Mind Games
Rules Man Lyrics

It was all in my head it was all in my mind bro
I was struggling with negative thoughts and self-doubt.

Thinking I will fail was a nightmare kept on haunting
The fear of failure consumed me and it felt like a constant nightmare.

Psychologically i'm not stronger like i wish to be
I wish I was mentally stronger to handle life's challenges.

But nobody knew i just kept it all to myself
I didn't tell anyone about my struggles and kept them bottled up inside.

Have you ever gave a damn what the people thought bro
Have you ever cared about what others think of you?

Trying to impress and you wanna make em proud of
Attempting to gain approval from others and make them proud of me.

Everything you are tryna get that approval
I wanted to be accepted for who I was and sought the approval of those around me.

Battle of the mind, now I just wanna know
I was fighting a battle in my mind and now I want to understand why.

Have you ever gave impression that your life was better bro
Have you ever made others believe your life was better than it actually was?

Made em people to believe that you had it figured out
I made people believe that I had everything under control when I really didn't.

Then they started to respect also looking up to you
People started to respect me and look up to me because of the false impression I gave off.

Cause you made em feel feel so good and you gave em all the hope
By giving people false hope, I made them feel good about themselves.

But the hope was a false one you had your problems
The hope I gave others was false because I had my own problems as well.

But they never saw that they thought you the greatest
No one saw my problems, they only saw the image I projected.

That is the truth but we all got our problems
The truth is that everyone has their own problems to deal with.

Mine are the worst bro mentally unstable but
I felt like my problems were the worst and that I was mentally unstable.

I ain't got all the power but it's what I'm chasing
I don't have all the power to control my life, but it's something I'm striving for.

Try'na get through all problems which I'm facing
I'm trying to overcome all the problems and challenges I'm facing.

Emotions all over but they never knew that
I had a lot of emotions, but I never showed them to anyone.

Spent all my time tryna make it as a loner
I spent a lot of time trying to succeed on my own, without the help of others.

Pushing everyone away cause I thought they never cared
I pushed people away because I didn't think they cared about me.

Try'na find someone to blame for the things I never had
I was looking for someone to blame for my own shortcomings and what I didn't have.

When somebody was progressing I was hating all of it
When I saw others around me succeeding, I became envious and hated it.

Now that shit is fucken messed up I don't wanna be like that
Realizing how messed up my mindset was, I don't want to continue that way.

Right now no more hating niggas gonn be rising
Right now, I won't hate anymore and others will start to rise up with me.

We are getting stronger music slapping harder
As we grow stronger, our music is becoming more impactful.

Always keep it simple do it for my people
I want to keep things simple and create music for my community.

You know how I feel now we better together
Now that I've shared my struggles, we can work together and grow stronger as a group.