Can-I-be-for-real? I still get shy some days…. Pour my liquor to the sky some days…. I don’t even know why-I don’t even know how- Hope this feeling been common place…. Cuz, I been out of patience. Sundays, I been out of prayers. Good kid, madd city, But At least I’m not a player. (Can-I-be-for-real?) Do you feel it too? The world changed…the world’s staged…. The message in the bottle… Is the hood to blame? Is the world aflame? It all moves too fast to follow…. Can’t quit though- Boy I came too far to lose, This grind been too hypotenuse, The high rims….the long yards…. I don’t know which one to choose… So I ask you though? (Can-I-be-for-real?) [Hook] Can-I-be-for-real? Can I show my pain and-not conceal? In a world that don’t care-how I feel, I just need one thing -that’s real… So tell me now— Can-I-be-for-real? (Can-I-be-for-real?) (Can-I-be-for-real?) (Can-I-be-for-real?) [verse 2] (I’ma just be for real…) I still get lost in my mind, Feelin’ like I lived nine lives—none right….. Flip a coin, roll the dice—same cycle, I been tryna read the signs-insightful…. (Ohhhh…..) Came up off hope and old cartoons….. Damn near wore some cardboard shoes…. Still, I move like time owe me answers, City kid still movin like a bammer- (I’ma just be for real…) The older I get, the less I explain…… Lotta folks talk, don’t mean a thang…… I walk through storms with my armor on- Cuz panic don’t help when the weather don’t change….. You ever felt close to somethin’ bigger? But can’t tell if it’s fate or something-sinister? I been watchin’ folks chase clout and cats….. Tryna sell peace, but it come with tax….. So I chill… sip slow… count breath and skill… Still tryna figure out what’s fake -and what’s real…… I ain’t sayin’ I got it right now—but I know how it feel… So I speak my mind— (I’ma just be for real…) [Hook] I’ma just be for real… Gotta show my pain—and not conceal. In a world that don’t care-how I feel, I just need one thing -that’s real… So I speak it loud— I’ma just be for real! (I’ma just be for real…) (Yeah…) (I’ma just be for real…) (Oh yeah…..) (I’ma just be for real…)

Can I be for real?