What It's Like - Phora

I know what it’s like to feel so hopeless

But you gotta keep going man

Just stay focused, just stay focused, yeah, just stay focused

Focus on the good shit, forget about the past

Focus on what you got, not the things you never had

Cus it ain’t that bad, as the world keeps spinning

Either you dyin' or you livin'

Ever since i can remember they said i couldn’t do it

Tatts all over told them my future was ruined

But i told them «get to know me first yeah, I’m still human»

Grandpa asked me «what the hell you think you doing?»

I told him «i'm making music, you should take a listen

I know i ain’t the best but i ain’t talking about no bitches

I’m talkin' about no cars or cooking crack in moms kitchen

I’m talkin' about life and everything that’s in my vision»

Man i swear I’m so thankful for the things i was given

Speak on what i learned, hoping i can make a difference

Speak to my boy that keeps going back to prison

At the end of the day you gotta pay for your decisions

I swear man i miss him, never get the chance to visit

Ask what my goal is, it’s just to keep living, just keep living

Yeah, it’s just to keep living, just to keep.

I know what it’s like to feel so hopeless

But you gotta keep going man

Just stay focused, just stay focused, yeah, just stay focused

Focus on the good shit, forget about the past

Focus on what you got, not the things you never had

Cus it ain’t that bad, as the world keeps spinning

Either you dyin' or you livin'

Even when it’s all bad, i still keep my head up

It’ll go away, i promise, life will get better

And i hate to see my boy walking around with a Beretta

Gotta watch his back he said our police don’t protect us

He ain’t’t got a girl cus he thinks he gon' get set up

All that’s on his mind is makin' that chedda

And i said that’s cool, but what you gonna do when you get it?

Your gonna buy some weed

Your gonna put it in the bank and get interest

Listen, just think of yo' future

If you got that money, don’t think these cats will hesitate to shoot you

Look, all I’m saying is be cool bro

Never heard from him again, i hope he’s cool tho

I’m doing things i never thought of

Came a long way from sleeping in my niggas honda

Ask me for a quarter, i’ll probably give you a dollar

More you do good, less chance of meeting karma

I try to stay away from drama, cus everywhere i go now

Been so many places, but it’s nothing like my hometown

Heard some people hate us here, they don’t even know us

Yeah I’m still a kid but these niggas need to grow up

And to tell you the truth, I’m the only person i can think of that’s

Buying kids from the hood, cheese burgers and sodas

I just wanna make a change, man i swear

The money and the fame ain’t why I’m here, i been working so hard

Y’all should be glad for me, instead of everyone turnin' they back on me

But it’s alright, yeah it’s alright

I know what it’s like to feel so hopeless

But you gotta keep going man

Just stay focused, just stay focused, yeah, just stay focused

Focus on the good shit, forget about the past

Focus on what you got, not the things you never had

Cus it ain’t that bad, as the world keeps spinning

Either you dyin' or you livin'