Grayson Walker - Honestly, LL Lyrics

I'm not at my peak yet, just enjoying the climb
Trust I'll see the summit, all in due time
I've seen what the mountain air does to the mind
Makes me feel like I can't ever rest (Everest), I'm up too high
I don't need socials to be a trending topic
Ice cream of the crop, but my road rocky
Trials by fire, on burning coals I'm walking
So naturally they asking why my stance won't soften
Stand on what I speak and speak on where I stand
To see eye to eye requires no upper hand
And to walk hand in hand requires a walking path
No stature too small to be the bigger man
Never bought into the hype or the fantasy life
The biggest stars are often the fastest to lose their light
Not to mention the perception that affects their size
The closest victory is rarely the biggest prize
In our society we're taught it's wrong to lose
I'm all for competition, but I'm not always enthused
The lessons learned from failing tend to be the truest
Plus, for me to win, you don't always have to lose
I know it doesn't fit in the rapper's image
But it's true that to be great, you have to be different
Tom Cruise control, while I'm on impossible missions
To be an artist, not a rapper, it's a contradiction
To be a legend is a legendary aspiration
Tryna make the leap (Lipa) into the sky and do a (Dua) Levitation
I'll Hussle til my opportunity meets preparation
If I could, I'd be indebted to my dedication
It's already apparent, I owe it all to my parents
Born a Prince, so it's into the Purple Rain I'm staring
I'll never love another more than my blood brother
Before (4) I ever saw Vegas, they called me young Stunna
Cold to the touch with the warmest of love
Used to the lust, still new to the trust
Just on the cusp of the greatest of dubs
I'm on fire, ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Burning in my mind an image of a holy space
I watched my childhood home meet an untimely fate
A week ago the ashes were just a lyric to say
Then my entire neighborhood was lost in the blaze
24 hours, a thousand houses
Then the snow covered the rubble in white blouses
Funny what a difference that a day makes
Laughing through the pain until the daybreak
Lost in the lights, they blind you in the spot
Is it harder to have or to have not?
I want the life of the bank robber who was never caught
A solution to every groupie, a stop to every plot
Looked in her eyes, I believed every lie
Windows to the soul until you close the blinds
Funny how the foreplay defeats the foresight
Birthday sex, but we'd rather not have more life
Know these women are the arrow to my Achilles heel
I run at My(ah) own Pace, and in time all wounds heal
Playing defense on my heart while they go for the steal
Somehow I never get tired of reinventing wheels
Forgot to give her back her lashes and her pearls
Least I remember saying sorry that I hurt you
Though I recruited you I never could commit
I lied to you and to myself I will admit
I've never had commitment issues, it was just a line
I just can't commit unless every doubt out of mind
Cuz out of sight just means waiting to be revealed
One too many times I've seen that movie reel
Broken hearts inside just intertwined with open minds
The product of a lot of flawed people, so am I
Face down in the bed is when I'm prone to lie
I can't win every battle, but imma always try
It don't cost a dollar to be real, I promise
But the price of honesty is higher than I want it
So it might hurt your feelings, telling all this
But I made a resolution to be honest