Byron Henderson - Dear World lyrics

Dear world, my name is Byron Henderson i just
Turned 15 this year i’m from New Orleans
Louisiana i guess you could say I
Started rapping at a pretty
Young age way before I even realized
What Hip-Hop really was initially
Not too many
People really believed in me like talking
About it but my best friend, Who I met a
Little while ago
She believes in me for some
Reason her name is
Marina i never imagined it would turn
Into what it is now
Because it wasn’t really in
My plans i was just always a good
Writer english was my thing in school
I was always the best at that as
Far as me, as a person
I was always a pretty introverted kid i was
Never really too close to anyone else i
Just thought it was a bit far fetched for
Anyone to really listen to a kid
That felt the way I did
Or for anyone to take me seriously because
Of how young I was, so I’d
Just write everything down eventually
I guess it turned into some form of poetry i
Used to battle and stuff like that
But I didn’t like it that
Much it was just way
To get people to realize that I was good
At something other than being quiet i mean
If you come from the
Surroundings that I came from
You’re most likely either really
Quiet or really
Loud a lot of things happened
That as a kid, I wasn’t prepared for
You know?
So obviously, it kind of messed with me
Mentally i mean basically, it threw me for
A loop all in all though
I’d say I was a pretty
Good kid i never really got
Into too much trouble
But it would always lurk around the corner
Just waiting for the right moment

Haven’t spoken in a while
But know that I’m here for you
Unbroken, walking miles to show that
I fear for you in every sense of the word
Cause tragedy can occur at any time of day
No matter what you have heard
See, the mind is a terrible thing to waste
But if you keep your mouth shut
You just might save it from being
Spread all over the pavement about death
I missed my girl’s funeral cause I
Felt like I wouldn’t make it
Got to wondering if I would ever see 21
Right that manifested into a couple of fears
Like me being 20 and only a day away
But something goes wrong and
I die before sunlight
Her and Aaliyah were the
Reasons I defied drama
Cause all it took was one punch
Like I’m Saitama
Too many people with a dream
I inspire for me to
End up beefing with clowns I
Ain’t got time for
Meanwhile, you’re trying to ascend
To the Upper Peninsula
But you noticed people you
Thought you were close
To are envious and it sticks with them
And by them
I mean the people that you grew up with
And you would give a rib for
The snake from the Garden of Eden
It bit them
They’re the ice berg content watching
Your sinking ship hit them
If you at least try you’ll never fail
And if you ever feel like you’re slipping
Grind the rail
Too many rappers that claim to breathe ether
Heart froze
King Cold as if you conceived Frieza
Red and blue strobes
They unload to freeze us
Do Black Lives Matter to you
Or your street sweeper?
Question for all of you rappers acting real
I’m starting to wonder if you
Know how that can feel
If you don’t care about the lives
Of the people that support you
Then it’s all downhill like Jack and Jill

I love God, I love me, I love y’all
I love peace
From a city where the semi bullets fly
And if you make it out alive
It’s a war you can’t unsee
Never thought I’d have a life like this
Never imagined having to fight like this
Never ran the streets
There was something more for me
Than to die like this no, not like this

She said love runs deep, and
If it ain’t deep, It ain’t love
So I won’t say the people that
Doubt you ain’t for you
Yeah, there’s no other more low key than me
So I’m guessing that makes me Thor’s brother
Looking at most rappers like
"What you proud for?"
Same dudes rapping about how
They sprayed something
Too many of them pretending
To be around dough
We see through the BS, you ain’t Rajon
For every kid on this Earth with a dream
That’s been dying slow cause you were doubted
Hope that I supply you
With just enough confidence
To defy all odds and surprise them, Whoa
Never stress on drama, never care much
All naps, like Kevin Durant’s haircut
Never let anybody call you a failure
Pressure makes diamonds, dawg
Don’t let it scare you
Society is strange, the climate has changed
And it drives me insane
Cause these suckers’ll take out a whole block
But to them it’s not a problem
Just another game of Jenga
I hope to God you can
Strive through the madness
Provide for you parents, bring
Death to your doubts
And survive through the badness
And rather not be in the streets
Roaming with doubts on the same ish that had
Kendrick foaming at the mouth
You can do whatever you put your mind to
You ain’t gotta be Jordan in
Order for you to fly
Truthfully, you’re in charge of whatever
You do if you try i can relate
I was doubted but I ain’t wasting no time
And that’s why I believe in you
That’s why I’m thinking of every
Time it could have been
Me laying face down as if I was planking
So if you have a dream, then pursue that
Cause all I hear in the city
Are shots and "Who Dat?"

I love God, I love me, I love y’all
I love peace
From a city where the semi bullets fly
And if you make it out alive
It’s a war you can’t unsee
Never thought I’d have a life like this
Never imagined having to fight like this
Never ran the streets
There was something more for me
Than to die like this no, not like this

Prophecies fulfilled
Cock and squeeze the steel
Product of your environment
Mockery of the real talking real life
I guess rappers aren’t the only
Ones that kill Mikes
Y’all been sleeping on death
Tell me what it feels like
Yeah, tell me what it feels like when you
Feel like you dream’s way out of reach
Let me meditate until the levees break
You could breathe your last air today
So you better make it count