Locksmith, Fallon - The Know lyrics

The Know small fish, small pond
Crescent park in the alley
That’s lil alley john
Mix parents, apparently
My parents prepare me for the perils to
Face barrels that kept me calm
Directly spawned from niggas
Posing and posing
Noting those for the notion they only
Chose never let me on i use to beg for they
Validation i enter the maturation
Of finding my own voice with a deadly song
And i had to sit in
My mothers beauty salon bored
I use to dream of the
Sneakers that we couldn’t afford
I got em anyway, anyway I was hooping
Wasn’t thinking bout music
My sister went on her first tour
I had to sit in her room
And she would write verses
I use to think it was silly
Really like what's the purpose?
I wasn't conscious that I was being obnoxious
What she was doing then would eventually
Hit me strike a chord
Fast forward I’m writing more
I started rapping I graduated
I’m quite mature
I started honing my skills inside
The zone I would build
Confidence for that contest inside the source
I kept the secrets to others
I wouldn’t speak it
Hard to let it fly, was shy felt insecure
Is the cure, fuck what anybody say
Never get your respect til you
Get about the bay

You ain’t got to wait too long
Cuz the days get shorter
Life get’s harder, the world we know
You ain’t got to wait too long
Cuz the days get shorter
Life get’s harder, the world we know

Small fish, small tank
Used to play in the alley
Now alley call rank
When they come to rap they try
To summon the trap and
What can happen when you happen to
Self doubt and draw blank
Drawing angst from niggas claiming
They made em only aim to complain
You get fame and they call you fake
And i use to beg em to give me radio spins
But, you never get respect when you
Try to cater to them i know, i was young
I was dumb and impressionable
I take advice that I knew was unprofessional
And i use to listen to people
That was never the truth
And i brought the negative energy
With me in the booth
But i have to follow my dreams
And what they mean to me
So i left the bay and I
Got me some different scenery
And I found peace in the
Various rhymes that I write
But, I lost my job this the
Scariest time of my life
Insecurity is tacked on there's no plan B
And it’s nothing to fall back on
Sooner or later gotta face these threats
Try walking a tight rope without a safety net
Try taking the high road
When everybody I know
Is jocking the others niggas
Every day they slept
Everyday I wept but respect is
Not given it's earned
But, I be damned if I miss my turn

You ain’t got to wait too long
Cuz the days get shorter
Life gets harder, the world we know
You ain’t got to wait too long
Cuz the days get shorter
Life gets harder, the world we know
You ain’t got to wait too long
Cuz the days get shorter
You ain’t got to wait too long cuz
The days get shorter get shorter
You ain’t got to wait too long cuz
The days get shorter get shorter