The Encore Songtext
von August Alsina

Something that I gotta tell somebody
Just in case you didn′t know
I gotta show you where I came from
So you can see where I gotta go
See I thought it happened nothing
And I've been through some things
But there really ain′t a difference
Now that I got a little change

I've been hood rich and I've been broke
Singing in the choir, y′all, even so dope
See I′ve been clean and I've been high
Lived like a king and I had to get by
Had a couple tens in my bed at one time
And down-ass bitches when I didn′t have a dime
Seen it all, heard it all, did it all
Appreciate the rise, hope I never gotta fall
Always thought that it would be good


But I never had it this good
I remember doing bad
When a nigga didn't have
Now I′m thinking back
Always thought that it would be good
But I never had it this good
Had to get it how I could
I was so misunderstood
Out the hood, now it's all good

Old friends came and went (Had to go)
Saying that I didn′t act the same
But I wasn't really different
It was them who started to change
Acting to a new direction
Didn't wanna let ′em go
That was way before I noticed
That they didn′t wanna grow

I've been hood rich and I′ve been broke
Singing in the choir, y'all, even so dope
See I′ve been clean and I've been high
Lived like a king and I had to get by
Had a couple tens in my bed at one time
And down-ass bitches when I didn′t have a dime
Seen it all, heard it all, did it all
Appreciate the rise, hope I never gotta fall
Always thought that it would be good


But I never had it this good
I remember doing bad
When a nigga didn't have
Now I'm thinking back
Always thought that it would be good
But I never had it this good
Had to get it how I could
I was so misunderstood
Out the hood, now it′s all good

So yeah

I mean that′s it

That's what it′s all about
The ups, the downs, the highs, the lows
Wherever you go
That's life man, the patience
You grow

Enjoy that shit, love that shit
That′s what it's all about
It′s molding and shaping you my nigga
Into something so beautiful
Love yourself
Try to
And learn to love this thing called life