All I Went Through - K Rino

Most of what I did in life came from a place of love

Long before I had understanding of what a hater was

Took some hits, glad I went through it ‘cause that’s the way you learn

Funny how those mentalities change up when the tables turn

Said they ridin' with ya, but they treat you like a crash dummy

Said they ridin' with ya, but ain’t pitchin' in no gas money

Rappin' in the school bathrooms, knew I was meant for this

Never forget the ones who was laughin' and wasn’t interested

Same ones, now when I come across ‘em, they fans now

Same ones asking for pictures, shaking my hands now

What if I’da forsaken my notebook, man, and put it up

What if I’da listened when they told me I wasn’t good enough

Every now and then inside my mind, AC Chill appears

Always wonder what would he be doing if he still was here

Probably would be still killing mics and having fun

Guess it’s better losing a homie than never having one

So when I think of all I went through

And then I think of all I been through

I use it to make me better

Now I know each and every part I was meant to, meant to

A lot of trauma from the distant past oppressed in my internal

Thinkin' of the pain inflicted got me heated like a thermal

Spending everyday silently tryna heal from all the wars

They ain’t got enough bandaids to cover all the scars

Used to talk to chicks and not get told the right digits

I’ve been taken advantage of and walked over like bridges

It took me a minute to properly read the procedure

That when people no longer can bleed ya, they no longer need ya

I still check myself and thank god whenever it’s hard

I know how it feels to be hungry but never to starve

You gotta study everybody and have thick outer skin

I discovered that even losers can teach you how to win

It’s tough to think about the bread I let myself run through

Looking for ways to blame others for my own dumb moves

It’s no one formula, it’s many reasons why you can fail

Not being honest with yourself the biggest lie you can tell

So when I think of all I went through

And then I think of all I been through

I use it to make me better

Now I know each and every part I was meant to, meant to

What you did in the past doesn’t have to be your life’s definition

When I look at people, I see them and not their condition

Stop telling people to let it go just ‘cause it’s old

It’s easy to clean the body, tough to clean out the soul

Might be dealing with things that happened to ‘em at a young age

Problems from back in the days resurface in other ways

Then we misunderstand that person’s sadness or rage

‘cause we don’t know the history of how they got to that stage

Don’t just look at what you think you see, the root of it’s bigger

Any reactions people give off have a reason to trigger

You might not have been the one to cause that person’s pain

But since you right there at the moment, you’re the one that gets blamed

Understand prior circumstances that they went through

And recognize that they had a past before they met you

And not all of the hurt affects you but the rest of it does

Took me a while to realize how sick and messed up I was

So when I think of all I went through

And then I think of all I been through

I use it to make me better

Now I know each and every part I was meant to, meant to