As It Is

[Pre-Chorus]
Know your lane, hold it down
Either be fake or keep it real
This is art in different frames
So let it grow, leave it be
Lead by example or be the example
Get all you can handle or be a handful, yuh

[Bridge]
We all got a role (What's yours, uh)
We all got a chance (Ayy, ayy)
This is what we do (You try it)
This is where we stand (We stand)
Some do it for the money (Guap)
Some do it 'cause they can (We can)
Just show up or be shown out (Get outta here)
'Cause you blow up or get shot down (Yah, yah)

[Chorus]
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it!)
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it, ayy!)
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it!)
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it, just leave it!)

[Verse 1]
Keep it how it is
Critique, but don't mistreat them 'cause they kids
Tweak the little things
Teach the fundament's
Go against the grain, end up as the sieve
As you age, it drains, you're in disbelief
If you'd stayed the same, what would you achieve?
Look how far you've come, you're the one to beat
Once you turn the page, nothing's guaranteed
But ask, and you'll receive
You be doin' stuff that don't make you at whole
I just burnt all of the bridges that come with a toll
Stirrin' up a theory that you're insecure
Tryna please everybody, but know it doesn't work
I got people tryna tug on the cape, uh
These followers are only givin' me praise, uh
Artist are bein' forced on display
What's the point of bein' a master, if you still a slave? (Slave)
You're measured by ya talent, not the numbers bein' counted, or the spot that some'll challenge
'Long as you can keep ya balance
I stay among the masses
You can watch me work my magic
Ain't no atlas, but I'm mapped inside a state that you can't fathom
On a level I won't settle for, sever from the ever norm
Tend to gain momentum
I prevent those who misuse the forum
From the get-go, there were ghettos using ethos, building stores
For the record, I make records, recording what most ignore
Reapin' without a reward
Tied up scores, I adjourn
I'm just tryna underscore I'm the calm before the, uh, I'm the calm before the storm

[Monologue]
At the end of it all, I got this lane no being can jaywalk to get across. However it goes down, everyone holds their own. So, like or dislike at your volition, but people leave behind everything they've accomplished as a stepping stone into a new era
They die, but the music lives on and evolves

[Pre-Chorus]
Know your lane, hold it down
Either be fake or keep it real
This is art in different frames
So let it grow, leave it be
Lead by example or be the example
Get all you can handle or be a handful

[Chorus]
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it!)
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it, ayy!)
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it!)
I'm gon' leave it (I'm gon' leave it)
A-S I-T I-S (Leave it, just leave it!)

[Verse 2]
Into the fray, watchin' where my feet tread
Takes a deep breath
They told me that I shouldn't stay, as a precaution
Word is seamless, you're like wheat bread, what these peeps have is a variety of options
You haven't tried, so you can't knock it
Might not get it
It's the art of business
Aware of my surroundings, don't consider givin' in to the audience
I ain't here to tell a joke, but to point one out, a few
This is what I do, I'm here to join a track or two
I let 'em win 'til the air is thin
I'm starin' at a desert drier than it's ever been
Stage is set
Now it's 'bout makin' a dent
Home is where the heart is at
That is how we connect, and I'm gone (Whoa!)

[Outro]
I could have faded away in a heartbeat at the rate mine was headed
Not a single good deed was on the record
My breath was taken away
No one at my bedside while I had fear on my face
Had visits from people who were nothing but strangers
Way over the limit, I escaped my own containment
Then time elapsed by
And bedlam seeped in
I let you have at me, this how it ends, as it is