or feature

I'm good with my insanity and fevers

Cause Pac's lookin from heaven sayin "they ain't understand me neither"

A lot of times you leave me exposed

And laugh at me, still thinkin I could be in control

Help me weather the storm, altogether I ain't know him

Cause I always disagree, though you ain't never been wrong

Listen, I was feelin nearly unstoppable

And now I'm facin what appeared to be impossible

Feelin unimportant enough to have to bother you

But I'm down here alone nigga, all I got is you

[Hook] - w/ ad libs

[Break - Unknown Female Singer]

Uh, follow my leeeead

Follow my lead

[Verse 4 � Joell Ortiz]

Check it Yaowa, I can't fit it all in a sixteen

The night that I was tipsy and all them bullets just missed me (oh!)

The day they rushed the block, I was strapped but they didn't frisk me (damn)

Why I ain't fuck that stripper? Don't ask and now she's sick B

The drop on that jewelry store for fifty

And I backed out last minute like "nah, this shit look risky"

One of my mans dead, the other one in Poughkeepsie (man)

Another one in the Feds, he'll be there until he's sixty (no!)

I want to thank you for the blessings and the gifts

And the lessons and the messages they left, I get the drift (I know)

Fuck the cheddar or whatever, it don't measure up to this (naw)

I mean never did I ever not remember you exist (woo!)

When I hop up out my bed, hands together and I wish

Swear to you it's from the heart, inside my chest you let it tick (thank you)

I love you from the soul with every spiritual molecule (word)

Fuck Twitter, all a nigga gotta do is follow you

[Hook] - w/ ad libs