Calibrate

(album: Terraform: The Sky - 2021)

Let me be real wit' you, like
Like I'm never not real wit' you
Yo

I be standing in the mirror, thinking 'bout my life phases
Practicing saying phrases like "I'm wrong," "I'm sorry," "I love you"
I'm down for that duo, but wisdom hiding in my smile lines
Promise very little worth losing, really over
I remember in them days up under the lustful gaze
Of the sun of the morning, looking like props, that easy come up
But I was thinking my ways was anything less than praise
To the God of thunder, lightning, and wonder, funny
I might have been self-defeating, self-misleading
Missing hang time, afraid to miss meetings, huh
And beef was so childish, take a breath, get some rest
You ain't careful, you might find yourself mad at they success
Your friends get the winning, and you all up in yo' feelings
Picking fights with real ones knowing they slim pickings
How many day ones you lost over something dumb?
Pick up that phone, call your loved ones

Calibrate, calibrate, you see that Cali sunset? (Huh)
What we fighting for? (Yeah) Are we done yet?
Calibrate, calibrate, hear the roll of the thunder
The sky is too beautiful to fight under
Boy, calibrate, calibrate, there's so much to celebrate (Yeah)
So much to celebrate
Boy, calibrate, set it straight, calibrate, set it straight
Calibrate, get it right, calibrate, set it straight, calibrate

Take your time, boy, get it straight (Yeah)
Take a road trip, shores of the Cali state
I ain't say deny the pain, denial's a long river
That's a dad joke, but hell, that's my dad's quote
It stuck with me, me and him could've been in the same boat
Making the best out of ruin for my own doing
I speak no ill of him, trauma was super real for him
PTS and Jim Crow from Vietnam and killing, uh
But it left a mark (Yeah), it could have been worse, though
He supported my art, gift and a curse, though
Sometimes I take him for granted, same way he took my mama's loyalty
Sometimes I can't even manage to enter his texts about the Lakers
Or something silly like, "When you bringing my grandkids to see me?"
My stepmama from the Philippines so we finna be eating, gee
It's hard to find the patience to go chill and watch TV
And knowing I'ma regret it when he's done breathing, huh

(Regret when he's done breathin')
Knowing I'ma regret it when he's done breathing (When he's done breathin')
Yeah

Calibrate, calibrate, you see that Cali sunset? (Huh)
What we fighting for? (Yeah) Are we done yet?
Calibrate, calibrate, hear the roll of the thunder
The sky is too beautiful to fight under
Boy, calibrate, calibrate, there's so much to celebrate (So much to celebrate)
So much to celebrate
Boy, calibrate, set it straight, calibrate, set it straight
Calibrate, get it right, calibrate, set it straight, calibrate

What we fighting for? Are we done yet?
Calibrate (Uh-uh, yeah)
The sky is too beautiful to fight under, boy, calibrate (The sky is too beautiful to fight under)
So much to celebrate (What are we gonna do?)
You might regret it in the long run
What are we fighting for? Are we done yet?
Calibrate (No, no, no, no, calibrate)
The sky is too beautiful to fight under, boy, calibrate (Make it worth it)
So much to celebrate
Just calibrate, calibrate
Calibrate, calibrate (Calibrate)
Ayy
Ooh, ooh (Calibrate)
Oh, oh (Calibrate)
(This has been an L's production)