@beastnick541 OK. I'm pasting here for you:
Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
You didn't give enough info about your setup and looks like didn't search the official docs.
I would suggest you to enable emulationstation in autostart, but I think you should give more info about your setup.