In Surround Sound

[Verse 1]
After Phife passed, that's when me and Tay made up
Not talking bout regrouping
We talking bout recouping for the time lost
For about five years, took time off, playing catch up, look
Me and my brother back talking, that's a step up
But life tried to hand me one, I'm working
Manage on the side, but one thing's for certain
My wife never had to lift a finger
Whether it was Amazon, drive Uber, drive Lyft
Or concentrate on my gifts
My nigga, I was down, but I did not quit
If you looking for a sob story, this not it, I was persevering
When you accustom to the crowd cheering
Now all you hеaring are your thoughts and that spark that had
Only mentioned in thе past, that's when you gonna grasp
If you really built to last or here for the hustle
Time to break through that pain
When the smoke finally clears after all these years
Operating out of fear to never dance in the rain felt vain
Laying in a hospital bed with a blood clot saying
"God, just get me through
I got so much left, I know you see that too," no promises
The bounce back more a climb up a steep hill
This is you versus you, this is all will
This is digging down deep, it don't involve skill
Put it on a vision board, watch it manifest
Adding color to my dream, talking life at its best
High wires with a beam, straight ahead, no net

[Chorus]
No sleep and no sunrise
I swallow my pride
Bury pain, I keep it inside
So what you want from me?

[Verse 2]
It was Saturday, late afternoon, I was chilling
Thinking bout making a couple dollars, Lord willing
The prospect of doing Uber trips not appealing
But I'm trying to get money in the right way
First ride, headed to the other side of town
Tay pop up on the phone, but of course he call now
Send to voicemail, then he called right back
I'm seeing what the deal, passenger in the back
First show in eight years, fifteen with all three
Got a two-hour trip to rock the AOC
LB back at it, I'm shocked like y'all
Decide to make an album, you know who not involved
Your life on a loop, stop it
Ain't nobody over here concerned about the optics
It's all about the product, never settle for less
After May The Lord Watch, I can pound my chest
And the world hear it, being down didn't break my spirit
When I started on this journey I was given no promises
So I say it, if I ever bounce back
I'ma pull back the curtain, time to show you who Thomas is, nigga

[Chorus]
No sleep and no sunrise
I swallow my pride
Bury pain, I keep it inside
So what you want from me?

[Post-Chorus]
See me in a new light
Let the change roll
Still the same, I live a new life
So what you want from me?

[Outro]
What you want from me?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What you want from me?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
What you want from me?
Bury pain, I keep it inside
So what you want from me?
See me in a new light
Still the same, I live a new life