I Didn't Go

[Intro: Joyner Lucas]

Yo

Either you play the game or the game plays you (Facts)

And if you don't get the picture, nigga, change angles (Word)

We used to be broke, now our chains dangle (Yeah)

And before the theatre in my crib, it was plain cable (Mm)

Oh, oh you lame, ain't you? (Yeah)

And if you lame, you stay lame, money can't change you

I'm a bigger artist, and I don't care if we on the same label

I'll put a baby and a Plan B in the same cradle (Grr, baow)

[Verse 1: Joyner Lucas]

Gettin' rich was my only plan (Ayy)

'Cause you can't raise my son and have an OnlyFans (Facts)

Project windows was my only fans (Yеah)

Take my mama out the hood, that was my only plan (Joyner)

I'm an ovеrthinker that over-plans

You still throwin' haymakers, praying and hope it lands

My sins gon' kill me and I know it can

Like starin' down a barrel of that nine but I hope it jams (Grr, baow)

Why do niggas hate me? I can't find an answer (Uh)

They remind of some tumors, that's a lot of cancer

Or a lot of banter

Don't know if my son'll be disappointed or surprised after he finds out I'm Santa (Yeah)

In order to live I needed to know how I could hide the tantrums (Woah)

In order to get where I needed to go, I took a lot of slander (Facts)

And took a lot of chances (Yeah)

I told wifey, "I got rules, if you call and I'm with my ho, then I don't gotta answer" (Baow)

You say that I ain't shit, well, you may be right (Facts)

'Cause I can sell your mama drugs after I lay the pipe

I can sell a bitch dope after I raise the price

Fuck gettin' stabbed in the back, I'd rather face the knife

And I want all the smoke, this is not haze

This that homegrown Methadone, John Blaze (Huh)

I hate when you niggas act like you not phased (Woah)

I hate when my bitches act like they not slaves (Ah)

And I'm a born sinner, but I got saved (Joyner)

Show up to the church, then I got paid (Joyner)

I'm what God made (Brr)

And fuck a durag, I had so many brushes with death, I think I got waves

Lil' roach, I think I got Raid

Pest control on 'em, they got sprayed

The day you can picture givin' cops names

The day that you can picture A$AP Rocky without braids

[Verse 2: Symba]

Picture niggas rollin', flyin', foreign floatin', outer space (Ayy)

Or bitches on Instagram with no filter face (Face)

Picture if judges ain't judge us by our race

My nigga Thugga Thugga would be free, I pray he beat his case (His case)

Picture the industry when it's missin' me

Niggas run they mouth with no insurance, can't even fix they teeth

Everybody tellin' me stay woke, but shit, I need some sleep

I'm 'bout to change my number, drop a comment if we need to speak

All you niggas who did less for me tryna get next to me

I don't trust you niggas with no money, but got expertise (Haha)

Level up or leave, pull up in them SUVs

Security is refugees, travel 'cross the seven seas

People in my pocket like I ain't got one at home to feed

Fell out with my cousin 'cause I won't spot him eleven Gs

Aunty mad 'cause I don't call as much as she be callin' me

I swear to God, sometimes I wish my family had a referee (Brr, shh)

Big dogs gotta play for keeps (Play for keeps)

I'm courtside or I'm in the suites (Facts, baby)

Some niggas said I don't support the streets (Who's that?)

He just mad that I ain't like his beats (Haha)

The insecurity's so loud

When you win, they wanna stop you, I'm guessin' that's how it go now

The album 'bout to drop, this whole year look like a rollout

They was actin' like they ain't know, but I bet they know now (I bet they know now)

[Interlude: DMX]

Grr, uh

[Verse 3: DMX]

Been through the pain, been though the struggle

Been through the rain, made it out the jungle

And I'm grateful for it all, the blessings and the curses

The triumphs and the failures, the lessons in the verses

The best and the worse is (Uh) yet to be seen (Uh)

And based on what I've been through, I don't know what that means (What?)

But whatever it's gon' be (Uh), it's gon' be good

'Cause I know God and knowin' me, it's gon' be hood (Go hard)

Let me walk you through the darkness (Darkness), walk you to the light (The light)

Walk you through the hardest (The hardest) fights of your life (Your life)

Walk you through the good times (Good times), walk you through the struggle (Struggle)

Walk with you through it all, just because I love you (Uh)

Hug you when you need me to (Hug), scold you when I have to (Yeah)

Teach you when I got to (Come on), the devil's tryna get at you (Yeah)

Try not to let him grab you (No), but even if he does

I'll be right there to help get him off just because (Just because)

[Chorus: DMX]

Before I was born, You was right there (Uh)

Even after I'm gone, You'll be right there (Uh)

And whenever it's on, You'll be right there (Come on)

I'll make it through the storm 'cause You'll be right there (What?)

Before I was born, You was right there (Uh)

Even after I'm gone, You'll be right there (Come on)

And whenever it's on, You'll be right there (What?)

I'll make it through the storm 'cause You'll be right there (Come on)

[Interlude: DMX]

In the name of Jesus

I love it, I love it, man, I thank You for it all

I thank You for it all

I thank You for my blessings

I thank You for my curses

I thank You for my problems

I thank You for my, my, my triumphs

My, all, I just thank You for it all

Everything I went through, I know it was for the grace of God

And it's gon' help somebody someday

Hello? I'm talkin' to somebody

I'm talkin' to somebody

[Outro: DMX]

Grr

Yeah

Hey

Come on

I didn't go, I didn't go

I didn't go, I didn't go, no, no (No, no)

Grr

[Interlude: Joyner Lucas]

And at this point, I felt like my kids are the only thing that really keeps me goin', you know what I mean?

They just uncovered the real you