Gerald (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

You know?
Yeah
Am I still the Gerald that I been from the beginnin?
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions
Should I be rappin, should I be singin?
Should he be losin, should he be winnin?
Should he keep pitchin still in the ninth innin?
Keep dissin, thats just addin fuel to my engine
Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin ?
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions (yeah, uh, for real)
Somebody in my life was a best friend to me
Been a minute since my guy sent a text to me
It really say somethin, think hes judgin me
Feel ten miles apart when youre standin next to me
Lifestyles change, people grow apart
Wont happen overnight, this shit had the slowest start
Different shit matters when you open up your heart
Addiction to celebrity could choke you from the start
Crazier than heroin, yeah, this shit hooks you
My uncle died of that, my dad told me, thats a good dude
Never met him, only heard stories where it took you
And Im just tryna live up to what they think that I should do
Cause hes got potential, hes that precious
Hes that special, he could be Elvis
He should be the biggest, he should put his career first
But no one ever told me, I should go and put me first, yeah
Am I still the Gerald that I been from the beginnin?
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions
Should I be rappin, should I besingin?
Should he be losin, should he be winnin?
Should he keep pitchin still in the ninth innin?
Keep dissin, thats just addin fuel to my engine
Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin?
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions (yeah, for real)
How could he feel lonely when hes always surrounded?
How could he not indulge when hes always around it ?
How come he does drugs, could he still do it without it?
How could he fly the highest, somehow still stayin grounded?
Some days I really feel like, I couldve run for president
Some days I wanna be a self-destructive degenerate
Gettin high, wastin my time, Im not regrettin it
People talkin bout what I should be doin instead of it
But this is my life, at night , I go to bed with it
Got some real demons, cant seem to cut off the head of it
Pay for my decisions, feel like I just lost a bet with it
Maybe my success has been goin straight to my head a bit
Maybe I been listenin too much
Maybe I been drinkin all the Kool-Aid and fruit punch
Maybe I got it, just stop tryna find help
Stop lookin outside, and look for it in myself (for real)
Am I still the Gerald that I been from the beginnin?
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions
Should I be rappin, should I be singin?
Should he be losin, should he be winnin?
Should he keep pitchin stillin the ninth innin?
Keep dissin, thats just addin fuel to my engine
Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin?
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions (Im me, for real)
Rinse, wash, repeat, learn through repetition
Deliver platinum albums, you take it as a given?
Songs dont write themselves, how you think theyre gettin written?
Wanna judge me? Then come trade me my position
Everyone is talkin, everyones reactin
Take it all for granted, think these things just happen
Every stop, hoppin off and on the bandwagon
Hate the way Im livin, criticize my actions
Bought moms a house, and the town was hella proud of it
But the next day, I did some shit you got a problem with
Almost fucked up a deal, was high, and I was out of it
On a conference call on mushrooms, my words slurred a bit
Mind myself, who I am, all the shit Ive done
Right now, Im top two sellin rappers where Im from
And I aint number two, that only leaves one
I go out the biggest fuckin artist when Im done, for real
Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin?
(Been from the beginnin , been from the beginnin)
Ask ten people, youll get ten different opinions
(Ten different opinions, ten, ten different opinions)
Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin?
(Been from the beginnin, been from the beginnin)
Is he still the Gerald that he been from the beginnin?
(I go out the biggest fuckin artist when Im done, for real)
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Ha-ha (your side), 'These Things Happen Too'
Tell me youll love me for a million years
Then if it dont work out
Then you can tell me goodbye