The Future

[Verse 1]
I don't ever play buddy buddy with any of my opposition
Absolutely, motherfuckers keep talking, but I never listen
Told myself that I would make a million in the next few years
Take control of my fate, not much food in my stomach, but a lot on my plate
Nowadays, I don't know who to trust, seen too many turn snake, but I
Keep the blades up, I don't do the fake love
Music from the heart, always knew I'd get the pace up
Payout, didn't show love when I came up
Can't do swinging Babe Ruth with the changeup
Change now, been the same me, always straight up
Never outworked, never wanted to be famous
Skip a couple milly, I was fam over fame bruh
Love for the fans and the ones who hate us
Switch flows but I'm never out of pocket
Deliver these hits, mailman, I'm John Stockton
You talk a lot but practice what you preach
Actions talk, the words you shouldn't speak
It's hard to rest when everybody sleeps
Reality is never like the dreams
Prequels never match the hype they bring
Your music dims but ego never shrinks, oh lord

[Verse 2]
I'm not your average Joe
I'll give the verse on the low, but I want that percentage
Everyday struggles of being an artist
We deal with these fuckers like academics
You have a platform, dog, you ain't makin' change
You just makin' memes, ridin' dick, and wave
Same for Charlemagne, I ain't even disssin'
This community just needs to fuckin' change
Real talk, I'm tired of people who bring others down
For a talent they never will have
Tired of people who treat me like shit
'Cause I'm not in a Benz or up flying first class
Or the status of what's in my bank account
Holds any value though, who you perceive as a friend
Nah, hundreds of acres of loneliness isn't worth arrogance
Pushin' away all your friends, oh lord

[Verse 3]
I just wanna know that you're here for the kid
And not what's gonna happen in the future
I just wanna know what you say when I'm not in the room
What's gonna happen when the kid's old news
And they don't press play no more
I just want family that's bigger than music
Talk about life and the war as a whole
I don't rap for no clickbait shit
Make a few M's for the wave then dip
I'ma be here for the next few decades
Stick around and see if I exist
Got the same team since eighteen
With the same dreams tryna make a flip
From a small town to a big city
In the way back, fuck a picket fence
I'm a mountainous kid, that's in my soul
What's the future hold?
We'll soon know, yeah
We'll soon know

[Outro]
Shoutout H3 music, yeah
E.K. fam