Before I Let You Go

[Intro: DAP The Contract]

Yeah what you saying?
Have I spoken to *beep*?
He did what? Fuck!

[Hook: DAP The Contract]

If I ever make it happen, would you ever come and see me?
Or would you only check for me when I'm all on the tv?
They say when you lose your friends
That's when you know you're getting older, believe me!
And I ain't fucking with nobody, y'all can leave me!

I only learnt one thing this year
And that's that, ain't nobody really ever gonna need me
They don't care whether you play your part
They don't play fair, they only care about what's theirs, believe me!

And if I ever, let you down
If I ever let you down

[Verse 1: DAP The Contract]

Listen
I was the kid with all A's at seventeen right
And then they didn't let me in, and that don't feel right
They must feel a type of way about the way I hid in plain sight
They sleeping on me, I'll just settle for my dreams, goodnight!
Mama told me it all happens for a reason
But I don't believe it anymore I lost the meaning
I'm losing faith in mother nature like, "This ain't the season!
Raining in the summer?" Yeah I'm home
You couldn't make believe it
The world ain't never gonna change, it's just a cruel thing
"Errythang Corrupt", I'm talking way before the Cube thing
If even Jesus didn't make it nor did Hussein
I don't get it we all the same, so fuck are you saying?
I wish I never had another mood swing
You ever felt like you just heard the fucking moon sing?
And jump up in the sky and try to climb up on a moon ring?
But mama Karma want the rock, god her a mood ring
She took our girls away, I heard it on that news thing
I never check it, but I had a little news fling
The USA came in today
I don't know who wins, or who loses
I'll probably be sleeping through the whole thing
I'm clutching on my head, 'cause beggars hands all on my window
But if I drop the bill, they'd all come running through my window
But one day I'mma win, I just don't know when though!
One day I'mma quit, but I keep blowing on that endo
It's just what my niggas into, they might blow it till the end though
I hope I don't lose anybody but sometimes I think so
I just hope the homie wrote a will, like why you gotta sniff yo?
Hope he quit it, told him "quit it!"
But deep down don't think he will though
He ain't got the will to, 'cause that snow is whiter than the winter
He said our time is coming, wait on it!
This time, I just don't want to
'Cause today he might be here, tonight he might be dead
I don't know where the fuck his head is at
I don't know where he went to, what he went through
If he dips again? Still won't know where to head to!
Tryna get through to him, but scared that won't be helpful
'Cause what if I just tip him over the edge? That would be hell full
Fuck I look like tryna tell his mama, "Be strong, it's all mental"
Had a dream she came for me
Yeah I'm the one you wanna step to, still a little kid
Can't forgive myself for giving into all the peer pressure
Thinking 'bout the things that he was into
All the things the nigga been through, the things he was getting into
The chicks we were giving it to, getting it in, yeah getting it into
She said I'm new around the block, I'll find some shit I been through
That's what I told myself, but I ain't been through shit
Shit it's just what it is, so fuck it!

I'll vent about the fact that I ain't got no shit to vent to
I wish I didn't always live inside this bubble
On a hill, or in a muddle, am I in? Or is it fuck you?
Can I live a little bit? Shit I'm just dying to live!
So here's a joint that you can die to
Light another L, this is a joint that you can light to
Just talking to myself, this ain't a nigga I can lie to

[Hook: DAP The Contract]

If I ever make it happen, would you ever come and see me?
Or would you only check for me when I'm all on the tv?
They say when you lose your friends
That's when you know you're getting older, believe me!
And I ain't fucking with nobody, y'all can leave me!

I only learnt one thing this year
And that's that, ain't nobody really ever gonna need me
They don't care whether you play your part
They don't play fair, they only care about what's theirs, believe me!

And if I ever, let you down
If I ever let you down

[Verse 2: DAP The Contract]

I was the kid that was too shy to talk to people
The kid that never left the crib, just didn't feel the need to
Thought about ending it, but then I lost the needle
Went and dropped it on a record, found somebody I could speak to
Well, so to speak, I mean I'm talking to myself
'Cause ain't nobody ever gave a fuck, why would they need to?
Shit, I mean like me too! I used to give a fuck!
But ain't nobody with you 'less you giving them a buck! Fuck!
But fuck it
Who makes a show and still comes late too?
Venue ain't giving a fuck, they don't pretend to
What? It's only ten to, know I came a little late
I know that's that shit people hate, can I explain at least attempt to?
Had some other shit up on my plate, had to attend to
No, didn't intend to but my niggas going mental!
He really tripping, everybody think he mental
But while I was getting turnt? He went to church. I wish I went to!
And little bro don't spend too long in ivy towers
'Cause when you come back down, they don't want those flowers
They say, "You ain't ours", you spent too many hours
Talking rich with the man, with all his rich man powers, you coward!
I told myself that when I turned twenty-one
I would tell my big sister that I clouded up my mental
* "Yeah can you hear me? Yeah that's what I was up to
I was up to no good, but you the one I still look up to, forgive me!" *

[Hook: DAP The Contract]

If I ever make it happen, would you ever come and see me?
Or would you only check for me when I'm all on the tv?
They say when you lose your friends
That's when you know you're getting older, believe me!
And I ain't fucking with nobody, y'all can leave me!

I only learnt one thing this year
And that's that, ain't nobody really ever gonna need me
They don't care whether you play your part
They don't play fair, they only care about what's theirs, believe me!

And if I ever, let you down
If I ever let you down

[Bridge: DAP The Contract & Sumner Becker]

I don't know why he keep blessing me
I don't know why he keep blessing me
I don't know why he keep blessing me
I don't know why he keep blessing me
I don't know why, I don't know why, I don't know why
3x

[Verse 3: DAP The Contract & Sumner Becker]

Check
See I just wanna do what I was made to
Not what I was made to, that would make me hateful
But I'mma study hard, screw what all you guys do
I only need one guide, and I'm that guy too!
I guess God too, but damn, how long he finna hide?
I had faith but lost it quick! It's like I planned to
Still tryna find my plan B, at least I plan to
Still tryna scheme so made a beat that I can plan to
I'm gonna keep working harder than these mans do
Aim for cloud 9, I got a itch like Mandzuk-
Swear I'll never be the fall guy like Randy Mantooth
And I swear in one year, once I get outta here
I'm gonna blow and be the greatest MC, just like my dad do
Study Classics, yeah I'll do it till the end too
And when we graduate, I'll hit the stage for Last Class too!
And yeah I killed this joint, 'cause I had to!

Yeah this is something you can vibe to
Yeah this something you can ride to
Just walk with me my nigga, don't need a sunroof
What you been up to?

[Hook: DAP The Contract]

If I ever make it happen, would you ever come and see me?
Or would you only check for me when I'm all on the tv?
They say when you lose your friends
That's when you know you're getting older, believe me!
And I ain't fucking with nobody, y'all can leave me!

I only learnt one thing this year
And that's that, ain't nobody really ever gonna need me
They don't care whether you play your part
They don't play fair, they only care about what's theirs, believe me!

And if I ever, let you down
If I ever let you down

[Outro: DAP The Contract]

And I say
Fuck them other niggas 'cause I ride for my niggas
Fuck them other niggas 'cause I ride for my niggas
Fuck them other niggas, I'd ride for my niggas
I'd die for my niggas, man fuck them other niggas

I'm always ever mindful
Just tryna keep your mind full...