So Far - SonReal

So long to the old me, baby

You gon' get to know the new name

Shit was all good a week ago

But now things been gettin' so strange

Cause I’m so far, so far from the one you used to call me

I’m so far, so far from the man I used to try and be

When all these dreams they made up are no more

I’ll make up some more

Used to make up shit

Then I threw that makeup all on the floor

And smeared all over everything

That I thought that you loved me for

I was searching for some help

Then I fell in love with myself, blah

Yeezy shoulda signed him, Khaled shoulda signed him

Way I murder shit, you think that Jeffrey Dahmer woulda signed him

Came up in the sticks, had the city on my mind

Dedicate this one to Nas, my version of my book of rhymes

Mama raised a pro prolific kid with a flow though

Black a la K-Ci, JoJo, anytime that I go go

For it like Forrest Gump, I’m forest like 401

And since I’m calling the shots, they call me son of a gun

My saliva and spit can split thread into fibers and bits

So trust me I’m as live as they come

Got a little cold, couple summers, no sun

'Til I found love and fallen to the one I’ve become

So long to the old me, baby

You gon' get to know the new name

Shit was all good a week ago

But now things been gettin' so strange

Cause I’m so far, so far from the one you used to call me

I’m so far, so far from the man I used to try and be

Extra, extra, read all the fuckboy about it

I’ve been double, triple dotted way before my ass was scouted

I was singing off key, but this dream was in my rearview

I just took it somewhere, not even fuckin' Siri knew

Pops was mad when I quit everything for this here

Driving home from practice, put the Land Cruiser in fifth gear

Yellin' at the boy like, «What the hell you really doing?»

Now we bullshit on the phone

He say, «I'm glad you showed and proved it»

So far from the old me, Uncle Sam gonna owe me

They all looked so surprised

When I said, «Rest in peace, Dobie»

Got my ear to the ground, I put my heart in the sound

I made a promise that I won’t follow others around

'Cause following lead to death and they won’t lead me to me

I took my time with this shit

And now time ain’t coming for free

I made changes to make change with my A game

So if you ask me now, be prepared, 'cause I may say

So long to the old me, baby

You gon' get to know the new name

Shit was all good a week ago

But now things been gettin' so strange

Cause I’m so far, so far from the one you used to call me

I’m so far, so far from the man I used to try and be

So far from that backpack-wearing

Kid rapping that you’re used to

So close to that man named Aaron

That made a name that you can never leave out

And so much for holding back my story

So close to giving you the new me

So far from staying up late nights

Ever since I found my One Long Dream

And so I say

So long to the old me, baby

You gon' get to know the new name

Shit was all good a week ago

But now things been gettin' so strange

Cause I’m so far, so far from the one you used to call me

I’m so far, so far from the man I used to try and be