The Encore

The Encore - August Alsina

Something I gotta tell somebody

Just in case you didn't know

I gotta show you where I came from

So you can see where I gotta go

See I started out with nothing

And I've been through some things

But there really ain't a difference

I gotta gotta little change

I've been hood rich and I've been broke

Singing in the choir y'all even sold d**e

See I've been clean and I've been high

Lived like a king and I had to get by

Had a couple tens in my bed at one time

Them down as b**ches when I didn't have a dime

Seen it all heard it all did it all

Appreciate the rise hope I never gotta fall

Always thought it would be good

But I never had it this good

I remember doing bad when a ni**a didn't have

Now I'm thinking back

Always thought it would be good

But I never had it this good

Had to get it how I could

I was so misunderstood out the hood

Now it's all good

Old friends came in with

Saying that I didn't act the same

But I wasn't really different

It was them who started to change

Had to go a new direction

Didn't wanna let 'em go

That was way before I noticed that

They didn't wanna grow

I've been hood rich and I've been broke

Singing in the choir y'all even sold d**e

See I've been clean and I've been high

Lived like a king and I had to get by

Had a couple tens in my bed at one time

Them down as b**ches when I didn't have a dime

Seen it all heard it all did it all

Appreciate the rise hope I never gotta fall

Always thought it would be good

But I never had it this good

I remember doing bad when a ni**a didn't have

Now I'm thinking back

Always thought it would be good

But I never had it this good

Had to get it how I could

I was so misunderstood out the hood

Now it's all good