Intro: sometimes it's hard to hear your own advice by what you say to other people , but hearing other people advice can help you but it's your job to hear them out and do as they say..

Hook: I'm thinking about the good life

Practicing what I say
I preach for other people
It don't come my way

Now I'm searching for advice
So i can follow my own to put it all in place


Verse 1: Let me tell you a little something that happen to me I know back in the day I couldn't even see the sea but you know everybody said Jay what happen to you you had good advice that didn't pull through I said hold up homie I had to get it right I'm trying to follow my own every day and night I had to go and get it no I couldn't stop I see them haters steady @@#! blocking but hold up homie you telling me to do this yeah I followed it dog but I went in the ditch I went in a deep whole and came out positive but everything went back to negative

Hook: I'm thinking about the good life

Practicing what I say
I preach for other people
It don't come my way

Now I'm searching for advice
So i can follow my own to put it all in place


Verse 2 :People giving me things I never heard before telling me I can do it but inside of me it's all a war holding back pain and stress trying to think of a plan and let it out of my chest I talk to The Lord why my life has to be this way through the struggle and pain is it all because I'm the good one who is trying to reach fame I told my mama I'ma take her out the Hood main now I'm a educated man sticking through it all I even got a girl who won't even let me fall that's a good girl who gots my back when I'm down she telling me to get back on track

Hook: I'm thinking about the good life

Practicing what I say
I preach for other people
It don't come my way

Now I'm searching for advice
So i can follow my own to put it all in place


Verse 3 : now I made it listening to other peoples advice had me thinking it's a one way mission my life is like a movie accept there is no killing no drugs but just doing me holding back keeping my head up I'm doing it like that and if you support me then support the rest while I write in this pad and think to my self how I'm blessed everything is back to what it was and keeping coo family doing it to main tell me how I'm doing the next big thing I might be starting in a movie starting big things and Joel will never change

Hook: I'm thinking about the good life

Practicing what I say
I preach for other people
It don't come my way

Now I'm searching for advice
So i can follow my own to put it all in place