Save the Pleasantries

[Verse 1]
Steady tryna take the high road but they make it so hard
They love to tell you "dream big" 'til you take it too far
They can tell you what you're doin' wrong, but could never do it like you
If they can't put a label on ya, ain't no tellin' what you might do
Made a lotta changes, I had to do it
Difference between me and them is I can see the wall before I crash into it
I saw the country this year, twice, some people missin'
I gave some people a hint, I guess we'll see who listen
Crazy when your dream is right in front of you
I been so caught up in day-to-day, to me it's nothin' new
When did we get here, and why didn't we celebrate it?
Think I learned that when I really make it I won't have to say it

[Pre-Chorus 1]
When I make I won't have to say it
When I really make it I won't have to say it
When I make it I won't have to say it
I don't wanna have to say it

[Chorus]
I think I've been tryna please everybody for way too long
Save the pleasantries

[Verse 2]
Uh, shit is real as ever, I feel okay, but I feel the pressure
Fell into some old ways to get me feeling better
It never lasts, people say "let it pass"
People talk, and people get dismissed like the end of class
I feed on that
If I cut a record, then I bleed on that
They want me underground but I'd rather keep my feet on that
Used to really play the background
Lookin' up to cats but couldn't tell you where they're at now
It's crazy
I don't know if they got lazy or they couldn't catch a break
Either way, I'm yellin', "Pay me" 'cause you never know
Tryna stay ahead and shit
Must be doin' something right, finally seeing benefits
I think I could make some people relevant
But they're too busy tryna make their own room
They don't see the elephant
That's why I'm out here like the delegate
Tryna turn my boys to the ones I get the cheddar with

[Pre-Chorus 2]
That's why I'm out here like the delegate
That's why I'm out here like the delegate
That's why I'm out here like the delegate
Tryna turn my boys into the ones I get the cheddar with

[Chorus]
I think I've been tryna please everybody for way too long
Save the pleasantries

[Verse 3]
Sometimes I need the tough love, it's sincere
I don't need a lesson now, tell me what I wanna hear
I been around the block
They don't get a cut, I work around the clock
Hear me on Sway for anything come off top
Money in, won't shake me down
I ain't make money then, it won't make me now
Soon as peers can't relate, then they break me down
I swear they hate me and only 'cause they ain't me now
My fuse got shorter, skin got thinner
I got fuel for the fire, baby, 'bout to be a hot winter
Big biz tryna eat and I'm not dinner
I got a lot on my plate and you boys chop liver
I'm a hot spitter, ask about me at the hospital
I'm surgical with the flow, boy, I'm Doc Rivers
Ain't no middle ground these days
You either wit' us or you're not wit' us