True Story

And, man, it has been a journey
The drugs and alcohol have been whatever
Uh, I don't know if I'll always be sober I have no idea
But the thing that keeps me involved is
I get to learn so much about myself about loving others about acceptance
It's introduced me to other issues that I have that
You know, maybe drugs and alcohol aren't even my issue
It's just introduced me into a world of, like, introspection
Like, for the first time, I can take a look at myself and I still Look, I got a ton of faults, I'm not
But I know that if I stay, like, on this path that things can get better I believe that 'cause there's proof for me
You know, my career has gotten better
You know, I've met people that have loved me
You know, I've been in and out or a relationship with somebody that loved me
For one of the first times in my life that I really felt that
Not that other people hadn't loved me in the past but this was the first time I could feel it
You know, and it's just because something had changed Inside of me, you know, where I didn't need to just have all the walls up or whatever to survive anymore, like
You know, I think my higher power wants to tell me, “Look, man, you're gonna be okay, you know, you can take a break”
You know
Anyway, you know, I don't know if I'll always be
A part of this program or not
But, you know

[Chorus]
For the first time in my life I can tell you a true story
Like, this story, like, that's a true story
You know, for the first time in my life I can tell you a true story
Like this story, like that's a true story
(True story, true story)
(True story, true story)

You know, all the years of, like, having to lie and, like, being ashamed of who I was or what I was or anything or anything like that
It's still okay to tell stories
It's okay to create and be wanna bring people together and
And be a storyteller and think about things and that's all okay, but, for the first time my life I have a little bit of a story of my own
You know, and there are moments
You know, not always but there's moments where I don't feel as ashamed of myself as I did for so long, man
You know, I was so ashamed I was so ashamed of myself for nothing
Really for nothing
Just because at a young age nobody had told me not to be ashamed of myself
You know, nobody had told me, “Hey, man, you're okay”
You know, nobody had told me, “Hey, man, you are okay and you're not a bad person”
You're not a bad person
Because, for so much of my life I wanted to know that about myself and now I'd go into these rooms and I hear other people's stories and, and I feel a certain way and there is proof right there
Inside of me, living inside of my body through feeling and through love
And that's dope, man
Shit is fucking dope

[Chorus]
For the first time in my life I can tell you a true story
Like, this story, like, that's a true story
You know, for the first time in my life I can tell you a true story
Like this story, like that's a true story
(True story, true story)
(True story, true story)