[Verse 1: Joe Budden]
I mean I try not to conform on some sheep %#@!
Funny how your strong point could also be your weakest

They say that the first wound is the deepest
I say that's the easiest one to be at peace with
I think my misery would have y'all in disbelief

Swear that alone could get a jury to disagree
Should have followed a simple suggestion
In the belly of the beast giving it indigestion

Remember they said being yourself can't work
I always thought being yourself can't hurt
And if it did, wouldn't expect y'all to act cordially

It's a much bigger issue, better work out your priorities
So I always state my thoughts
Knowing they could only judge me if the gate's not in court

Some fought, some feel like a nobody still
Bottom line you don't accept you nobody will


[Hook: Shahroz]
Look up out the window, watch weather change
Just like people do, and it's all the same

But I won't change, no way
I said I won't change, no way-ay [2x]


[Verse 2: Shahroz]
Joey said sheep, we both shepherds on this record
Words are like wool, and I'm stitching em' together

Like my heart, when they ripped it
And the pills they prescribed, evidently won't fix it
Tellin' me I'm fit to act the role in a script

But I ain't going through the motions they pick
Emotions? ain't designed to be intertwined
With fakeness, like the monster of frankenstein

Back as a kid, I would never say %#@!
Trapped up in my mind, always feelin' so anxious
Guns out, facin' demons like I'm playing doom

With no escape route, RUNNIN' FROM THIS PADDED ROOM
Change personified, runnin' with me side by side
Tryna bag me, but I ain't talkin nickel-dimes

Hiding inside, takes a toll on your mental health
To better me, finally had to accept myself


[Hook: Shahroz]

[Verse 3: Shahroz ]

Listen, I'm switching up my perception
I'm throwin' stones, rippling my reflection
In essence, every second gets harder

As I grow older, all I hear is ben parker
In my ear, tellin' me to be responsible
A role model, is seemingly impossible

Neglecting... the youth ain't unstoppable
It's only hard, if you make it an obstacle
Conjuring my consequence is nonsense to the masses

But I'm on a star mission shootin' like NASA's
And I ain't losin myself like them boosters
Won't have my team turn on me like John Keuster

Lucky if you got a handful of friends
Next to fam, that's all you got to the end
So I ain't puttin on a show or persona

If you ain't gon' be yaself? i'll disown ya

[Hook: Shahroz]