Beautiful

[Hook: D Wayne] Lately I've been hard to reach I've been too long on my own Everybody has a private world where they can be alone Are you calling me? Are you trying to get through? Are you reaching out to me? I'm reaching out to you [Verse 1: Jon Connor] It feel like I ain't got common sense All the years trying to conquer this Been on the grind so long, worked so hard Still feel like I ain't accomplished shit All the time I struggled, soul got humbled Hard for me to take a compliment Cause I'm from Flint, when young people die They say 25 is an accomplishment When I turned 18, left my home Packed my bags, said "I'm gone" Mom wanted me to stay home but I'll never be grown if I don't do this on my own She had my back, gave her last Even when all she had was scraps Now I'm in Florida, don't know nobody Got a clean slate gotta start from scratch Oh Lord how I land on my feet ? wheels I remember weeks I was too proud to call home for money so I toughed it out and I just ain't eat Little cous' died seen him in my dreams Crying all night so I just ain't sleep Probably needed therapy, but it cost too much So I told ? play that beat [Hook] For my people that know what it's like to be a starving artist I mean literally starving every night trying to live your dream I know shit gets hard some times but it's going to be alright Gotta brush yourself off and keep going And you ain't just gotta be a rapper I don't care whether you're a singer or actor or actress Whether you're trying to be in sports Do what you gotta do, just keep going It's going to come to you [Verse 2] Some of ya'll motherfuckers got the nerve To sit and talk about what I deserve When I used to take 26 ? grey-hound ? passing out my shit just to get heard Yes ya'll Really think this shit is too easy, think about this when you see me: Before this I burned five thousand CDs by myself with one PC And maybe that don't mean shit to you but I know what that meant to me That mentally, I would not stop 'til I got everything that was meant for me The promoters jerked me I ain't get mad Put me on first when I shoulda went last Fuck these niggas, need it to record paying for equipment with money I ain't have I was in the hood just minding my business Rappers ain't like me I was too different It's Fli City ya'll really gotta dodge bullets how bout that cause I gotta dodge this Guess you could say I was just prepared Or you could say that I just ain't care I ain't gotta diss ya'll back, it's the mentality that's gonna keep ya'll there [Hook] To my dreamers There's gonna be people that doubt you and there's gonna be people that try to stop you I always used to say to myself, "Success is gonna be my revenge" That's what you gotta do If somebody hate on you don't feed into it Hate only begets more hate you feel me? Just stay focused and on your grind Don't let nobody tell you what you've been through You tell them what you've been through Nas told me that [Verse 3] Born premature coulda died right then Hit by a car could have died when I was ten Then a car crashed when I was twelve Car flipped twice thought I saw my end God coulda took me again and again We all gonna go but we don't know when Life is a gift so while I'm here I won't break and I won't bend No I ain't the first one in Sunday service But He know my heart so I ain't nervous I know that life does have a purpose And it's about more than what I purchase We're all working, ain't nobody perfect End of the day I'm just a person I found my purpose so I'm gonna serve it That's why I spread love in all my verses Logged into Facebook just last night A young man said he wanted to take his life Replied to the message right there and on sight And asked was he cool and was he alright He said yeah what made him fight A Jon Connor song that he played that night So fuck all the money and all the hype That right there is the reason I write So, to all you goody two-shoes With your big words and your new shoes And your new suits, what do you do? Besides criticize and that benefits who? So, instead of just using me How about really helping the community? Poverty is the real issue and that right there is way bigger than you and me [Hook] And to the people that talk like they're holier than thou And talk down on people like they do no wrong Ain't nobody perfect That includes you you feel me? Talking down to people never helped nobody I know this song right here is helping somebody out more than you ever could What's your motive? I do what I do to help people Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do Don't do the right thing because you want somebody to praise you for it later Cause sometimes the right thing goes without praise And I accept that. I'm outta here