04. Folks Always Say feat. Kendo, Prestege

Song: Folks Always Say
Artist: FenaxiZ feat. Kendo, Prestege
Album: The Strongest Link mixtape

[Intro]
Yo, you ever sit back and reminisce on things
Like, looking at your life, you just realize
The only person who stopped you was you
‘Cause whenever I think about the past
I see things I’ve done that I wish I ain’t do
Worse than that though is some things I ain’t do
That I wish I done, y’all feel me
Aight, so lemme tell y’all what’s up

[FenaxiZ]
My sincerest apologies to all of these faces that’s faceless
Or the loved ones my actions hurt, whatever the case is
Them days is behind me, but somethings always remind me
Any sec, karma can find me, the result, death untimely
Simple and plain, my only aim was to become the strongest
Link in the chain, conscience drowned from gin in my brain
I can’t get specific for fear of self-incrimination
For me and my crime accomplices deemed crimes accomplishments
Honest, it’s too much to mention, from stolen cars
To broken hearts and promises plus smoking in parks
When chronic was a central image in my book of life
Called “Chronicles of A Young Fool,” chapters 1-20 look alike
My crew cooking white for bucks, but it’s trife-filled
See, I was stuck in that cycle ’til I up and went psycho
Now, what ruined me, I stupidly ignored opportunity
When it came to my door, though I claimed it before
I said if I…

[Chorus]
If I coulda, woulda, shoulda
That’s what folks always say
If I coulda, woulda, shoulda
But it’s always too late
I’m saying it now
I’m saying it now
Well, if I coulda, woulda, shoulda
If I coulda, woulda, shoulda

[FenaxiZ over chorus]
That’s right, y’all
Huh, that’s what folks always say
Know what I’m saying
Yo, that’s life right there
That’s the whole learning experience we going through
Know what I’m saying
It’s the only way we can move forward and improve
So Kendo, tell them your side of the story, yo

[Kendo]
With every breath in my chest, not a step I regret
The clique that I robbed or the friends that I crossed
The chick that I lost or the ends that I flossed
Ain’t nothing to the cost that I paid as a boss
Uh, like Snoop Dogg of the North
Got soldiers that’ll march from the city of York
To the porch of your boss, tear down his front door
In his face like, remember me, yo, motherfucker
Well, I was dumb and I was young and I was arrogant once
I played the fool and made the moves like a cubicle do
But if you ever truly knew the shit that I’ve been through
You’d probably never wanna live like a criminal do
Never, yeah, but if I could go back
I would do just that, I would change two facts
Rearrange true acts, save a one-two stack
And pray to God above to bring the old crew back, let’s go

[FenaxiZ over chorus]
Yeah, like I said before, that’s what folks always say
Yo, all these couldas, all these wouldas, all these shouldas
Can’t turn back the hands of time
You can’t erase your mistakes
So, yo, what you gotta do is you gotta stand up when you fall
Learn from your mistakes, know what I’m saying
So, yo, Prestege, let them know what’s up with you

[Prestege]
Regret the times when I was locked and couldn’t visit my moms
The time I wasted while just sitting in the prison with cons
Made some mistakes, but now I know the wrong that I’ve done
I’m tryna make up for my losses with this song that I sung
This road that I’ve walked is long, but the journey was nice
I got my regrets, but working helped to earn me my rights
Picked up the mic and I told you what I did with my flow
My only regret is I wish I woulda did it before
Spit it at shows and had the people feeling my rhymes
Talent was there, but I was busy dealing with crimes
Hitting the clubs in the late-nights, I’d be waiting in line
Stayed on the grind instead of educating my mind
Told the homies I would make it and shine
So I was making my rhymes while other rappers tried taking my lines
The paper was fine, but haters had my name in the ground
I shoulda, woulda, if I coulda, I’d go and change it around

[Chorus]
I said if I coulda, woulda, shoulda
That’s what folks always say
If I coulda, woulda, shoulda
But it’s always too late
I’m saying it now
I’m saying it now
Well, if I coulda, woulda, shoulda
If I coulda, woulda, shoulda

[FenaxiZ over chorus]
Yeah, that’s straight right there
That’s real life, know what I’m saying
That’s what folks always say, so yo
What you gotta do is you gotta turn the negativity into positivity
Know what I’m saying
Yeah, that’s how it is, know what I’m saying
Big up to Kendo, big up to Prestege, know what I’m saying
We all going through this together

[Outro]
You know, there comes a time in everybody’s live when they make that statement
If I would have just or if I could have just or the bottom line is I should have just
And you always end up on the outside looking in talking about