Ivory

[Verse]

Air from the window blow in my face as I stare into space

My heart and my brain ain't going to race

Was lacking public affection from lack of privacy

Struggle with this thing in my life, they call it anxiety

Held me captive as a kid, it felt like it was blinding me

Liquor was my way to cope, felt like it was hiding me

Had my first attack at a party, that's the irony

Seen niggas cooking up something color was ivory

Birth of a nation from a small seed

I was trying to weather the storm for my offspring

From where the niggas hug the block

And hand off chickens

Like it's home cookin', the slugs giving grandma kisses

Yeah

I observed it, it left my heart torn

Had my conscience trеat my chest like it was a dart board

I paint thesе pictures through words it's like an art form

It started when I was a sophomore

First friend I ever lost to a bullet was like a gritty sample

It was so long ago I was still watching Disney Channel

That explains the innocence that was snatched from me

Family tree full of alcoholics and crack junkies

And these niggas biggest come up was some tax money

Threw us in the jungle so they labeling us black monkeys

Bodega owner, his head was wrapped in turbans

Trigger fingers itching but you barely scratched the surface

Roses thrown at bodies like it's Prince Hakeem

Life is hell, some niggas dying just to live out dreams

Before you hug the block better kiss y'all seeds

Just some words of wisdom that's quoted from a NY queen

Where the bedroom get as cold as the basement

And Splash Lagoon was your only vacation

Decisions from my past now is buying me gifts

The brain of an overthinker where anxiety lives

[Chorus]

Yeah, we surviving in a jungle

Maintaining while surviving in a jungle

Trying to keep the peace while surviving in a jungle

We're maintaining while surviving in a jungle

Yeah, we surviving in a jungle

Maintaining while surviving in a jungle

Trying to keep the peace while surviving in a jungle

We're maintaining while surviving in a jungle