​bamboo

[Intro]
Hoping that you'll find you some peace of mind
I'm just keeping time, trying to clear the line
You don't come around, you don't hold me down
You don't lean on to me, who gon' link arms with me

[Verse 1]
I've been waiting too long for it to get like this
Seasons change, but I didn't think it'd get like this
I was looking 'round but ain't find one like me
Searched the galaxy and I was hitchhiking
This the stuff that you could only dream about at night, yeah
Booked a flight to Paris just to take in all the lights, yeah
I don't smoke, but she make me feel higher than a kite, mm
If you think that I ain't got it, you can't be too bright, hah
Shout out to mont fraser, paid him $20 to make art
Now papers turn to canvas, turning my words into paintings
Uh huh, yes I'm only 18 but I feel like I'm like 25
Some days I ain't none but some days I'm the coolest kid alive
Simon say, lean on to me
I'm not your bae, here come the day
It's not my time, it's not my place
But I'ma grind it anyway

[Verse 2]
Back up off me
Sick of all these super loopy lucid car dreams
They've been getting vivid, too vivid for me to handle
So just park the car please
Wish that I could take the freeway instead of the back streets
Used to sit on the backburner thinking about the summer
And now I'm greatly thankful for all that I'm learning from her
Just like ashes turn to phoenix, my rock bottom turned to zenith
And either way I'd rather be with Gretchen than Regina
You can take to the bank anything that I've vocalized
I switch up pretty often just to keep y'all so surprised
In the heat of the moment, I'd freeze up
And reach a compromise
Now I'm tryna shrink my ego, grow my heart to oversized, alright

[Bridge]
How they signed Johnny Givez to a label
Seemed that it was fateful, prayed for
Bigger dreams and richer schemes that Interscope would pay for
Just to realize that all the time that wasted ended fatal?
I learned my lesson, I'ma sleep on suits like I'm in cradles

[Verse 3]
Planted seeds here and there
Poured some water then leave 'em there
Just to give 'em some time to breathe
And then break through the earth to see
Roots to sprouts to blossomed crops
That grow so large, they crack the pots
And build a forest of bamboo
That you and I could travel through
See, I thought that I could do this on my own but really
I've come to realize that riding solo's silly
You ever seen a field of flowers with only one stem in it?
Used to think I was strong as Popeye, minus the spinach
And I ain't finished, I rock I roll I bloom
I grow a couple more inches, tryna blossom my soul
Never worry 'bout my image
I'm scrimmaging to leave your head spinning
Until I'm winning it
I'ma grow, give me a minute, bloom