The Story so Far

The Story so Far - McKinley Dixon/Seline Haze

Lyrics by：McKinley Dixon/Seline Haze

Composed by：Sam Koff/McKinley Dixon: Costantino/Seline Haze

Tryna escape this bodega with no avail

The corner store committing robbery

Ripping me off

Making this agave passion fruit for sale

Tried to fight it but to no avail

Chips here are probably stale

Yet I'm with it

I'm high and I'm hungry

I see a sign and it's hung above me

It says what does your life entail

Damn my moms hasn't heard

From me in a while

And my pops even longer

Need to speak to his daughter

And see how she's doing

Scary world for a little melanin girl

It truly is

I need to call you too

I know you missing me

Exit the store cover my eyes

The sun's hitting me

But I have never seen the sky

So differently

Until the day that you died

Until the day that you died

Until the day that you

Yo

I do this 'til the day that I die

My nigga cringe

When he hear fireworks in July

You ain't need to know why

I just hope he recover

His mother miss him

And I miss him too

I hope he play this

And he thinks of all the things

We been through

But if he doesn't

I wasn't the type to stop him

From getting money

My cousins is hungry

He hustling for their tummies

Is he wrong

Dear God is he wrong

Son wanna be a reverend

Pops clipped in 7 11

He asking his moms

Is daddy gonna go to heaven

Is he wrong

Dear God is he wrong

Yeah

One step at a time

Two-step at a time

Walking through the pressure

This life make me sharper than a knife

Money gettin' tight like depression

The cost of living life

And if inside it's safe

Pay attention

Or later pay the price

It's always mind over matter

My nigga get it right

No nothing that's worth it comes easy

I'm setting piss at my toes

But I can't follow the sequence

Can't go the yellow brick road

I thought I'd lost all the meaning

When daddy passed off the hole

You know we rose from his semen

And built foundations with soul

Yeah it's like that

You know they make it hard for us

I come from where they fight back

I got the spirit of the tough

I'm covered keep me guided

I'm never blinded

2020 vision on my iris

Said we can't settle for less

And being solid don't mean

Built for the test

Just hold on to your integrity

Got to breathe through the stress

Hm or maybe sigh

Because we deep in the stretch

And placing bets on my guidance

This passion beat through my chest

Hm word from the wise

The rain don't need breakin' sweat

That it supplies

If you choose 'em right

Ain't no need to digress

So pick a side hah

What you decide on yeah

When will you ride

So can we ride

Beloved

Paradise

Jazz