My Uncle

[Verse 1] My uncle used to keep me on my toes, dawg Straight dagger of life, lessons of literature Kept my adolescent brain sharp like a sword, dro I took an air for granted, to be very sure Arrogance a few stairs, defy a nigga death life Pshh, fuck outta here, I'm not impressed Nowadays I look upon it with respect Not tryna fit a [?] on my neck Check, lost my faith on the path to enlightenment That was feelin' confused and feel vexed I hear the socially awkward's the new sexy Goddamn, I was born in the wrong decade My highschool years might have been less of a headache Ill, but I try not to let that shit perplex me If I could travel time, I would cheat the system Leave my young self a lot of numbers and some wisdom Like "chill, kid, it's only the beginning, it's a long way to trick" Before you finish and when your innocence starts screaming Just kill it, and lay off the snacks, in yo 20s you gon' feel it" You'll thank yourself later [Outro - needs to be transcribed] Listen to yourself more than you listen to other's opinion It doesn't mean you don't listen to others People who are qualified, who know, who been there Who took risk, who may have failed All the people who took risk and failed And took risk and succeeded But if you know in your heart and in your gut That's what you wanna do You have to shut out the other voices And you have to listen to you When I wanted to be a rapper in 9 years old My teacher [?] So everybody wanted to be a football or baseball And I remember the teacher tell me "You too smart to rap"