(Handwriting's on the wall) Yeah, on the wall I'ma keep drinking til they toss me out this man
1] Excuse my tone of voice but was just a bad day Label hit me about another single and I ain't had play Since Country Sh*t, hell they thought that was a record anyway But God for Bun B and Ludacris because they had faith That sh*t would off and it did, guess I was too country to quit I make albums not hits, these rich folks don't know about But that's cool, I'm back to that K.R.I.T. Wuz Pray to God this was for me, a king to be Hoping my was near Maybe I'm in vain, maybe this wasn't my lane I'm hurting myself, talking 'bout real life instead of the fame How can I change? I swear I think I'm wasting time On the phone with my like, "I just wanna save some lives" I just want a deuce to ride the ones I was dealt My pride might be my downfall, but I ain't for help I wear my heart on my sleeve, don't run into me cuz it No disrespect to your craft, but I my own beats the handwriting.
(The on the wall...) Man the do something to a n*gga man sometimes that sh*t... I just hold back, you feel me?
2] First got me like boiling water with soda in it my project in the pot watch it lock up like those in prison Gotta prove these people that don't see the vision Three nominations, number one on 106, I forgot to mention Two albums minus label support Fired my cuz I forgot what I was paying him for til I'm barely conscious, call Johnny him put y'all on 3-way immediately Cuz I'm of being lied to and I'm waging war Then I'm back to Sippi-land and I'm quitting rap Ain't that bad cuz when I was poor, hell I was fat and Dealing with the critics and the comments got me Like my accent and my tone make it really to listen I was scarred but I was driven before the politics Lynching rappers and albums, and watching em hang I mine back with fear that they might just do me the same Cuz I I might get shelved, but that's part of the game Hell, the handwriting...
(The on the wall...) Goddamn it's on the wall I take this seriously man is my life, this all I've ever known This all I'll do and I promise to God I won't let nobody take it me
3] I did it for all of and all of yours Ten toes in the game I'm in I'm bound to if I'm living in sin If I to win will I make it out? I'm tired of feeling my heart Lord I wanna scrape it out the road less traveled, sh*t I just gotta stay the route I hear the hate and all the betrayal I just phase it out With another shot, better it down with a glass of Crown Put that on my tab, I'm doing bad Cuz music's all I've known, sh*t, all I've ever had Tryna say something, tryna do something, be better Ain't much time left, I make do, I can't live forever Ain't that what me me? No smoke and no mirrors And I don't even wear Loc's, so can see me clear And you can say that I'm but tell me if I'm trippin' They stick noses up and talk down on Mississippi Imagine how you'd feel to know you hard, and you educated And they treat you you never made it The handwriting...
(The handwriting's on the wall, curtain's about to fall Just ain't no feelings at all, the handwriting, on the wall)