Take Care Of Yourself (Royalty Version)

[Intro: Dylan Owen]
Check, check — yo
I'm just being honest man
After every song I could take a lie detection test
And I would pass
This a true story, this not an allegory

[Verse: Amir Royale]
I’m tired of being overlooked
I told Avril that I would marry her
But now I pray her Mom don’t think that I’m a crook
I hate the fact that it took my sister
Convincing me to break out of my shell
To talk to Juli at his doorstep
Me and my family thought you hated me
And I apologized for things that I shouldn’t
Just to savor being a coward
Instead of bravery speaking my hurt
I would lie to everybody just to frame her as perfect
Ugh — I hatе myself
But hell, I love that I do
I talk to Linda, tеll her therapy ain’t all that I use
You know Avril would always weaponize my issues a ton
But Linda told me, you were good
Just ain’t believe in yourself
Look at these mentors around you
Look at the stress you debate
You only 24 but blessed to have a definite fate
Lost your grandfather, almost saw Dad die on the floor
But your grandmother healthier at 94
Boy, you pay the mortgage
Own a company of suffering artists
And lost a ton of friends only tryna help them evolve
They called you egotistical
But, you wasn’t at all
Heck, you barely need me
You had you all along (What?)
This is all I needed to hear
I told that girl that I was good
But she could never just clear
Me being ugly in her mind from the start
Or how her superficial friends
Ain’t align with all of her heart’s thoughts about me
And sure girl, I know I made my mistakes
I stole some agency from you
Tryna make you fit in my version of perfection
Though that wasn’t my intention, it’s real
So you could never tell me no
And once you did I’d appear hypocritical
Fear would get critically harsh
Thrust violently on my soul
And then attach to my throat
I let it all build up until it finally exploded
And then 4 years of anger
Were what you were exposed to
See, I told y’all not to get me like this
Cause now my honesty in records
Is aggressive as sheep being massacred
Slaved, just for you to feel coated
But bet you’ll count me in your dreams
And then believe that I’m goated
Cause it took ten whole years to take care of myself
It took ten whole years to get here by myself
It took ten whole years to meet Dylan and know him
It was ten whole years since Jharrel and I rapped
It took ten whole years to take care of myself
It took ten whole years, I ain’t need no one else
So give it ten more years and I’ll be bigger than Disney
Well assured I’m the same if my family with me
Walk good

[Chorus: Laeland]
Carry yourself
Don't ever relax
Stop turning away
Don't ever look back
And burn all those bridges
Everyone has
Until you finally learn the way to
Take care of yourself
Don't ever relax
Stop turning away
Don't ever look back
And burn all those bridges
Everyone has
Until you finally learn the way to
Take care of yourself
Don't ever relax
Stop turning away
Don't ever look back
And burn all those bridges
Everyone has
Until you finally learn the way to
Take care of yourself
Don't ever relax
Stop turning away
Don't ever look back
And burn all those bridges
Everyone has
Until you finally learn the way to

[Outro: Dylan Owen]
Shout out to all my friends
Shout out to everybody who helped me with this tape right here
Everybody who helped me obsess over the name for like five years
And make the album art in my room
With a piece of paper and a pair of scissors
Shoutout to Naebird on the beat
Shoutout to my dusty ass roo—
Yo, I'll see y'all next time