​arms length

[Verse 1]
Summertime and I’m caught in the wind currents
I got things to do but the pressure make less urgency
See me in reflections as I walk through faded memories
And if I faded myself, now would you tell on me?
It’s a pothole in the road, it’s a steady cycle
And I look back on when I wanted to be a disciple
Hanging with a cult, that’s what my mom said
But they saw through me, like I had my palm read
Then I saw the light, I keep ‘em at arms length

[Chorus]
I keep ‘em at arms length
I keep 'em at arms length
I keep 'em at arms length
Friends come and they go, we keep our distance
I let my enemies know, they need assistance
We got close enough, 'til the day the lies spread
They got run amok, now I keep 'em at arms length

[Verse 2]
Autumn arrives and I find time to say grace
Running my future on track and at a great pace
I can’t slip up, I got non-slip shoes on
And I can’t miss my shot, 'cause dawg, I'm too on
But oops, I bricked it
Oops, I missed it
I feel it coming
Another guilt trip
Another season of doing the same things
Damn mistakes that plague me 'til probably end of days
And that’s real

[Chorus]
I keep ‘em at arms length
Arms length
I keep 'em at arms length
Arms length
Friends come and they go, we keep our distance
I let my enemies know, they need assistance
We got close enough, 'til the day the lies spread
They got run amok, now I keep 'em at arms length

[Verse 3]
Winter time and I’m finding myself alone
I got demons, they like Mongols, the way they invade my home
And I target all their fallacies by writing all these songs
It’s on point, sometimes it’s not
As I told you, my mind is gone, brotha
People I used to love, they gone, brotha
People calling my bluff, they gone, brotha
Picture me screaming at my own mother
Man, why’s the wintertime so long, brother?