Released: October 23, 2019

Songwriter: KingDrumDummie Drum Dummie Rod Wave

Producer: Ashton Sellars Drum Dummie

[Intro]
Drum Dummie
Drum Dummie made the beat and I'm gon' kill it

[Chorus]
In this life I've been scarred
So I walk around with my guard, guard
And they quick to say Lil Nuni trippin'
I think about my past and get in my feelings (Okay)
I think about the people who desert me (Okay)
I think about the ones who didn't deserve me (Okay, yeah)
Think about the ones who did me dirty (Okay)
I won't let you close enough to hurt me (Okay, yeah)

[Verse]
And I've been stayin' to myself, I've been movin' low-key
'Cause I don't know you, and nigga, you don't know me
I don't need no new homeboys, nigga, I'm straight
You can keep your handshakes, these niggas snakes, I play it safe
And sometimes I wish bae could understand (Okay)
That I am not your average man (Okay)
Ain't insecure, I'm just hurtin'
Tryna find out is you worth it?
Openin' up make me worried
And new faces make me nervous
Like where these niggas was when we was slidin' in my Acura?
Now they wanna pop up 'cause them R's is in the back of us
And we be state to state, promoters always got them racks for us
New niggas come 'round, I disappear like Perry the Platypus

[Chorus]
In this life I've been scarred
So I walk around with my guard, guard
And they quick to say Lil Nuni trippin'
I think about my past and get in my feelings (Okay)
I think about the people who desert me (Okay)
I think about the ones who didn't deserve me (Okay, yeah)
Think about the ones who did me dirty (Okay)
I won't let you close enough to hurt me (Okay, yeah)

Rod Wave

Rodarius Marcell Green (born August 27, 1998), better known as Rod Wave, is a platinum-selling recording artist originally from St. Petersburg, Florida.

Shortly after the release of three albums under the Hunger Games series title, Rod rose to national prominence after dropping “Heart on Ice” in 2019. The track, a single for his album PTSD, peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 with assistance from TikTok and a viral Genius live performance.

Rod continued to garner critical acclaim with the release of Ghetto Gospel in November of 2019 and Pray 4 Love in April of the following year.