Former New England Patriots cornerback Cyrus Jones has dealt with conflicts off the field and had no way to overcome them.
While recovering from an injury, the now Baltimore Raven turned to writing lyrics.
“I always had a passion for music,” Jones told Prime Time Sports Talk. “I just always messed around with it and never took it serious until I tore my ACL in my second season and couldn’t move around that much so I started writing again.”
After he was released by the Pariots, the former second-round pick grabbed a pen and let it all out.
“One day lead to another, I got cut, came home, and started hitting the studio in Baltimore,” Jones said. “That’s how it all started.”
In the song he calls “FINAO,” he talked about the issue of fair-weathered friends who after he was drafted, just started texting him.
“That’s just life,” Jones said. “I always knew it was going to happen, it’s definitely different when you live it though but I mean it was expected.”
In Jones’ song, he raps ‘I’ve been fighting trust issues like 100 rounds’ taking aim at not just the cold hearted football business, but life as well.
“In the end, it wasn’t just supposed to mean sports, [it has to do with] anything,” Jones said. “Everything don’t go your way and that’s the way it will always be.”
Jones never hid anything from his family about his struggles with inner demons. Through his platform, Jones decided to open up to the world about his struggles regarding suicidal thoughts, among other things.
“Mental health is definitely a serious thing,” Jones said. “Nobody should be afraid to try and get help and get healthy.”
Jones will be performing live in concert for the first time and admitted that while he is looking forward to it, he has some butterflies.
“I’m excited about it and a little nervous,” Jones said. “But that’s with comes with anything new.”
Jones never really looked at it as a possible career avenue after football. For now, it is just something he loves to do in his spare time.
“It’s [just for now] form of expression for myself, ” Jones said.”So if people like it and I’m successful with that, I’ll make the proper decision when the time comes but for now it’s just what I like to do.”
Jones teased his fans that he is indeed in the middle of working on his first album.
“I’ve got a project I’m working on,” Jones said. “I don’t really want to get into any details but, it’s [definitely] something I’m working on.”
You can listen to Jones’ song FINAO below.
Warning: Song contains explicit language.
