Not So Painless

Yeah, I been grinding with a limp in my step  

Still stepping on the necks of the ones that slept  

They was laughing when the lights was low  

Now they quiet when the money start to flow  

I was starving, stomach touching my spine  

Now the same ones begging for a piece of the pie  

I don’t trust them, keep them far from the circle  

because the closest ones usually the first to hurt you  

I been counting all the nights I cried in the dark  

Turned the tears to a spark, now the fire is art  

Every bar that I spit got a piece of my soul  

Every beat that I ride got a piece of the cold  

I was raised by the block, taught to never fold  

Now I’m breaking all the rules that the old heads told  

Tried to run from the past but it’s stuck to my feet  

Tried to smile for you but the pain too deep