Reprieve

[Verse 1] I was raised in a bubble Face to the bubble Face to the window, safe from the trouble Crack-rock apocalypse, chased through the rubble My auntie's a zombie, same as my uncle Projects, we stay for a couple Stayed in my inner space like Hubble I came back to Earth but some days I struggle These Western languages arranged like puzzles I'm living off the late night hustle Living off pain Living off saying "I love you" And there's no daylight in the jungle Cause the police will beat the daylights from you My insides rumble I seek protection from the winds, I'm bundled My ego's an inch high, humbled Trying to resist, I got ten white knuckles So I'm going back within in my bubble [Hook 1] I counted my accomplishments When I was finished my whole shell dissolved I fluctuate in confidence It cost me so much to pretend I'm strong I don't want to but I'm gone I don't want to but I'm gone I don't want to but I'm gone I didn't want to but I'm gone [Verse 2] American anxiety dang, I be trying to hang Start out shouting, now I’m quietly sang If you can't be the president, but won't die in a gang It's your stereotype but it's alive in my brain So the effect is really kind of the same Chains like I'm a slave It's psychological so I can behave In future days I be wondering why I was afraid Why I was anxious while I could of raged The hard bangs with the minds of the way That makes waves when I push them away It makes phrases that I wouldn't say I can't hang but I'm trying to say I got to run up in this cave for a couple of days So I can not feel strange for a couple of days I'm buckled up on a plane I'm stuck wondering what it's gonna say It's clinical I'm fitted with this cynical gaze I will emerge in a different way [Hook 2] I counted my accomplishments When I was finished my whole shell dissolved I fluctuate in confidence It cost me so much to pretend I'm strong I've crawled back in my shell again I spent six months with my armor off It only let some noises in All the pictures and the lights is off I don't want to but I'm gone I don't want to but I'm gone I don't want to but I'm gone