Strip the Past

[Hook: MayDay]
Better not strip off the jacket
Your past is what made you who you are
Better not go around bragging
Cause your tongue’s going to touch the blade
Your enemy was your best friend
Your heart was the reason you’re in this mess
Don’t hold it against anyone else
But yourself

[Verse 1: MayDay]
Yeah diamonds in the sky didn’t make me anything
Held on too fast and moved too slow
My old girl’s still got those emotions
The ones you don’t want or need
Not when you’re living this type of life
Where money comes fast
The bitches come faster
The delicacy is the thing you want the most
Privacy is nonexistent
The pain is not spoken about
We hide underneath our covers
We hide our mouths
And let the shit we want to spill
Always come out at the wrong time
I was better off on your side
You had a little game going
I had to explode with emotions
You were the one right next to me
I was still running away from the company
Misery never tasted this sour in my mouth
I hold you against the records I’ve been playing out loud
Remembering the memories cause they’re not blasted
You try to figure out the facts cause they’re blurry
You didn't come from the monster that helped create you
Remember the beat in your head when you’re contemplating
Life or death cause when it’s real it’s just too much
We often underestimate the power of our curse
The gift was torn apart right in the womb
The ending is always something we look forward to cause

[Hook: MayDay]
Better not strip off the jacket
Your past is what made you who you are
Better not go around bragging
Cause your tongue’s going to touch the blade
Your enemy was your best friend
Your heart was the reason you’re in this mess
Don’t hold it against anyone else
But yourself

[Verse 2: MayDay]
Some people just don’t know how to take criticism
If I’m on your side then you’re on mine
But once I mention some truth about you
You assign me a new name
Call me out, talk behind my back
Like we never even knew each other in the first place
Guess that’s how unconfident you really are
Cause if you had some you wouldn’t be running your mouth
You’d be working on you to become better each day
That’s why I brush away all the wounds that I see
That’s why I bleed out the words that are negative
If it’s to help me become better
I absorb and thank each one of them
And if I ever did something bad
Which I know I did
I own up to it, doesn’t mean I’ll announce that I’m not a role model
I won’t say I’m one either cause I’m not perfect in any way
But all I’m saying is that if I can lay out my mistakes
And help someone else out who’s been struggling too
Then I’ve accomplished something
And no I don’t regret anything I’ve been through
Bless my mama for putting up with the shit I did
Bless my father for showing me what not to be
Bless all my friends who’ve been by my side before I got here
Bless all the women who forgave me cause I was a mess
Bless my daughter’s mama cause we once were in love
Bless my daughter and bless God
Put some more roses on my mama’s grave
Tell her that I’m here, that I’m safe cause

[Hook: MayDay]
Better not strip off the jacket
Your past made you who you are
Better not go around bragging
Cause your tongue’s going to touch the blade
Your enemy was your best friend
Your heart was the reason you’re in this mess
Don’t hold it against anyone else
But yourself