Dear World

[Intro]
Dear world, my name is Byron Henderson. I just turned 15 this year. I’m from New Orleans, Louisiana. I guess you could say I started rapping at a pretty young age. Way before I even realized what Hip-Hop really was. Initially, not too many people really believed in me like talking about it. But my best friend, who I met a little while ago, she believes in me for some reason. Her name is Marina. I never imagined it would turn into what it is now, because it wasn’t really in my plans. I was just always a good writer. English was my thing in school. I was always the best at that. As far as me, as a person, I was always a pretty introverted kid. I was never really too close to anyone else. I just thought it was a bit far fetched for anyone to really listen to a kid that felt the way I did, or for anyone to take me seriously because of how young I was, so I’d just write everything down. Eventually, I guess it turned into some form of poetry. I used to battle and stuff like that, but I didn’t like it that much. It was just way to get people to realize that I was good at something other than being quiet. I mean, if you come from the surroundings that I came from, you’re most likely either really quiet or really loud. A lot of things happened that as a kid, I wasn’t prepared for, you know? So obviously, it kind of messed with me, mentally I mean. Basically, it threw me for a loop. All in all though, I’d say I was a pretty good kid. I never really got into too much trouble, but it would always lurk around the corner, just waiting for the right moment...

[Verse]
Haven’t spoken in a while, but know that I’m here for you
Unbroken, walking miles to show that I fear for you
In every sense of the word, cause tragedy can occur at any time of day
No matter what you have heard
See, the mind is a terrible thing to waste
But if you keep your mouth shut, you just might save it from being spread all over the pavement
About death, I missed my girl’s funeral cause I felt like I wouldn’t make it
Got to wondering if I would ever see 21, right
That manifested into a couple of fears
Like me being 20 and only a day away, but something goes wrong and I die before sunlight
Her and Aaliyah were the reasons I defied drama
Cause all it took was one punch, like I’m Saitama
Too many people with a dream I inspire for me to end up beefing with clowns I ain’t got time for
Meanwhile, you’re trying to ascend to the Upper Peninsula
But you noticed people you thought you were close to are envious and it sticks with them
And by them, I mean the people that you grew up with and you would give a rib for
The snake from the Garden of Eden, it bit them
They’re the ice berg content watching your sinking ship hit them
If you at least try you’ll never fail
And if you ever feel like you’re slipping, grind the rail
Too many rappers that claim to breathe ether
Heart froze, King Cold as if you conceived Frieza
Red and blue strobes, they unload to freeze us
Do Black Lives Matter to you or your street sweeper?
Question for all of you rappers acting real
I’m starting to wonder if you know how that can feel
If you don’t care about the lives of the people that support you, then it’s all downhill like Jack and Jill

[Hook]
I love God, I love me, I love y’all, I love peace
From a city where the semi bullets fly and if you make it out alive, it’s a war you can’t unsee
Never thought I’d have a life like this
Never imagined having to fight like this
Never ran the streets, there was something more for me than to die like this
No, not like this

[Verse]
She said love runs deep, and if it ain’t deep, it ain’t love
So I won’t say the people that doubt you ain’t for you
Yeah, there’s no other more low key than me
So I’m guessing that makes me Thor’s brother
Looking at most rappers like, “What you proud for?”
Same dudes rapping about how they sprayed something
Too many of them pretending to be around dough
We see through the B.S., you ain’t Rajon
For every kid on this Earth with a dream that’s been dying slow cause you were doubted
Hope that I supply you with just enough confidence to defy all odds and surprise them, whoa
Never stress on drama, never care much
All naps, like Kevin Durant’s haircut
Never let anybody call you a failure
Pressure makes diamonds, dawg, don’t let it scare you
Society is strange, the climate has changed
And it drives me insane, cause these suckers’ll take out a whole block
But to them it’s not a problem, just another game of Jenga
I hope to God you can strive through the madness
Provide for you parents, bring death to your doubts, and survive through the badness
And rather not be in the streets, roaming with doubts
On the same ish that had Kendrick foaming at the mouth
You can do whatever you put your mind to
You ain’t gotta be Jordan in order for you to fly
Truthfully, you’re in charge of whatever you do if you try
I can relate, I was doubted but I ain’t wasting no time
And that’s why I believe in you
That’s why I’m thinking of every time it could have been me laying face down as if I was planking
So if you have a dream, then pursue that
Cause all I hear in the city are shots and “Who Dat?”

[Hook]
I love God, I love me, I love y’all, I love peace
From a city where the semi bullets fly and if you make it out alive, it’s a war you can’t unsee
Never thought I’d have a life like this
Never imagined having to fight like this
Never ran the streets, there was something more for me than to die like this
No, not like this

[Outro]
Prophecies fulfilled, cock and squeeze the steel
Product of your environment, mockery of the real
Talking real life, I guess rappers aren’t the only ones that kill Mikes
Y’all been sleeping on death, tell me what it feels like
Yeah, tell me what it feels like when you feel like you dream’s way out of reach
Let me meditate until the levees break
You could breathe your last air today, so you better make it count