A Screwed Up True Story Lyrics

A Screwed Up True Story - Rob Level

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A Screwed Up True Story

Song by Rob Level

You're 'bout to hear my screwed up true story

I hope inspires you to chase your glory

It's even tattooed as a daily reminder

That I came this far and know I'm a fighter

I was seeing therapists by 4 years old

For anger and violence I couldn't control

By 5, my mom gave me up for adoption

Stepdad sayin', "Now he ain't my problem!"

My real dad dyin', crippled and deafened

It's just how the brain tumors upped n' left'm

To talk to him, took sign language lessons

Two years later, he died, I was seven

My aunt adopted couldn't control me neither

She put me in homes, Doc said I needed

In there, they would beat us taking out their pain

I watched a kid die while he was getting restrained

One time cops came I was smilin'

Said I'd kill myself, so they put me in asylums

Was rapping to fit in, prevent the brawls

Then got kicked out after breakin' someone's jaw

After high school, I was livin' in a homeless shelter

'Cuz you'll freeze to death in that Chicago weather

Got kicked out of those, started running with gangs

In flophouses with bank robbers movin' cocaine

Police sent informants, they stole our thangs

Had to scatter before the door got banged

I was nineteen, angry, and lost regardless

Someone tested me, I caught two felony charges

Releasin' my music 'bout to blow up

Big drug dealer reached out, loved my stuff

Offered 200k to start labels and more

But before I got that, feds kicked the door

I kept toppin' music, refusin' to stop

Two months later, song finally popped

I was offered label deals by the biggest of names

But I was dumb, hard-headed, and refusin' to change

So fast I'd blown up, down I came

Spent years suicidal and repeatin' the chain

Started working, readin' books, and feedin' my brain

Breakin' my back like Batman when he fought Bane

Never want another artist feeling my pain

So I made Smart Rapper to explain the game

When I did, people called me stupid 'stead of my name

But now I've made so many artists, the industry changed

Now my music's exploding, I'm worth millions

Making plans to change the educational system

This song is for the kids nobody believes in

That's takin' them mental and physical beatin's

From a you in the future, take this message

There will be a million times when you feel rejected

That anger inside you will teach you lessons

But you can take that curse and make it a blessing, I promise

Ay, this one's for everybody, 'cause

They don't believe in anybody 'til we do it, right?

So, I want you to know

No matter how bad your life was

No matter how bad your life is in this moment man I don't

You know

I'm a screw-up man, I'm still a screw-up

Not a day goes by where I don't screw up

So if I could do it

You can too