Cost of Doin Business

[Verse 1]
Ayo, my life be like a bad dream
Could've swore I woke up
I married my religion
Now I'm pretty sure we broke up
Now my family tore up
Hostage like a hold up
I'm thinking damn when that common sense s'posed to show up
I decided to grow up
Stop believing fairy tales
I was on a slave boat, now that ship has really sailed
Daddy told me very well
Now my life a living hell
I left the W's, they figured I done took a L
I told my friends and I cannot say they took it well
I'm looking at 'em thinking damn y'all ain't looking well
Everytime I look up, they see me and be looking down
I'm looking back at 'em thinking y'all a bunch of clowns
Big brain, couldn't fit it in the box
They told me control the thoughts, if I see 'em, we gon' box
The saying is on cypher, freedom I'm down to fight
Just to be authentic and live a real life
[Chorus]
Ayo, my family don't acknowledge my existence
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
I'll never make 'em proud, that's just what I gotta live with
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
No longer on they contacts, now I'm on the hit list
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
I lost everybody I ever knew as a witness
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
[Verse 2]
They said I had the truth, why not trade it for the world?
Well my answer is freedom, I wouldn't trade it for the world
But it's precious like a pearl, my understanding is thorough
They told how to think, man that make me wanna hurl
After all this oppression and depression, I learned a lesson
I'd rather have questions I can't answer than answers I can't question
Steady making confessions to man for God's blessing
Thinking eternal future, steady living in the present
Don't regret it for one second, I no longer come second
No looking to the sky, I'm creating my own blessings
I finally see the God in myself
And what I needed, I just got it myself
I don't rely on the help
If I get it, it's a bonus on myself
I put the own this in knowing they don't condone this
They would rather see me homeless and the witness
Than woke, and self sufficient
Hoping I might come back for my siblings knowing I miss 'em
[Chorus]
Ayo, my family don't acknowledge my existence
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
I'll never make 'em proud, that's just what I gotta live with
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
No longer on they contacts, now I'm on the hit list
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
I lost everybody I ever knew as a witness
I'm thinking hey, that's the cost of doin' business
*Fifth*