The Edge Part 1 and Part 2
(Intro)
The one thing a lot of us have in common
Is that if we post something, we wait for someone to comment
I Always said that I wanted to love life
Now life, is consumed by how much we love "likes,"
But what happens when the comments are negative?
And they're not just online, they come from haters, friends, and relatives
Will it pull you down or push you?
Will you go hard or cry?
When you're close to the Edge will you fall or will you....
Fly?


Verse 1

What do you do when you feel that pressure on?
Bills overdue and your bread is gone
Or somebody's in your face and they press you wrong
It's either you or them and a weapon's drawn
See what doesn't kill you will get you strong
I screamed at the mirror, cause we just couldn't get along
That peaceful part inside me passed away and I've been reborn
Since God sent me, I had friends that would resent me
It killed me, and then He re-sent me
I'm more than an emcee, I feel like I deserve all your offerings
Since my pops had second thoughts and almost turned to abortion
I guess that's why I love life and try to learn from my losses
I hit the streets, and watch my step like fraternities crossing
I know misery loves company, but if you check your history
You work for a company, companies love misery
I don't let nothing get to me
Enemies don't exist to me
Lost my way in the industry
Losing has led to victory
Criticize when they mention me
Wonder what he was meant to be
Penny Hardaway, Tracy McGrady, without the injury
Love, they won't give to me
But I don't stress it though, it's like a medical test result
I need negativity
So when a hater is aggressively passive, with little questions they asking
And sounding skeptic, sarcastic, don't let it distract you
I swear it's a blessing attraction, it don't affect me, it injects me with passion, I scream out would you
Chorus

Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I...I want to know if I can fly

Flowing in my sleep and so I woke up in a puddle
Hard to find your inner peace when you've been broken like a puzzle
I have never been a clown but there were jobs I had to juggle
Looking closely at The Word
I kept it "tru" inside my struggle
See
Growing up I knew the plight of a single mother
That’s raising a young man or woman, it makes it tougher
Cause hunger can take you under
Can pull you into a slumber or push you to move mountains
It's like, if Stevie Wonders what it's like to see sunshine, but you hear his songs
And there's millions of inner visions you see when you sing along
This young girl, from a magazine came to see me perform
She said I need to say less if I ever want to get on
What's on? I would rather be off
A cyber thug called me soft, cause I don't floss, he said he moves like a boss
Found out he meant, boss like manager, second shift, kitchenware, men's clothes department at Ross, that don't count man
People always try to get you
Out your zone, you gotta hone it into something beneficial
Yea we all hold grudges and have some resentful issues
But no matter where you move, God is a tenant with you scream
Chorus
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I...I want to know if I can fly

Verse 3

As I stand at this podium…
I thank the Father for blessing me
This award means a lot y’all
Still rising slow, haven't met my peak
For my mother, brother, father, girl, granny, friend, family, and fan
That I affect and reach
I just, I'm so…I'm so happy I can give you
This acceptance speech
Years ago I was selecting beats
In my momma's basement trying to get some heat
But it was cold as hell
The girl that I was with, she called it quits, was overwhelmed
I was non-committal, so she went all wild on Twitter, bout me being broke and bitter, things she wasn't ‘sposed to tell
My label showed me my sales
And then they showed me the exit sign
I got some flicks in the mail, from another shorty I left behind
Said that pregnancy test she failed
She really passed, it just wasn't mine
That's freedom I just got bailed
How come I felt like I was doing time?
Writing words that you can feel
Whether you dumb, deaf, mute or blind
Doing crime, almost caught
Losing dimes, all my fault
Then I started balling in my verses 'cause that's all I thought
Rap fans wanted to hear
The truth was sounding soft
Mad now-and-later raps, a lotta flossing talk
Now people asking what's cracking
They assume I must be trapping
This moment
I thought that I would never see it happen
Sort of like Mashonda and Alicia Keys “collabing,”
Wiz Khalifa rocking the latest in Yeezy fashions or
Future with a Seahawks cap but I'm back rapping
I know comments used to get me pissed
Questions 'bout the Freshmen list
Trying to get the pessimist up out me like an exorcist
Facing problems, I was talking to my father, even though I know he's gone
It got me really on some Dexter s—t
They told me say that I'm the best at this, and mention whips, and
Chickens that I'm messing with
Forget the kids, speaking of kids…
The straw broke the camel's spine
When I thought about finally having mine
But my pockets wasn't working
So the girl I thought was perfect, didn't think I was the one to do
The Daddy grind
She said, "Music is what has your mind"
She didn't hate she said, "It's great, cool, for you that's fine!"
We hit the clinic, she was crying, I was pissed I said, “I gotta find a
Way to go get it, right now it's Grammy time.”
Chorus

Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge
Please push me, 'cause I...I want to know if I can fly