Striving For Better Things (Carolina Nature)

[Prod. Wan Gray] [Hook] X2 Used to dream big about luxury things Used to wanna be the goat, but I'm striving for better things Carolina nature, Shout out to Broughton High For all of those big lessons, The future might be bright [Verse 1] Thoughts of young man raised in Carolina Living through the hard times and the good ones Influence by society, everyday I wake up Life Gets harder but I pray for the better On the road touching people who need fresh minds Whenever they're down, I'll be there to pick them up I use to take that curve route to make shitty music Didn't know why the fuck I choose to dumb it down The Power of my soul is the power of achieving goals I'm reaching to the youth cause they need a role model The ones that need to speak up for their city The ones who don't have a voice, but inside it's making noise I'm striving for the better stay away from the fakes Cause they're the ones who tried to fuck up my music I'm Worried about being blessed taking care of me My future in Raleigh but God said "Keep striving" [Hook] X2 [Verse 2] Adapting ways for myself including my mental health To stay alive and strive for the goals I want to reach All it takes for me to get there is Having Patience Family hitting lotteries, I stay crafting Believing in myself, live and learn from mistakes Things happen for a reason, turning negative to positive People gonna judge you for what you say shit But it's all good, I use it as motivation I Remember about those days in my room thinking, stressing What's life without a balance, no respect from your people Back in the old days bitches jabbed me cause my slang They're trying to lock my black ass out like David stern These niggas are racist compared to Donald Sterling They don't wanna hear a conscious man with a message These days, the business people all about the money Thinking about the outcome, rather than the income That's fucking bullshit, I'm just trying to the greatest Achieved AB Honor Roll until I got degraded Shout out to my lovers and even all my haters Might've been your fave before people Ever heard of me Curiously asking why I'm talking about problems I am part of the problems, my problem is I'm a peaceful maker And I believe In the culture And the Carolina nature bitch [Hook]