Om

Life, in the deep end

When you see no place to go



A plate is a myth when the rent is due but hunger is home

It hurts, straight in the ribs, when I suffer alone

My stomach be yelling louder than my prayers at night

My mind telling me to quit, I might take the advice

Mama prayed for the light while I'm restraining the spark

Pops worked through the dark but now I'm breaking his heart

I sense the disappointment in the words they utter

Teardrops that weigh tons come from hurting mothers

Hate what I see in the mirror, I'm the cause for their shame

Reflections of my failures, always calling my name

Mental shackles are the only inheritance of the first born

Heir to the trauma, so I carry the curse on

Masking the emptiness, my smile is a prop

Just like another lifeless attire that I rock

My girl walked away, said rapping ain't a job, get a life

I'd never make it, so I don't fit the plot of her life

My inner fire is dying out, is why I'm losing my sleep

Maybe I'll never get paid but imma do this for me

Like a candle in a storm, a script for doom

Against fellas that always had silver spoons from within the womb

My demos get passed around like an endless fable

While nepotists be getting signed cuz they got friends in labels

Rejection on the daily, believe me they crush

The dreams of a kid, he wishes that he'd never wake up

I hope the heavens will guide me in tryna move with conviction

Before the darkness consumes me and I know I'm losing this mission

I'll let the kid in me down, I see him fade away

Like the sky, through the clouds on a rainy day

One last look at those I need in my life

One last look at those who believed I could fight

And when I'm hopeless in this moment of quiet

Wishing the story goes on, that's when it hit me like....



oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt



Life, in the deep end

When you see no place to go

(That's when it hit me like..)



oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt



(Ayo) Grandma gone, she said that you'd be the man

To be the one to fulfill their wishes, their Genie's lamp

Go be their hope, their beacon up high

What are obstacles at the feet when you dream of the sky?

Curses and bad juju float along with toxins in air

Keep curving them gold diggers like convex affairs

Nah, you best believe that you the prospect of prayers

So we climbed mountains 'fore we understood the concept of stairs

Became one of the greatests, ascension assured

Our pens went to war, swinging like a pendulum door

See we was bound to the trash and clowned for our bad luck

But we hustled like a Gujju that's down to his last buck

Found a niche in rap, the crowd appeal unmatched

And we did it with more soul than South Korean maps

Through this marathon we ran feuding with time

Expending our passion, and influencing minds

In these scars are scriptures of all that we overcame

We show no pain, through poetry, give em that novocaine

Our fans write to us about their stories of triumph

On how their life and our music formed a holy alliance

We ain't no stranger to sins, we caved in to the urges

Corrupting our ways being a slave to our purpose

Some problems can't be solved, cuz we're cracked at the core

Like mathematics, it all starts where the brackets implore

Wealth is a symbol, of a high that keeps our egos sedated

Kid shoulda gave up, battling all the demons he made up

But I'm glad you woke up, never doubted your imagined acclaim

We needed you here for the sound of fans chanting your name

So here's to one more look at those that need you in life

And one more look at those that need you to fight

And anytime you need a moment of quiet/

Just know that, the story goes on, and let it hit you like....



oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt



Life, in the deep end

When you see no place to go

(Let it hit you like..)



oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt



oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt"