We been on this road for too long
I can feel it coming soon, tonight
And I don't know where it's all gone
But I know that it'll be alright
It's feeling like the petals just don't fall in my favor
Following fallen fickle dreams that put my pen to the paper
I think it's hopscotch, jumping off one leg unto another
Better bet I make those colors change, sunny days to acid rain
Life is just massive pain with cigarette burns and ash stains
Y'all must be smokin' something
Feel it in my lungs I gotta shout to get the word out
Like I'm swimming in the syrup I shoulda drowned inside this world now
Aunt Jemima got it out for me, slower than I need to go
Burning rubber hopefully that someone else can see the smoke
S.O.S I need that help I am a mess, a handful
Least my momma says I'm funny and I'm handsome
I been jumping round on one leg losing balance like a manx
Signing deals on left and right I need that money in the bank
Feeling hopeless, don't know where the road is
Lost my sight a mile back and all I am is over it
I know that's it
We been on this road for too long
I can feel it coming soon, tonight
And I don't know where it's all gone
But I know that it'll be alright
It's no coincidence I'm less friendly
Ain't no predicament to bob and weave; been running on empty
Anchor weight resentment I'm tempted to keep pretending
Put on my khakis and button up my tucked in shirt
I wanna live simply
But fortune favors the consistent and my masters ain't so omniscient
Calm kisses and a frantic sense of conviction
Remember, every face in the crowd
Be thinking that they think different
Heavy dose of self respect
I pay my debts
I thrive in stress pay your tides
I even been lying less
Not a whole lot left to confess
I think I finally understand
Serving your purpose and scratching the surface of being a man
So deep inside my head affection read like accusation
Couldn't hear her begging me for reciprocation
Partly believing every resource spent need
Compensation. Forgetting love is not a zero sum equation
Got nothing but patience
There are things inside your heart that you can't
Choke in blood, but that don't mean I don't want to
My default to confront you but wheres the growth
In holding close the things that brought me here
Who you are gon' change as much as what you thought you loved
Boy everything is perfect
I'm everyone I'm supposed to be
Not a follicle or cell out of place
We been on this road for too long
I can feel it coming soon, tonight
And I don't know where it's all gone
But I know that it'll be alright