[Intro] Yeah… end of twenty nineteen… That road almost took me out… for real this time… Time to shut that door… lock it… and lose the key… --- [Verse 1] Came back home… dust still on my boots… West coast runs… finally cuttin' 'em loose… Close call flashin'… red and blue in my face… Told myself, "Boy, it's time you leave this place…" Twenty twenty hit… I made that call… Told them boys out west, "I'm done with y'all"… Passed them lines… to a Y-town vet… Kept one lane… no more double threat… --- [Pre-Chorus] I was playin' with fire… and those hot flames burn… I was dancin’ on that ledge… had to make that turn… --- [Chorus] Nine lives deep… but I feel number ten… Creepin' up fast… it’s almost the end… All that hustle… all that goddamn grind… Ain't worth my soul… or a piece of my mind… Backroad nights… headlights burnin' low… Every mile singin'… "it's time to go"… Drive away slow… watch where you steer… And leave that life… in the rearview mirror… --- [Verse 2] Pulled up in Y-town… quick little meet… OG said, "My runner got your treat"… Grabbed that pack… slid back home alone… Cracked that wrap… looked like styrofoam… Fake white powder… that ain't my grade… Twenty-seven stacks… I just got played… Phone got hot… I called that line direct… "Fix this now… I want what's mine… respect…" --- [Pre-Chorus] My name is Pops… and my ties run deep… West coast plugs… are just numbers I keep… --- [Chorus] Nine lives deep… but I feel number ten… Creepin' up fast… it’s almost the end… All that hustle… all that goddamn grind… Ain't worth my soul… or a piece of my mind… Backroad nights… headlights burnin' low… Every mile singin'… "it's time to go"… Drive away slow… watch where you steer… And leave that life… in the rearview mirror… --- [Verse 3] Few calls made… didn't say too much… Words move fast when you got that touch… Week went by… heard a knock on my door… Envelope fat… yeah, they paid back more… Another call… "Pull up, we got it set"… Stash house in Y-town… the safest bet… Said, "Walk downstairs"… to see what's what… Dude tied up… and knew who I was… --- [Pre-Chorus] They said, "What now? It's your call, Pops"… I looked at the man… you lucky I stop… Said, "I ain't that… I won't take that drive"… "Beat him down… send him home alive…" --- [Final Chorus] Nine lives deep… I gave back that crown… Handed my ties… never let them down… Didn't need the money… didn't need the fame… Almost lost it all… in that gangster's game… Lost too many… seen too much pain… Eight long years… and I'm goin' insane… Seen friends fade… because of my name… Number one reason… I quit this game… --- [Outro] Yeah… Walked away… I wasn't wrong… They came lookin'… played the OG's song… Twenty twenty-two… they took him down… Fifteen to thirty… he lost that crown… Me? I'm out… I'm done for good… Left that life… in a Y-town hood…
