Symba - Reality Is lyrics

Yeah, I mean sometimes you
Just gotta get truthful, honest
Niggas hate to hear the truth, but here it is

Life is never really what it seems (yeah)
We expect more than we achieve (yeah)
Plottin' on another way to scheme
You trappin' when you could've
Made the league
My nigga, everybody got a dream
But reality is

Most of us ain't gon' make it rappin' (Nah)
Most of us ain't gon' make it trappin' (Nah)
Most of us ain't gon' make it playin' ball
(Fuck we gon' do?)
Somebody ain't gon' see tomorrow
But none of us is gon' be
Here as long as reality is

My momma told me I can do anything I imagine


(Ayy) my daddy told me I should
Do everything with a passion
My granny told me stay out them
Streets and don't get distracted (Nah)
A nigga couldn't wait to be
Grown and then it happened, shit
Could you imagine (What?)
If everything you saw for your
Future might never happen
(Fuck) Livin' in the past
Tryna justify all your actions (Damn)
Feelin' like you livin' for
Nothing and hustlin' backwards
Ready to flip a mattress (Ayy)
It's funny how these battle scars tell all
Yeah, they gon' tell the truth whether you
Well off or you fell off (Real shit)
I seen so many puppies get a
Pound and turn big dog
Was quarterbackin' packs so they got
Sacked for a big loss wasn't on your A game
Out here doin' anything (Damn)
Tryna find a bunch of different
Places you can place blame
I know a bunch of people who
Fell victim to the same thing
'Cause talent take your places
That character can't sustain and that's why

Life is never really what it seems (yeah)
We expect more than we achieve (yeah)
Plottin' on another way to scheme
You trappin' when you could've
Made the league
My nigga, everybody got a dream
But reality is

Most of us ain't gon' make it rappin' (Nah)
Most of us ain't gon' make it trappin' (Nah)
Most of us ain't gon' make it playin' ball
(Fuck we gon' do?)
Somebody ain't gon' see tomorrow
But none of us is gon' be
Here as long as reality is

I been eatin' on the ocean
With women I always wanted (yeah)
Reflectin' on the times we
Was trappin' off unemployment (Ayy)
Drivin' in my momma's Corolla to get a quota
Thinkin' I can't wait to live how
I live at the moment
A nigga never lost focus
(Never) , I stayed on course
So many wanted to be the Jumpman
'til they jumped off the porch
Bringin' cleats to the court
You playin' the wrong sport
That's why you never got your shot
And forever comin' up short
You so in love with your mentality
You miss reality
Niggas too worried 'bout status
Instead of salary
You think you gon' get the panties
If you make her Patek freeze
I could take a bitch to Applebee's
She won't be mad at me (Nah)
Perception is only your reflection of
Who you'd rather be (Ayy)
It's clear niggas live in fear
Of they own mortality (Ayy)
School of Hard Knocks
I never been in no academy
'Cause I come from The Bay
Where niggas learn to live with tragedy

Life is never really what it seems (yeah)
We expect more than we achieve (yeah)
Plottin' on another way to scheme
You trappin' when you could've
Made the league
My nigga, everybody got a dream
But reality is

Most of us ain't gon' make it rappin' (Nah)
Most of us ain't gon' make it trappin' (Nah)
Most of us ain't gon' make it playin' ball
(Fuck we gon' do?)
Somebody ain't gon' see tomorrow
But none of us is gon' be
Here as long as reality is