Dalton Stocks - Keep This Real Lyrics

I don't know why I try to deliver the hype
But I've gotta fly and go into the sky
Cause I'm not good enough and for why, I don't know
I've got a brain sickness that I can't afford to show
To be a singer with a flow is a good thing I've been told
To be a man with image problems not the way to go
I'm sorry for the sweat, I'm sorry for the tears
And I'm sorry for the same shit year after year
But it isn't all me, it's kind of you too
The way you let your f*cking parents walk all over you
Cause we're not in high school, I'm not some stupid tool
That'll use you and abuse you, cause that's for stupid fools
And I'm no saint, I mix my lemon and my gin
But that doesn't mean that I don't take account for my own sin
And it's a lot to take in, but please don't ever leave me
I just want the world to see the way that you see me

I know it's gonna
Be okay someway
Let's keep this real
You and me
Now we see

In the end it doesn't even matter
Cause the people still talk, they still chitter chatter
You can leave me with the scraps or nothing left to gather
Either way I'm breaking through the scene, cause I'm the master
And it seems that I'm breaking expectations
The way I play guitar with my hand limitations
And it seems that I'm never gonna take a vacation
Even though it's your game, I'm the one playin'
And my flows are developin'
My skin lacks the melanin
But I could show you the stages that I'll be sellin' in
And it's kind of been on my own
I'm the one who watched myself become grown
And yeah, I had Mom through it
Every time I had a show she would come to it
But f*ck it, because she did her best
Growing up without my dad was the real test
And no I didn't study but I passed that shit
I stand here now I'm a success magnet
And through all the heartbreak and through all the triumph
I faced my own giants, David and Goliath
If I said that it was easy I would be lying
But the hard work pays off because now I'm flying
And dream big because 90% of it is gone when we wake
But the other 10% it never fades
You've got it now it is saved
You could call that a saving face
And that's right, there's no time for sorrow
Cause you never know where you will go or where you'll be tomorrow

I know it's gonna
Be okay someway
Let's keep this real
You and me
Now we see

Here I am spittin' my fire for days
But my spittin' won't ever alleviate the pain
I'll stand strong and never will I falter
I'm messin' with ya like a boy at the alter
And shoulder width apart, cause life's trying to fight me
I dunno what I did for god to try and smite me
And talk is cheap, but not is the deliverance
I can't help but see the negative of the dividend
I called my dad the other day I don't know why
All the meetings that he missed he's just a stand-up guy
I don't remember him there, not one damn time
Being his only seed was my only crime
And a man once told me to go my own way
But the road in front of me has never been paved
I've gotta read the signs so I know what to say
I've gotta be a light, I've gotta radiate
I've gotta lead by example and be true hearted
Gotta keep it real like when this song first started
Let the fire burn bright, and never let it dwindle
Cause it's too damn hard to get that shit to rekindle