Easy, easy, pull out your heart to make me equal Easy, easy, pull out your heart to make me equal Dear Gerald, you're 14 years in a truant You tryna find your place and figure out where you fit You finna start rappin' with the kids you went to school with But more on that later, right now you goin' through it See, you gon' have to prove that you ain't soft and you ain't stupid And you gon' have to scrap with some kids that you ain't cool with You got a short temper, just be careful when you lose it You wanna be the man, but it's gon' take some time to prove it You fall in love, but she gon' break your heart and put you through it *** fallin' for that bullshit, you gon' fall in love with music You finna get arrested, almost f*** around and lose it Spend days in juvie standin' at the window lookin' through it Nothin' in life is promised, not even free timers So only chase dreams and only chase commas Won't happen on its own, trust, trust, we been through it If it was easy, everyone would do it, this game is not Uh, easy I mean, I was f***in' up, I was 17, I was 18, just doin' dumb s*** My mom's made me move to New Orleans and s*** I went to school down there on a scholarship I finally got my s*** together, I started takin' music seriously And then it started to kinda pop out for me, almost Yeah, dear Jim, 21, you think you got it figured out Got a big head from them labels tryna bring you out Till they passed on you, they ain't see what they was missin' out on That flight home gave you some s*** to think about Scramblin', tryna figure out, went back to the drawing board Know they say rejection's only supposed to make you want it more But no lie, you contemplatin', quittin', walkin' out the door But what the f*** you supposed to do? This is all you livin' for Really, it was that in-depth, that was all you had Payin' rent by engineerin' other rappers at the pad Barely gettin' by, hella broke, you was doin' bad Then these things happen, you finally seen the bag You drove down the highway, a fork in the road A normal life for her, a goin' for broke I seen a open lane and then I drove straight through it If it was easy, everyone would do it This game is not You know I literally sold all my s*** I moved out of my place in New Orleans I was bouncin' around, livin' out of a suitcase Crashin' on friends' couches, livin' in Airbnbs, hotels Tryna make the album Tryna make when it's dark out And take it there and be great Dear Jerald, life changed since you dropped your second album And me, myself, and I just went seven times platinum Toured around the world, damn, you really had him But now you're 27 and it's time to be a legend Back when it all started, grindin' hard on that promo tour Tired from the night before, and the night before, and the night before F*** it, tomorrow, gotta fly some more Don't complain, this is what you signed up for Yeah, you're workin' for your family, managers, agents They all want somethin' different from you, tell them all patience But this one's on you, the lonely quest of greatness Been tryin' to be famous, been tryin' to be A-list When you arrive, it will appear as if there's nothin' to it But you planted the seeds and you grew it As people takin' credit for success, that they had nothin' to do with If it was easy, everyone would do it This game is not easy Pull out your heart to me, please, Lord Easy Easy Pull out your heart to me, please, Lord Make no mistake Listen, it's the life that I was chosen for All I prayed for was a open door I've been rich, I've been broke before I seen the floor You try to put me in a box, I'll box out like Booker Thor And f*** bein' indecisive, now I'm so for sure And f*** Trump, it's like, what the f*** we voted for? And most of y'all should probably party less and focus more And if that line resonates, you probably who I wrote it for Uh, where will I go from here? IDK, they want me to architect Rome in a day Juice knew I was greatness when he looked at me Right away, I made platinum records that'll never see the light of day Yeah, this is what the whole world been waitin' for The crowd jumpin', goin' dumb till they break the floor Come take a walk inside my mind, come and take a tour I'm really not playin', what the f*** you take me for? Easy Easy Pull out your heart to me, please, Lord Easy Pull out your heart to me, please, Lord Easy Easy Easy Easy