wake up, smell the roses

[Intro]
Uh

[Verse 1]
Honestly, I like it better when my back's to the wall
That's how I know they can't stab it
Stay faded 'cause I'm jaded and just a little bit jagged
Honestly, never had shit, that's why I'm prone to the bragging
'Cause most of the time when I want some', the world just says I can't have it
It's okay, I guess I'll figure it out
I ain't expect to live to twenty, man, I figured I'd drown
But, ayy, I'm here without a plan, I guess I'll stick to this route
The quiet introvert feels a little bitch in a crowd
And if I die before I wake, I pray the universe cares
I had a dream when I was young, in it I fell down the stairs
And I'm still climbin' back up just to say I did it
Middle finger to the skeptics, should've trusted my vision
I wonder, "Wait, am I destined to walk alone?"
I take a hero's journey, my destination unknown
I used to be organic, my heart is more like a stone
When niggas call askin' forgiveness, I don't pick up the phone, damn

[Chorus]
Don't let the present hold you back
I levitate like there's no gravity
No gravity
No gravity
No gravity (Oh)
Baby, a new day is dawning
Wake up, don't make haste this morning
Fly and don't come back to me
Come back to me
Don't come back to me
To me, to me, to me

[Bridge]
Mic check, mic check (Mm)
(One, two, alright, alright)

[Verse 2]
I wasn't born to work, I wasn't born to be a king
I didn't choose to be alive, but still I don't exist for free
Cathedrals and castles of sand, a testament to greed
It seems my strokes of luck are random and I'm punished for good deeds
What is the worth of a soul?
What is the price to pay to be here? Will they cry when I go?
Will my work ever be treasured, loved, or treated as gold?
Revolvin' door, how it's seemin' to me
There's more to see beyond the tree and it's leaves
Si, c'est la vie, uh
A perfect portrait that I chase, what a rush
It's hard to start, it's hard to tell when I'm done, yeah, uh
My fingers tremble, I can't pick up the brush
I used to love, I used to see it as fun, yeah uh
End up be all and I see it as such
Try committin', hard to breathe when I run, yeah, uh
I count my days and do it one by one
To live and die by the blade, pen, mic and a gun

[Outro]
Just have fun