The Reason - Mbnel

If you ain’t tryna beat the trenches, what’s the reason\nI got dogs that I ain’t never gettin' back, one day I’ll meet em\nSo when I tell you that I love you know I mean it\nI know I ain’t perfect but I’m tryin' just believe me\nAnd my stomach rumble but I did my best to feed em\nWe’re really poppin' bottles, was poppin' poles never seen em\nAye walking through these gates of hell with all my demons\nAye never thought I see it this far but I believed it\nIt be hard for me to sleep, I been needin' meds\nI left my heart up in the trenches I can’t get it back\nI been mixing different drugs just to feel again\nLately my dogs been on my mind and I been missin' em\nI know the streets will never change why I keep coming back\nSometimes I smile before I cry just be hiding that\nSnakes be smilin' in my face I just be smilin' back\nI’m at peace when I’m alone ain’t no denying that\nAll these people all around me say they proud of me\nIf you sayin' that you love me would you slide for me\nI can’t do that back and forth ain’t no time for me\nAye money on my mind like kryptonite for me\nConversations on the phone or behind the glass\nWhere I got no where else to vent I always got my fans\nMake it look easy but its hard we just for signing now\nI wish my dogs could see me shine I really blew off rap\nIf you ain’t tryna beat the trenches, whats the reason\nI got dogs that I ain’t never gettin' back, one day I’ll meet em\nSo when I tell you that I love you know I mean it\nI know I ain’t perfect but I’m tryin' just believe me\nAnd my stomach rumble but I did my best to feed em\nWe’re really poppin' bottles, was poppin' poles never seen em\nAye walking through these gates of hell with all my demons\nAye never thought I see it this far but I believed it\nTired of cryin' on the mic I just need to vent\nI’m from the trenches life or death turn boys to men\nAye different bitches all around me still don’t feel nothing\nEven when I fucked them bitches it don’t mean nothing\nI got diamonds on my body tryna cover scars\nIf you ain’t ready do that time don’t jump in that car\nMixin' drugs closed my eyes I woke up on mars\nFree my dogs up out em cages waitin' on em calls\nAye catch a body for the gang you really with the cause\nMotivation for the trenches I gave it my heart\nIf you know then you know, genuine from the start\nRap checks comin' in but we’ll still jug and rob\nAye 8 street I fell in love with my block\nBefore I took this shit for real I was lost\nDancing with the devil he been steppin' on my feet\nSo conversation with my weapons he been with me when it talk\nIf you ain’t tryna beat the trenches, whats the reason\nI got dogs that I ain’t never gettin' back, one day I’ll meet em\nSo when I tell you that I love you know I mean it\nI know I ain’t perfect but I’m tryin' just believe me\nAnd my stomach rumble but I did my best to feed em\nWe’re really poppin' bottles, was poppin' poles never seen em\nAye walking through these gates of hell with all my demons\nAye never thought I see it this far but I believed it