Token - Stay Humble & Stop Thinking lyrics

During the past months a couple hidden
Characters have been revealed to me
They claim they support
So to speak up I didn't feel the need
But I noticed they're only
Supporting to get closer
Knives closer to my back
I'm awaiting stabs from a vulture
You start building a team and
Then bang it'll hit you
A little bit success causes way bigger issues
'Cause everybody got their own ideas
Thinking differently and now
Me being skeptical is lack of humility
Like "you think you're always right
Listen to others during a meeting"
Then I find myself working on something
I do not believe in
If I disagree I'm closed minded?
No I just know what fucking got me here
And that was my ideas with no cosigning


So independent I said I would not adjust
But it's hard to be confident when everyone
Implying my ideas are not enough
They think I'm naive when I
Ain't looking for help
Now that things are moving everyone's
Assuming I'm full of myself
I've been painted a fool
I've been playing it cool
But I still got confidence issues
From being isolated in school
I get on stage, and I blow them all away then
I get off stage and I
Can't even hold a conversation i hate it
And they're telling me to watch my ego
And I respond like "yeah man, I feel
You man, I got you yo, you're my people"
Get the fuck out of my face
I got no one helping me
They don't want to see me humble
People just want to see me
With a lower self-esteem

They wanna take my mind
They wanna breathe my breath
Everybody want a piece till no peace is left
They wanna control my actions
They wanna taint my soul
They wanna flaunt their power
Anything to get somebody independent with
Tremendous potential of growth
And a talent to stop thinking on his own

I had a meeting in LA
It was sure my pleasure
He put a contract in front of me
For the first time ever i had some questions
My manager had some concerns
When he saw that we were thinking
For ourselves, he got offended
Threatened my career and said that
There is nothing I deserve
My stomach was in turns
Thinking that this is someone who work in the
Industry but they turned to my enemy
Like that person was in my reach
But I just inferred from what he said
Now that was a bridge I
Fucked around and burnt
But that was the plan
Make me feel guilty then ask for his hand
But in reality, if I had agreed he probably
Would have fucked me
Over and wouldn't give half of a damn
But now I understand
Fuck the frauds and fuck the scams
Fuck the grands you promise to throw me
Fuck your plans, you want to control me
I see the greed in your
Eyes turning prominent slowly
And now I gotta look for the same
Within all of my homies i know

Now I'm looking at my circle
Wondering their motives
How many people jumped in
When the numbers starting growing?
Look at these new faces
A lot that I can tell
Most of them only starting talking to
Me when shit was getting serious
So what is truly the reason they
Want to give me help?
Before any of this shit begun happening fast
Nobody gave a shit about me and mater of fact
Half the people smiling in my face
Used to be talking shit
About a Jewish kid claiming he
Had a passion to rap what happened to that?
Ordinarily I would've even care
Let them help, if I appeal then were great
But when I'm granted the help
I don't handle it well 'cause I can't even
Tell all the real from the fake
But it ain't only them who be trying
So bad to get to me
What do you do when your dudes
From day one start acting differently?
Are they changing or is it
Just paranoia that's within me?
And now I gotta analyze everybody
I call a friend
'Cause I feel like everybody breathing
Down my neck is looking for success that I
Haven't even gotten get