BREAK

(album: While We're Here - 2022)

I need a break
I been in the grind and I been trying for a long time
I ain't into smiling
I be crying, I be all riled up
Got me all tied up in emotion, I be coping at like all times
Yo I need a break
I be having struggles, having troubles that they don't know
I do not be clubbing, stresses talking like a boatload
I ain't tryna be vulnerable
I just let the mote grow
I hope that the hope grows
Yo I need a

I could feel the tension
I could hear the guesses
Sinuses be stuffy but I can smell a question
Ask me what you trying know, I am never resting
Know you see it in a room, ask me 'bout the elephant
She could only see it in my face if I'm angry
That's all I was allowed to show, girl the city raised me
If I gave 'em anything else, they would maim me
It's easier to make 'em pay me than to change me
I'm tryin
But when they praise the flow, it make me glow, it's crazy though, my smile-to-frown ratio
Feel like I'm speaking real well on shit I vaguely know
Maybe so, but maybe no
But the liquor don't taste the same
It don't take the pain
I'm gon' face the rain
But how's a fighter gon' fight when the answer's "wait"?
I need to plan escape before this mental break
I need a

Break
I been in the grind and I been trying for a long time
I ain't into smiling
I be crying, I be all riled up
Got me all tied up in emotion, I be coping at like all times
Yo I need a break
I be having struggles, having troubles that they don't know
I do not be clubbing, stresses talking like a boatload
I ain't tryna be vulnerable
I just let the mote grow
I hope that the hope grows
Yo I need a

I need a break
I been in the grind and I been tryin for a long time
I ain't into smiling
I be crying, I be all riled up
Got me all tied up in emotion, I be coping at like all times
Yo I need a break
I be having struggles, having troubles that they don't know
I do not be clubbing, stresses talking like a boatload
I ain't tryna be vulnerable
I just let the mote grow
I hope that the hope grows
Yo I need a