Alone / EA6 (Clean) - 6LACK Written by:Ricardo Valentine/O. Omishore/T. Slade/J. Rabitsch/L. Blomkamp I know that but being around in that atmosphere And seeing how people move you know Seeing how how they make records you know What kind of record they make I'm just like I don't ant this sh*t for myself And I don't ever want niggas to try to pull me into that 'Cause I've been told a couple times like Hey do this sh*t man do that And I'm like man I don't want I don't that for me man And if I keep tellin' y'all I don't want that sh*t for me And y'all keep you know Try nudge and push I understand y'all got your vision And y'all got your formula but that sh*t don't work for me man I'm not gonna conform I'm not settling for that sh*t 'Cause if I do it once and it pop I'm a have to keep doing that sh*t over and over again You can't build no fan base like that You you become you become you become a f**kin' song instead of a person That sh*t I'm not I'm not try be that man Um migraines from over thinking I'm try let go I'm try let go Let go of the past man that sh*t been try creep up up Contemplatin' on if I'm really as strong as I thought b**ch I might be Quick to pull me down but as much as I've seen I can't fall it's unlikely Then she get a little twisted up I put my troubles in a dirty then I mix it up I'm 'bout to change my number like I haven't switched enough This is home and you aims on six and up gone I'm from east Atlanta zone If you ain't from it take your a** home I let my heart talk keep my mental strong Speak the whole truth 'til my money long Half of them don't even know your name I don't want that I want people to know who the f**k I am I want people to know what I stand for I want people to be personal and know This is 6 lack this is what he believe in What we need talk about Get gone get gone get yeah I got the past whisperin' in my ear He floss she flaw what's wrong I got troubles and they won't leave me alone It seem like everybody got somethin' to say Everybody got a little dirt they try get off of they face Everybody got an opinion and I don't want one Try tell me a better way to do some sh*t you ain't never done Six drink in the booth black down to my shoes Kick sh*t with my troops kickin' sh*t you You not with this sh*t why you Front for those who don't matter when they not thinkin' 'bout you If I learned anything it'll probably be to listen more than I talk And don't brag about what I got just multiply what I brought I never dwell on a loss never give a ni**a sauce He might run off with it all he might run off with it all He might run off with it he might run off with it all Get gone get gone get yeah I got the past whisperin' in my ear He floss she floss what's wrong I got troubles and they won't leave me alone Get gone get gone get yeah I got the past whisperin' in my ear He floss she floss what's wrong I got troubles and they won't leave me alone I feel like I'm more of myself than I've ever been Which is something that you really gotta come to face with sometimes 'Cause I thought I was you know Fully myself twenty four seven but nope Like right now is how I'm supposed to grow all the time It's how supposed to be all the time It's how I'm supposed to think all the time Now I know going out of this I know leaving this A lot of that will follow me But it doesn't end with this you know Like I take it and I I live with it every day I see the people around me and I feel so much I wanna put it in words And try to figure out where to go with it but I feel so much I know they don't even feel as much as I feel But that's alright that's alright We have two different purposes Clearly my purpose is some sh*t that's way f**kin' bigger Than me and then it gets completely quiet And I'm at the beach I know I'm one person But I kinda feel like this ripple effect is gonna impact A lot of people yeah I feel God talkin' When he talks everything else is silent Summer 2011 I almost lost my faith in God Same time I never prayed so hard Took control of my life so I wouldn't have to take no job Press play I couldn't take no pause