I’m broken in pieces down to the soulI know the whole world can feel itI know that they can see it (Oh), uhOh, I hate to admit that I need you, I need you, I need youNext to meYou said that you were right for meAnd I hear youBut right now I need to feel you right next to me‘Cause this is all I got, prove that you got me(Oh yeah) Oh yeah, yeahBroken pieces‘Cause this is all I got, prove that you got meYeahSo if you say, “Nigga,” then I’ma say, “Is that a Ritz?” MmmOoh, fifty niggas deep (Deep), hundred niggas stepMillion Man March (Mmm), cracker, don’t you start (Yeah)Hold yo’ head, guard yo’ heartHold yo’ head, uhNigga, get yo’ bread, uh, light yo’ sparkStrike yo’ mark, lifе don’t stopSo hold yo’ head, guard yo’ heartHold yo’ head, yеahConflicted in this free-based world of give and take (Take)‘Cause I always rather give than to be the one sayin’ thanks (Woah)Conflicted like bein’ signed to Ye and managed by JayConflicted like bein’ cool with Pusha and Drake (Damn)Conflicted like reppin’ a city where I hardly stay (Stay)Or knowin’ that you wrong but it’s too hard to sayHold yo’ head (Hold yo’ head), guard yo’ heart (Guard yo’ heart)In my life, those were the hardest parts (Yeah)So many dark times, I wish I caught a sparkOr learned not seein’ eye to eye could be fixed with a heart to heart (God)So many lost, I feel lost, got me feelin’ like a real nigga, HolocaustGot me mournin’ while it’s dark (Dark)Life’ll eat you alive, we know how to be a mealShit, rather than see a mill, to make it out you need a skill (Yeah)Thought I was past my past, but let’s be clear (Clear)Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear (Swerve)Regrettin’ everything in life is my only fear (My only fear)
And you know what they say about not conquerin’ fears (What?)If you don’t, then they’ll always be nearAs that reminder in your ear, shit that I ain’t tryna hear (Nah)Hold yo’ head (Hold yo’ head), guard yo’ heart (Guard yo’ heart)In my life, those were the hardest parts (Swerve)Oh, you mistake me fallin’ down for fallin’ off (Woah)Or mistake me bein’ soft for speakin’ from the heartI guess life hasn’t taught you as much as you thoughtInstead of pickin’ up your missin’ pieces, you pick me apart (God)Boy, hold your head but guard your heartGot tired of white silence, so the riots startedAnd the robbers robbed, you wylin’ ’cause yo’ product gone?We mad that Eric Garner, Breonna, Gianna father goneYeah, a lot of trauma, we tired, exhaustedErmias the prophet said it’d be a marathon, lookSeen all my dawgs shown me God was watchin’ (Woah)Pandemic slowin’ ’em down, they fastin’, RamadanThe land of fifty stars, on Hollywood marchin’White friends don’t got us, I promise you, I’ll block ’em (Straight up)I’ma count my bread, I defied the oddsAnd fuck the Saint quarterback ’cause he ain’t Saint LaurentBoy, from here on out, we on Peyer MossIf we leave Reebok, we still bring ’em pumps and all the broadsYeah, I motivate (I motivate), I don’t divide (I don’t divide)The 45 a coward for practicing otherwiseA burnt nation, still it’s under GodNot gonna throw the towel in, I’m by my brother’s sideYour niggas be yo’ niggas when you level upYou see that yo’ niggas and brothers different when luck is upSo I trust nothing, this industry’s somethingMy biggest rival is my mind protecting my thoughtsAs well as my heartIt’s fifty niggas deep, hundred niggas stepMillion Man March, cracker, don’t you startHold yo’ head, guard yo’ heartHold yo’ head, uhNigga, get yo’ bread, uh, light yo’ sparkStrike yo’ mark, life don’t stopSo hold yo’ head, guard yo’ heartHold yo’ head, yeah
