Jay, you did it again, man.
Yeah.
Look,
this my letter to my younger self.
I might never drop this,
so I might leave it on the shelf.
But I know you know it well.
Some lessons in life was some hard learns.
I'm 22, my guy, but *, I'm learning still.
I know you love the car thing,
my guy,
you'll learn it still.
See a couple baddies in your curb, your wheels.
I won't tell you what I drive.
I tell you it's a German wheel.
Them friends you got right now,
they are not around.
And that girl you like right now,
man,
she is not around.
You're going to go through a couple things before you become Niles.
You're going to learn that not every snake makes a hissing sound.
And boy, I really hope that you be proud.
You might shed a couple tears,
but you never drown.
*, I'm sorry if I let you down.
Yeah, I'm sorry if I let you down.
I done some * that I ain't proud of too.
And I got some causes I've been a martyr to.
I got some feelings that I harbor too.
Word to cadet,
my boy,
I could have been a father too.
You're the only child to come from your mother.
Probably why you dating girls that got a younger brother.
They become your little bros and then they only suffer.
Breakups happen every summer.
Then the sister gets another.
I still do smoke for tea and Camille.
A couple lessons in this life that I'm teaching you still.
If you're fighting for the melody,
you're paying the bill.
If you're fighting for the thrills and you're paying to chill.
In this London life,
my boy,
you're going to see some things,
bloodstains,
flick knives and hands with some pinky rings.
But the acting and the rapping,
that's the moneymaker.
2022, you have your name in a newspaper.
You see your name in them flashing lights.
I know these years they're going to flash you back.
Be who you are, man.
I try, I try.
Be who you are, but
who am I?
I'm just now as B.
Sober.
I'm a wise man in the community.