Lifeboats

[Intro]
Yeah
Ayy, uh

[Verse]
Three off a milestone, I hope I don’t
Sink, 'cause the pressures building up
I’m tryna vent to heal me up, I lie in bed, not getting up
I strive for depths of brilliance, won’t try the meds, not getting stuck
In the bad patterns like bad manners
Dealt with addictions to vixens, having to kick it like Mr Van Damme is
Already said enough, demons barely letting up
Contemplated moments I might join the 27 club
But even if I’m taking water in, I’ll never quit
What’s life without the struggle, I’d be bored of it
Don’t wanna work a job I hate until I’m 46
And figure out there’s music in my veins but hadn’t thought of it
Pipe dream, I hear them crying
I think your fear is trying
Some-thing outta ordinary, the ordinance
You follow orders, head under water without an audience
While you looking to the surface I’m in awe of this
Feeling I’m getting, spitting on rhythms written by Jorja Smith
Hidden within him, pivotal minutes getting me sure of this
Driven to winning, inhibitors given him diligence
Similar figures have written to make a difference
Sibilance symptoms inhibited by a bunch of slithering idiots
Sour at the world, just like they're sitting in vinegar
Life powers the words, verbs vivid like cinema
Watch my highlight reel back when I'm 92
Either back in the mansion or packed in a tiny room
Thinking of all the things this music showed me that I could do
No regrets, I hope I don't forget, I watch the lightning through
The window, of my nursing home, play an instrumental
Reminiscing while the curtains blow, swaying kinda gentle
Got me thinking of a verse I wrote when everything was simple
And how everything I stressed about is now so incidental
How it feels like everything before had happened in a past life
How long it took for me to see how easy it's to mask lies
How everything you've ever wanted's yours, just have to ask nice
And how I built a life off a past-time to pass time
Everything will come to pass the way it's meant to happen
So I just float up on my lifeboat and continue rapping
I've copped a few indents, ran aground it was intense
Surrounded by sharks, met a couple of finned friends
Incense, burning by the candlelight, I paddle light
Reflection of the stars upon the water chasing satellites
The current moving quickly, need'a get it, never bat an eye
Before you know it, show is over, curtains and that's life done, face it
Blip on the radar, flash in the pan
This life be like a grain of salt, or a skerrick of sand
The insignificance of century, what will be it is meant to be
But hopefully you'll be at peace, physically and mentally
So we paddle through the rough seas and turbulent waters
Impervious to slaughter, riding on the rhythmic aorta
Ticking goals compared to others on the planets rotation
I’m just hoping that when I die I get a standing ovation

[Chorus]
So watch when it all comes round
Before you know it, it's all over though
Life's just a boat, I've found
A couple reasons why I stay afloat