Harsh Truths

Told me so much bout myself,

But that shit ain't help, girl, nah..............

Knowin' that it's not the truth,

But when your, mad, you can't help it, damn.

Hold myself accountable when it's time for it.

Talking crazy on the regular, but now I'm over it.

If I were to mention some harsh truths, that hurts ya soul, I would have you crying in this bitch.

Now I mentioned it, & you can't stand me for it.

Tears fallin from your eyes, coming from the skies, man it's dense.

Knowin that I'm telling truths, but you can't handle it.

& it may not appear on the outside...............

But it's hurting me, yeah..............

The pain I feel when you try............

To just hurt me, yeah.................

Truths can make you feel bad, though.

Truths can have you feeling sad, though.

When you haven't taken ownership,

& figured out what's the problem.

We reflections of our pain, yeah.

Projecting it all out, it's insane, man.

Truth is, we just all want some love, trust, happiness, money, & peace within ourselves.

But I embrace it.

Any emotion that comes, I'mma face it.

Livin in my truth, unapologetically.

Nothin' you say can be a threat to me.

Thinkin' perceptions is reality.

The truth is, that I'm proud of me.

Proud of all the demons that I slayed up in my closet, now there ain't no skeletons to come popping out.

To try & hurt me, yeah............

Lookin' for some arsenal you can use.

To shoot back at me, yeah.

Says a lot more about you.

I know you hurting, yeah.

Because this is the truth:

You never deserved me, yeah.

I done faced some harsh truths, now.

Truths that have your sanity loose, now.

Make you wanna do a drive by 8 times, with .45's, till you see em all die, that's the truth, yeah.

Truths that have you lookin' foolish.

Ashanti running back to you, yeah.

Till that truth is finally met with forgiveness of yourself, learning lessons that you can use, yeah............

No longer is it hurting me, yeah.

The truth is appreciated.

Cause I've been learning, yeah...........

To live as honest as I can.

But just for me, yeah.

Now I can see the dishonesty.

When you try to hurt me, yeah..........

- Maãlík