Perfect

[Intro]
I was up for I don't know how long
Before I turned and turned off my alarm
Tryna keep my head still, at calm
All the while it was playing this song...

[Violin: Amanda Zeng]

[Verse 1]
Do you care that I left?
Do you think I wasn't serious?
Do you think I'm a mess?
Did you think of me when I was gone?
How'd you feel if I returned?
Do you think I'm all for worse?
Was this better unrehearsed?
Is this tape even worth it?
Even if it's perfect
I haven't slept enough
Cause my nights don't deserve it
Always starting so rough
Coming home, drop my stuff
Say a word to my family and call it enough
Go to bed, get back up
Going out, catch the bus
I'm late, gotta run
Slipping on the sidewalk

[Verse 2]
It's icy out
Mid February
Sunset five o clock
Check the evening news
Another nigga shot
(Another cop got charges dropped...)
(Another nigga got locked up...)
(How we gon' get out?)
(Happy birthday, Trayvon...)

[Verse 3: Outro]
I never had to deal with death like that
Except when I was nine and my grandma died and we all wept
But my family was okay cause we knew what to expect
At least a cracker didn't kill her on her doorstep
At least we were all there for her when she left
It was a perfect death, her last breath we all heard at once, together, at last

Was it Roberta Flack who wrote that one song about death or was it Cardi B and Offset
Were you there when the drums went blap and then the world went black
And everything went down and everything fell back
I fell into depression many years ago and then I got on medication many years ago
And somehow everything worked out in the end, somehow I'm still here before y'all