[Verse 1]
This how it be on your own
How it feel to have a place but never call it home
Building up to space and slowly breakin' every bone
Hope y’all stay away but then I hate to be alone
Stuck in the present
“Z trust me you’ll be the best”
Boy I know it, I ain’t stressin’ (yeah, aye)
And I love my home but I left it
All the people counted out so now I'm counting my blessings (yeah, aye)
Trust me I’ve lived and I’ve learned
Time is of the essence if you get cold, baby, you’re gonna burn
And all of your tables gonna turn, and all of your walls gonna fall
Dreams slowly turnin’ to a curse
Good things slowly turnin’ into worse
Your downfall slowly turn into my birth

[Chorus]
The place that we began is your end (yeah)
And the second that it’s all yours, they give you a hand
I tried to stay as an acquaintance, fuck being your friend
And I’m a legend in the making but quit acting like you think that I’m the man
The way that I began is your end (yeah)

[Post-Chorus]
So don’t save me
Cause I’ve been doin well on my own lately
And this music will save me
I know, oh I know, I can’t let it go (run it back)
So don’t go save me
‘Cause I’ve been good on my own lately
[Verse 2]
I fell in love with music at a young age
Didn’t know that this would be my passion 'til I reached the 8th grade
Pops was workin’ on that minimum wage
But he worked 10 times more than everyone, I told him I would do the same (yeah)
I did my first feature, he had 30 songs in the vault I did 10 times that
Y’all rappers thought that you could ball, but I slammed on that
Bet I got better songs than yall, 100 grand on that
Put my advance on that
Put all my sessions on that
My music a drug, every time you take it, then you lose it, you relapse
I put my friends on that
I put my fam on that
I put my fans on that
But I don't even call them fans, boy they my fam' in fact
Yeah, that's my family, the ones understanding me
Yeah the ones understanding me

[Chorus]
The place that we began is your end (yeah)
And the second that it’s all yours, they give you a hand
I tried to stay as an acquaintance, fuck being your friend
And I’m a legend in the making but quit acting like you think that I’m the man
The way that I began is your end (yeah)

[Post-Chorus]
So don’t save me
Cause I’ve been doin' well on my own lately
And this music will save me
I know, oh I know, I can’t let it go
So don’t go save me
‘Cause I’ve been good on my own lately