Danté Wolfe - Fresh Pages lyrics

Sometimes it's kinda hard to take 16 bars Of some of everything you've got going on in your heart But I cook up all my verse with great intent and purpose Always peeling back the surface, n***a, I'm never nervous There's still a few things that I won't say But at the rate that I'm going it don't matter no way It's been about two years since I walked across the stage I'm just getting a degree and this album it turned the page A lot of sh** in this album was really going on A lot of sh** had me f**ed up, a lighter kept me strong I really had some things that I really had to sling But I wasn't in the streets only banged it at the range I tell you all the truth because I know you don't get a lot Real sh**? These n***as don't spit a lot You really don't brag when you did a lot We different I got some friends that really play it down so they don't get no attention Kinda like me when I was waiting on these cla**es Sitting around, bullsh**ting, thinking about a Masters I did my best work when my ex left Crazy thing is I planned out everything that she expect You couldn't stick around to see the best sh** You stay down until you come up I guess we all ain't learned that yet And on that note, a big shoutout to my team All my n***as out here grinding, dog, achieving all their dreams Time for me to join the workforce, what's my experience? Always on time when the package is delivered And attention to detail: make sure your scale's right Works well with a team and doesn't mind long nights Works well with deadlines, the plug needs paying Your lights go out with too many delayed payments I had to get it, I swear to god I had to get it Tina was gonna evict us and n***as can't get a living My grades was too low, I spent a summer just applying My grades was too low, they spent a summer just denying But ain't nobody see that sh** I bet before I put it on the beat you wouldn't believe that sh** I lost financial aid twice, I live one hell of a life I remember this time she left me in the middle of the night I remember the first time we lost it in the mail I remember the second time I almost went to jail But you wasn't there And I ain't doing no explaining We're not really friends till you make a couple payments A lot of sh** I did was really old and outdated I'm writing this sh** because I want some fresh pages This album close a chapter, with this I start anew But I know where I been, so I know what I can do See, they liable to b**h, liable to switch When you finally do score they gonna lie about a sis To be honest dog, I know I'm blessed And I keep praying for blessings I'd rather take those than hard lessons Nonviolent offender coulda been my direction But now I'm on my own, I ain't open for suggestions St. Louis, it raised me Capperman, they made me Carlton Ave. paid me None of y'all gon' play me In high school I got caught, in college I was ghost Life hit you with those blows if you chilling on the ropes When you stop fighting is when you start losing When you start spazzing they start moving When you winning they start choosing Fake love and fools, too many lies move them But I've seen it all, so to me you've gotta prove it I said but I done seen it all so for me you've gotta prove it [Voice Recording] “Daily business, doing what we do. We have a package coming through one day, and my man said that while he's in LA, I searched the sh**, says “Seized by law enforcement.” So, you know, n***as is naturally shook, like “Well that can't be good…” like… [laughter] That's not good! So, I'm a little bit shook, lowkey, get a phone call, “Yo, y'all n***as is hot,” like “the boys just ran to our spot, took us downtown, they're asking us all these questions, this that and the third.” All this n***a had to say, he was like “We gotta go.” And I was like “Alright, we gotta go.””