DOWN BAD

I was down bad
Attitude problem
Brothers wouldnt let me play
I was always getting mad
I was going down bad
Always felt something was missing
I wondered where the fuck was my dad
I was really down bad
Momma always working
Grandma bringing me to church
Not cause I was acting bad
I was going down bad
Grandma saw my light
Wasn't one to fight
But I never would hold back if
Things were
Going down bad
Im glad
Cause I was
Going down bad
But the lesson I learned
Keep my gifts in the present
Leave my past in the
past where its at
I am not a product of my past
Cant hold me back
I aint never going back
I ain't never going back to being down bad

Iwas
Going Down bad
Getting lazy I was
Chillin where the couch at?
I was going Down Bad
I was fallen
Knew that I was gonna make it out regardless
Never listened to the evil
Learned to put my trust in certain people
Didn't work enough when I was balling
I was only playing defense Wheres the offense
Pray for others
But no-one praying for
au STIN
In the midst I didn't know that I was
Down bad
Always grew up thinking that I was an outcast
I would sit up in the storm
While it rained and it poured praying all the dark clouds just would go by past
See my vizion clearer now that all the clouds passed
Thanking God Im glad I made it out the mouse trap
Thinking Cause I been down bad
Im a stay down bad
Mhmm Yea I really doubt that

I was down bad
Attitude problem
Brothers wouldnt let me play
I was always getting mad
I was going down bad
Always felt something was missing
I wondered where the fuck was my dad
I was really down bad
Momma always working
Grandma bringing me to church
Not cause I was acting bad
I was going down bad
Grandma saw my light
Wasn't one to fight
But I never would hold back if things were going
Down Bad
Im glad
Cause I was
Going down bad
But the lessons I learned
Put my gifts in the present
Put my past in the
Mutha fucking back
I am not a product of my past
Cant hold me back
I ain't never going back
I ain't never going back to being down bad

Know my presence
Iridescent
Feel the essence of a Heaven.
I'll Never forget that pressure
Knew everything'd be alright
Turned my L's up
Into lessons
Turned lessons right into blessings
Reverted to adolescent
Had to get my spirit right
I was going down bad
Middle of the mouse trap
Man I'm really Glad I made it out that
Gotta make it out fast
Once I saw the clouds past
Knew that I would be the one to outlast
Catapault to the top wouldn't doubt that
With a keyboard and a mousepad and a note pad
Have the crowd packed
Never forget where I came and rose out past man it sound bad
But those really were the best of times
Moments I birthed the best of rhymes
That'll test the time
Im blessed to shine and meant to shine so get behind and fall in line
Cause there's a war going on outside
But I'm safe
Man I been saved
Keep the spirit within me of where the Knicks Play
Got big Faith
Im shipshape
And I ain't gotta wait to show you my talent
Im balanced nigga I been great