Christon Gray, JGivens - Shoulda Known lyrics

And the heat is rising
Everything inside is screaming
Turn around now just run and hide
But, I've been doing that for my whole life
Yeah, it's now or never
I said it's now or never

I come in peace
Feeling like Michael Corleone when
He dropped his piece
I thought I burned that house
So I tossed the keys
I must've never lost the pics
'cause they're haunting me autumn leaves, uh
My DM's like a Slip'n'Slide
I need it like a needle
I can't sleep at night
Hedonism, I didn't heed advice
Now I'm in the fetal, dang Pops was right
I was like a kid in a candy store
A sour one
Couldn't find what I was lookin' for
I grew up wanting to sing and rep the gospel
You keep your nose clean when
You grow up Penecostal
Found a new way 'cause that
Was hard to follow
This was easier to taste, but hard to swallow
Like you leave the buffet
Feeling weak and hollow
So I ran to a legend like there's no tomorrow
I shoulda known

I shoulda known better (shoulda known)
I shoulda known better
(yeah, I shoulda known better, uh)
I shoulda known better
(yeah, I shoulda known better, uh)
I shoulda known
Better than to (come back here)
Known better than to (come back here)
Uh uh, uh, known better than to
(come back here) yeah (come back here)

Yeah, my idol said I'm Lauryn Hill
Then I woke up to a record deal
A fresh start'll take my mind
Off the sex appeal i still want the women
But I'll let 'em chill
I guess it was a pipe dream
Made it to the league, not the right team
They shoulda known ain't another
Artist like me
And I came from a genre that don't like me
Wifey left and I couldn't go get her
Too focused on tryna be a tone setter, uh
By the time I could see the whole set-up
The label fell apart and my
Home was no better, uh
So glad I could call on my brother
We made a whole album and he
Let me keep the money
So sad that I lost Mya's mother
And even though we moving on
I'm always gonna love her, yeah ya'll

I shoulda known better (Jesus)
I shoulda known better (I shoulda known)
I shoulda known better (I shoulda known)
I shoulda known
Better than to (come back here)
Oh Lord, I, I know better, yo
(come back here)
Uh, huh, know better (come back here)
Oh oh (come back here)

J

Overall, I had a blast, even last year
No regrets, just passing here
And I ain't exiting to come back
I ain't been booked in like 2 months
And half the check-ins spent half the check
Yeah and I knew this whole thing
Was gon' be tentative i seen a pretty penny
Payed for some penitence
I seen people judge people be enemies
Be friends then different and
Then be friends again
And say that's forgiveness
But that's an industry I was committed in
That's how Christian rap get dividends
That's some new friends, you get what you got
I knew from the get-go that
My cousin was finna pop so in seven years
Some people will love you just to leverage it
Don't look too long that
Those with limited celebrities
Sittin' next to this puppy to keep it real
Can't depend on record deals
I'm here switching careers sending resumés
I shoulda known better than to come back here
But come to think of it nobody's even home
I see the writing on the wall it's your name