catch a motherfucking tiger by the toe and i dip
i was thinkin bout the days when i was only a kid
when everything was all good and the summers were a dream
though depression & anxiety would come in my teens
i would try and skip stones on the hudson river
keyword is “try” but i never did give up
i had a crush on a different girl every other week
daydreaming about our lives together could nearly see
it all happen at the blink of an eye
i started getting anxious and i didnt know why
could it my impending death, but im too young
nothing wrong with being sensitive but damn im sprung
so as i grew i learned to embrace this fact
i feel it all a little more intense than that
guy and that’s why i am who i am today
im vulnerable baby and that’s okay

be vulnerable baby boy that’s okay
be vulnerable baby girl that’s okay
be vulnerable old folks that’s okay
be vulnerable every day and oh my days

i remember crying at the back of a high school party cause the girl that i liked didn't feel the same
now you could look back at a whole bunch of pictures from that time and say damn juicebox was off the chain
and you would be right
but at the same time
you never see what’s going on on the sidelines
i open up like a jack in a box
the back of a clock
rap like the LOX with flames like matchbox
and all the while im doing it wholeheartedly
live with my whole artery
give with the whole all of me
all while with honesty, integrity and honoring the principles i came up on
you don't need to see green just to give it a go
you don’t need a million people just to put on a show
i share cause i care, and rightfully so
if i wasn’t vulnerable then you never would know

be vulnerable baby boy that’s okay
be vulnerable baby girl that’s okay
be vulnerable old folks that’s okay
be vulnerable every day and all/oh your days

i used to see a therapist
i used to take anti-depressants
i saw my first shrink when i was in 5th grade
i used to be sad, look how far i came
my girlfriend is beautiful (yes she is)
my home is beautiful (yes it is)
my studio is beautiful (oh yes it is)
music is so beautiful (the best it is)
i think about every single tear drop
hip-hop beat chop
heart ache
hours writing lyrics on my laptop
they got me where i am today, what can i say?
music was the escape from all of the pain
and i recycle that there so i can lift the veil
to reveal what it was that helped me prevail
and if that helps even one person alone
i know that it’s worth it to be vulnerable