{"id":57978,"created_at":"2019-02-22 07:45:28","updated_at":"2021-04-17 04:43:03","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2019-02-22 07:45:28","original_id":null,"artist_id":6707,"title":"Letter To A Young King","slug":"letter-to-a-young-king","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"I put a pistol to my brain\r\nPen bleeding in my hand\r\nLost soul\r\nPray to God\r\nBut\r\nHe don't understand\r\n\r\nEyes cold\r\n\r\nIn the mirror, still searching for the man\r\nI envision in my dreams\r\nGuess I need another plan\r\n\r\nGot a baby on the way now\r\nBills piling up\r\nWife holding down the fort cause my hustle's not enough\r\nFeeling stuck\r\n\r\nAll these words, and this talent really don't mean a thing\r\nIf the money come up short for the rent\r\nYoung king\r\nLet me talk to you\r\n\r\nFrom the depths of my pain\r\nSo the darkness ahead, you escape\r\nI see shit is hard for you\r\n\r\nAll the corporate restraints\r\nGot your heart in a that far lonely place\r\n\r\nAnd all you wanna do is leave right now, \r\nPut your all in the music\r\nThe 9 to 5 grind's feeling useless\r\n\r\nAnd your soul's feeling weak right now\r\nYou're just dying to prove it\r\nYou been blessed with a gift\r\nTime to use it\r\n\r\nTrue shit\r\n\r\nBut let me drop a couple things to consider\r\nJust so you know you see the whole picture\r\nYou got fire in your heart, but world will put it out\r\n'Less your money come in fast, cause your parents need a house\r\nSister needs some new lungs, nieces need to get around\r\nPops is struggling to cope with the costs to hold it down\r\n\r\nHold it down\r\n\r\nThey need you to hold it down\r\n\r\nSo your passion needs a purpose\r\nClear\r\nRelentless work ethic, goal centric, mind focused on blessings\r\nNo moves unless the income's there\r\nI know it feels hectic, don't let it get to you, these lessons\r\n\r\nEssential in ways, you need to understand \r\nThere's no honour being poor and the world don't give a damn\r\nAbout you being real and a stand up dude\r\nUnless you got a deal, and your moves make loot \r\n\r\nFeel me when I say this.\r\n\r\nI hope you feel me when I say this\r\n\r\nKeep your mind on the funds \r\nWhile you're out here having fun\r\nKeep the ones that are real close\r\nCloser than the ones \r\nOnly with you when it's good times \r\nNever when it slumps\r\nRule one\r\nSettle debts before the bill collectors come\r\n\r\nFeel me when I say this.\r\n\r\nI hope you feel me when I say this","download_count":162,"play_count":23,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2021-04-17","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/5c6\/f8b\/351\/thumb_178692_300_300_0_0_crop.jpg","status_reason":null,"status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}