Lessons That I've Learned in 2018

what was 2018?

an eye-opener, that’s for sure

to be more concise and formal, a revelation

what are the lessons that i’ve learned?

lesson one: nothing happens overnight

i’m glad that i’ve learned this

all them nights that i grew impatient

because i was expecting instantaneous success

it doesn’t work like that, i’m afraid

i can keep pushing the limit, everything is perfect timing

breaking out, a brother is bad like Bryan Cranston

lesson two: things in life are temporary

forever ain’t forever, how many times have i told you people this

that’s why i go in anyway, i don’t rely on no one

i don’t rely on things that are disposable, such as you

i learned this from my exes, don’t get me

into the habit of naming them again

lesson three: not everyone has your back

that’s obvious, right

i learned this from my own family and those

fakes who claimed they were down with me

however, i saw everyone’s true palettes when this

book writing thing ain’t pop off right away

once the mayor found out about me, rest was history

i heard you gossiping in the hallway

i had six books out that fall i started the twelfth grade,

i was seventeen

published a hundred by the age of nineteen,

how’d i pull that out of me you ask

it’s obvious, i been through some thangs

lesson four: your day ones ain’t really your day ones

sometimes you gotta find some day twos and day threes

if the day fours and the day fives don’t work out

just keep to yourself or continue to search

but all that time you search could be the time you use to better yourself

i’m just saying, take my advice for it

lesson five: these girls don’t care about you

if they see that you popping, they

either want to get stabbed in the gräfenberg or be

sucked drier than some uncooked macaroni and cheese

and the cut of your royalty checks for dubs of kush

and nails that are going to chip off three days after they’re manicured

dates you take them out on that they not even gone call you after

consider yourself lucky if you get some on the first one anyway

i had so many distractions over the years

most of them just watch my social media stories to death

that’s all right, i don’t care

the show must go on then

you might learn something from me

i had so many distractions over the years

my inboxes became virtual graveyards the more that i became successful

i had so many distractions over the years

i’m still stunting on them females who used to

reject me in high school and way back when

i glowed in ways you couldn’t even imagine

ain’t so ugly no more, now am i

lesson six: you’re going to get criticized,

no matter what you do or say

with that being said, i can do whatever i want to

i don’t care if you object