Akira The Don - THAT SENSE OF SELF

You know what
It comes down to this for me
How do i wanna be remembered
And that's the problem man
That nowadays
People don't give a fuck
How they're remembered
They don't give a fuck
About their family
Everybody's equal
Their mom is equal to them
Their dad's equal to them
Everybody's fucking equal
So it's a tough question to ask
Because when i grew up
My mom worked three fucking jobs
And all i wanted to do is
She got her fucking ass
Damn near murderеd
It took her down a dark hole
And i saw this
That helpеd me
Grow up to say
All i wanna do
Is retire my mother when i get older
That's all i want to fucking do
And thank god i did that
But the thing about it
A lot of people
They don't have that in them
The parents raise the kids
Very differently now
So the kids don't have that
Sense of self
That sense of self
I believe in self-discipline
Self-pride
Self-motivation
That sense of self
That sense of self
That sense of self
I believe in self-discipline
Self-pride
Self-motivation
That sense of self

No one has that self anymore
That self is gone
So that driving force that tells you
I have to do this shit
I took great pride in the fact that
I was nobody
That's exactly what i took pride in
I wanna make sure you're good
And you're good
My mama tell you right now
She knows i don't buy myself shit
I take great pride in that
I don't want shit
Because how i'm wired
I'm wired to "hey mom
I'ma get you this, this, this and this"
My girl
Everybody's got everything
I don't even own a fucking car
And i'm a multi-millionaire
And i say that with pride
Because what i was here to do
As a man
And men
May not even wanna hear this
It sounds so barbaric
That's the pride in which you have as a man
Is that you see your mom
You see your girl
You see your kids
You see all this shit
You see them
Doing well
I believe in
That sense of self
That sense of self
I believe in self-discipline
Self-pride
Self-motivation
That sense of self
That sense of self
That sense of self
I believe in self-discipline
Self-pride
Self-motivation
That sense of self

That's all a real man wants
They don't give a fuck about how they dress
How they look
What they're driving
They don't give a shit
Because why
Your trophies
Are your family
And they're all walking around
Every man that sees you
They see you walk in
With some sweatpants and shit
But they know
Your family's fucking ballin’
Because you put the fucking time in
You put the effort in
You put the work in
And as a man
We don't want none of that shit
We just want fucking respect
And that's what men
Don't give a fuck about now
But the one thing i want
Is for my family
To look at me and say
“that's the man
Right there”
And men don't fucking have that
They don't know what that feels like
So until you know what that feels like
You're never gonna seek
That feeling
Of
When things are bad my family looks to me
That is my fucking job
And i earned that
It feels amazing
That sense of self
That sense of self
I believe in self-discipline
Self-pride
Self-motivation
That sense of self
That sense of self
That sense of self
I believe in self-discipline
Self-pride
Self-motivation
That sense of self

When anything goes wrong in my family
If there's a flat tire
They don't call fucking triple a
They call david fucking goggins
Mom's got a problem
David
My mom's sick
David
She don't call the fucking doctors
Just david
Anybody they call david
And that's earned
That's a good feeling
And i would challenge men
To try that
Try that
It's the best feeling in the fucking world
Money can't buy it
Nothing can buy it
So
It's just something that
We
Almost can't teach our kids anymore
Because the world is influencing people
From all over
Once they leave your house
You got this weak family
That weak family
That weak family saying
Why is your dad like that?
Why are you doing that?
So it's hard to keep it, man
Tell you what though once you try it
You might become fucking addicted
It's addictive
You don't wanna give it up
That's right
It's very addictive
It's 100% right
My daughter down there looking at me
Knowing that no matter what happens
That’s right
She'll call nobody else
My dad got me
It's me
Yep
No matter where he is
What time it is
It's me
He's got the answer
And i'm gonna come out
And figure it the fuck out
That's right
And you all better hope
You're not fucking with her
Think about it
Everybody dies
Think about it
Uh huh
And how can you not want that
How can you not want that
That's old school savagery bro
Hundred percent
Old school savagery