Tre Butler - Paradise/Pair of Dice Lyrics

They say, "a man who has not prepared his children, for his own death
Has failed as a father"
I'm prepared
Is it really paradise or is it make believe?
Is it really more to life or is this all for me?
Am I bein' selfish, wantin' more than what I need?
I just need to breathe
Is it really paradise or is it make believe?
Is it really more to life or is this all for me?
Am I bein' selfish, wantin' more than what I need?
I just need to breathe
And let go from it
My dad layin' up in paradise
Meanwhile, I'm still down here, rollin' the dice
Takin' my chances
Heavy thinker
I'm askin' questions that never answered
Like my girl askin' me
Why I ain't more romantic?
Put roses on the table, for our dinner night
Spent my last 20 dollars
Tryna make it right
What's a gift, if it ain't used in the present?
The pressure to be the greatest
Got me constantly stressin'
While stuck inside of a blind place
It's gettin' tougher gettin' out
I need to find space
I'm only runnin' with myself
In this divine race
I highly doubt that they could make it at this fine pace
That I been treadin'
Lately, it's been affectin'
Everything that I'm destined
Still don't see it connectin'
Only thing that I'm left with
Is a hope that I'ma find more
Like my mother's name, meanin' more than number 4, yeah
Is it really paradise or is it make believe?
Is it really more to life or is this all for me?
Am I bein' selfish, wantin' more than what I need?
I just need to breathe
And let go from it
Let go from it (from it all)
Let go from it (from it all)
And let go from it
I just need to breathe
And let go from it
I ain't shit without my pain
That's why these nigga's feel me
Too many lies surround me
For me, not to give the real me
Too many of our nigga's innocent
But, seen as guilty, I guess the
Freedom been granted
But they still gon' bill me
Paintin' pictures like Mona Lisa
Focus in on her features
Smirkin', but still she hurtin'
I wonder if it gets deeper?
Than the image on canvas
Many can't understand this, so
I took the risk, and set Da Vinci as the standard, though
I know many of 'em, probably isn't realistic
Been tryna go the extra mile
Just creating distance
I got family that probably leave me in an instant
If the chance to change our blood, is ever presented
Put my life on instrumentals, on the daily
Not worried 'bout the critics
Or this game that rather play me
If there isn't more
Then I hope it make it safely
Knowin' I'm the only one that can save me, 'til paradise
(This ain't no paradise)
I embrace the adversity
Thrivin' when facin' uncertainty
Risin' when spirits are gettin' low
Timin' was more than my luxury
When it was back up against the wall
That's when I found, what the purpose be
Tell 'em, I'm one of the ones he chose
I'll make it to where you the first to see
Nigga life is a gamble
I'm rollin' dice over samples
I minimized what I handled
Then maximized my potential
I live and die to dismantle
This paradise, propaganda
A Gemini, in a self inflicted fight
"Dumb it down, or you'll see demise"
"Why you speakin' wise?"
I can see the times
How much time 'til I kill they plot?
On the grind for a while
But I still ain't stop
O-Trice with the mind
But I still ain't shot
Give life to the beat
But I still ain't DOC
Never silence me
But I still ain't PAC
All eyes on me
But I still ain't drop
I live for pressure
I live the message
I feel 'em threatened
I don't ever disrespect the legends
I don't give none to reverends
I need to change my investments
If that'll get me into heaven
He still up in paradise
A paradigm, to pair us up for life
This pair of dice, I'm rollin' snake eyes
To give my pops a second chance at life
I embrace the adversity
Thrive, when facin' uncertainty
Rise, when spirits are gettin' low
Time, was more than my luxury
When it was back up against the wall
That's when I found, what the purpose be
Tell 'em, I'm one of the ones he chose
I'll make it to where you the first to see
This ain't a paradise, this more a pair of dice
This ain't a paradise, this more a pair of dice
This ain't a paradise, this more a pair of dice
This ain't a paradise, this more a pair of dice