The Ends - Pipe Dreams Lyrics

I started 12, and I ain't fit in with my peers
I had to find a way to be myself and face my fears
I started rapping kuz these rappers made it cool to be weird
Now let's fast forward just a few years
Around 16 I bought my first Mic and if I'm right
That's around the same time I learned to write
Got on the internet, I found some websites where I could give em that
Absorbing all the knowledge they were giving back
My skill polished and I started rap battling
I fattened up my catalog, started getting love when I would have em drop
Put out Bloodworks, made a lil cash then
I noticed I ain't know where all the cash went
The net buzz died down as if to spite me
All the sudden, fear struck like it was lightning
I hit a wall, it was a turn that only life brings
So then I packed my shit up to spite all of these pipe dreams

This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
No, yo

Arizona, circa 2009
I found Mafiatic and I finally felt alive
I started rocking shows and learning how to preform
Instead of rapping over songs while I'm walking back and forth
I opened up for legends in the game, made some friends
Caught some breaks, had some beefs, on occasions made amends
Up and down the roller coaster took me to the top
And lowest pitfalls until the change would come again
Surprise, you gotta baby on the way, and I'll be damned
Tried make it work with baby mama for my little man
But I cant, And then another baby but she's planned
With my baby mama number 2 but wifey til the end
I ain't know it at the time but that was another turn
My kids need the family that they always deserved
I put em first, I knew that it was the time to do the right thing
And then I packed my shit up despite all of my pipe dreams

This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
No

I'm back home in Ohio with both children and they moms
I'm fortunate to have them both be friends and get along
Still working toward my goals but now I'm back to where I'm from
Taking flights to Arizona kuz what-ifs aren't what I want
From something into nothing but the something ain't enough
When I excel in every aspect of the craft I've always loved
There's too much left to do, places passion hasn't touched
For the end to draw in closer, I ain't closing this shit up
I'm the one, I don't care what yall say, word to Grind House
We did it then but I cant help but feel the time's now
And I ain't even know it then, what the lines 'bout
Tryina climb out of this life, but feeling tied down
This is my story made brief, in actuality
The tale is much larger than the scope of which I'm balancing
And when it ends, I hope my children always proud of me
Now its time to turn my pipe dreams into reality

This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
This the story that I live, it just needs to be told
This ain't a story that I wrote
Nope, it just needs to be told
Yo, its Ends, baby