Deep End (Remix)

[Intro] (WriteNow) [Chorus: John Summit & Rapsody] I've been tryin' not to go off the deep end Give me a reason (Uh) I've been tryin' not to— [Verse 1: Rapsody] In the deep end with the deceased Where the slaves jumped in the coral reef All I see's wreaths for over four hundred I ain't a failure, I'm a forerunner (Yeah) Keep killin' us, we goin' Killmonger (Yeah) That's a born sinner Only time I ever go female J. Cole on it Everything I hear got bass on it (Yeah) Strings attached, Dre, Chronic Rat-a-tat-tat, bullеts in our back Do you love Black or just listen to it? Are you for thе movement or only music? Could an OnlyFan make a bad cop Strip his badge off then get dropped off At the cell block? Spend twenty-five or a lifelong, that's a tick-tock On my wristwatch, Timex I remember that time that X talked By any means, must protect y'all By any means, we gotta change laws Families, mothers, brothers, sisters Children, fathers, kin, woo Talk to God, pray that we don't go off the deep end, ah [Chorus: John Summit] I've been tryin' not to go off the deep end Give me a reason I've been tryin' not to go off the deep end Give me a reason I've been tryin' not to— [Verse 2: Lecrae] Yeah, I might go crazy I might go MJ back in the 80s Back in the 90s, I might go off Well, they better not try me, it might get dicey I ain't tryna go back to the old me (Nah) I'm tryna hang on like my mama told me Sometimes legs get weak and your arms give out And you sink to the bottom slowly (Sink to the bottom slow) A grown man wishing that somebody hold me (Hold) Never knew my daddy, so nobody showed me Taught me how to walk through the storm when your heart feel heavy And it's hard and you're feeling lonely But lowkey, high priest got the keys to the kingdom High key low enough to bring 'em And I need all of what He's bringing I might go off the deep end, I just need another reason, yeah [Pre-Chorus: Lecrae] Uh, yeah, I've been doin' better than I was before (Woo) I walk with a limp 'cause I've been wrestlin' with the Holy Ghost (Ghost) Deep end of this pit, but still somehow I keep on floating on Thought I lost my grip, but God reminded me He's holding on [Chorus: John Summit] I've been tryin' not to go off the deep end Give me a reason I've been tryin' not to go off the deep end Give me a reason I've been tryin' not to—