Play By the Book Interlude

[Intro]
How are you keeping your cool?
How are you seeing this through?
How are you speaking your truth?
How you expect me to be when I talk?
You don't listen to shit when I'm speaking to you
Miles, where have you been?

[Chorus: JZAC]
People assume you learning with age
Play by the book, turning the page
Used to be free, living with dreams
Now you just live like a bird in a cage
Drinking and smoking a burden away
Couldn't be fixed with burning the sage
Somewhere between twenty-seven and thirty is whеn they gon' start pouring dirt on your grave
'Cause that's whеn your dreams die (damn)
You still alive, but that's when your dreams die, shit
Speak for yourself, I'm gonna keep mine
Yeah, I'm gonna keep mine
[?] no peace sign
It's not in the meantime

[Verse: JZAC]
Look at the time, where did it go?
Reality hit, prepare for the blow
Living the life that he dreaded, he's right in the thick of it
He ain't aware of it though
Someone should go let a therapist know
Notify sis and his parents and bro
Paying a premium price for a dream is expensive
Who's takling care of the loans?
How will you keep on the lights?
Who's gonna pay for the rent?
You ain't been making a dent in a pile of money you owe in your credit
Like, how you ain't breaking a sweat?
How are you keeping your cool?
How are you seeing this through?
How are you speaking your truth?
How you expect me to be when I talk?
You don't listen to shit when I'm speaking to you

[Chorus: JZAC]
People assume you learning with age
Play by the book, turning the page
Used to be free, living with dreams
Now you just live like a bird in a cage
Drinking and smoking a burden away
Couldn't be fixed with burning the sage
Somewhere between twenty-seven and thirty is when they gon' start pouring dirt on your grave
'Cause that's when your dreams die