My mama made it work, she fed her baby birds Papa fled and left the earth within his eighty-eighth
Tectonic plates shifting, set aside my ways Livin´ for the finer thangs, struck and cut a vein or nerve Say the word the play up on the field was overturned Smoke would cover up the pain, I saw my father burn Spliff after spliff in the crib, I would watch and learn I run the race, you move impatient tryna make it first I grew complacent, I was stationed where I caught that urge On the verge of breaking through, I´m tryna break these curses I only got myself to blame, it´s me against that person that I was before My hung face, brittle as a flake
I´m pushing buttons, tryna see it twirl Whispers in the dark, them teeth was sharp I got a lion heart, I´m tryna save the world Who a save me? Save me a seat Stray from feeling that I can´t breathe Or I can´t be thoroughly me, at thirteen My Egún in the sea, all in between the coasts from Cote d´Ivoire to Benin Unraveling at my seams, my heart was knotted beneath I don´t want to be a burden, Todd said, "You are not to me" A single tear up in my eyes, my lotus flower blossoming I would smile like Siddartha Pull the sword up out the stone with ease, I´m Arthur And when I feel alone, l´m still a part of
Large love, loving me was always in the cards, huh?
Say the word, it´s amazing how I´m claiming what I´ve merely earned They told me, "Keep from by the edge," when I was clearly perched Lookin´ for a push, deep within it is where Navy learned Say the word, it´s amazing how I´m claiming what I´ve merely earned They told me, "Keep from by the edge," when I was clearly perched Lookin´ for a push, deep within it is where Navy learned