[Intro]
Nigga that I wanna be don't exist 'til I step off the ledge
Know if I fall, I'ma die, if I don't even try, then I'm already
(Yeah)
Ayy
[Chorus]
Lately, I been on the edge
Knowin' the nigga that I wanna be don't exist 'til I step off the ledge
Know if I fall, I'ma die, if I don't even try, then I'm already dead for sure
Am I prepared to go?
Am I prepared to fall?
No, I ain't scared at all
[Verse 1]
Feel like a weed in the garden, you gotta destroy it if you want the flowers to live
Picture the people we'd be if we peeped the potential and all of the power we give
Give away to all the parts of our thoughts where the darkness get lost at the cost of our peace
Killin' the spark for the art, unreleased, when I cut on the song, get lost in the beat
I like to look at my problems like crossin' the street, I could view 'em a couple of ways
Irony bein' that you can't address 'em until you realize that there's something to change
Something to say 'bout the growth and impendin' improvement that only can come from the strain
Something to say 'bout the loneliness of tryin' to block out the world that come with the fame
Do all my flaws and scars exist if I pretend not to see 'em?
Am I the nigga that I wanna be before I make decisions to be him?
Every day I'm going a.m. to p.m., I'm runnin' from shit I know I need to face
Startin' to feel like I'm runnin' in place, me versus me, am I winnin' the race?
Hands interlaced at the foot of the bed, in the eye of the storm, can you stomach defeat?
'Cause you gon' keep losin' until you realize that this life is not something to beat
This shit might never mean nothing to you, but I'm cool with that 'cause it means something to me
This shit might never mean nothing to you
[Chorus]
Lately, I been on the edge
Knowin' the nigga that I wanna be don't exist 'til I step off the ledge
Know if I fall, I'ma die, if I don't even try, then I'm already dead for sure
Am I prepared to grow?
Am I prepared to fall?
I can't be scared at all
[Verse 2]
The voice in my head be sayin' ambiguity cool, but he ain't no friend of mine
Gotta choose family time or a flight to LA for awards when it's Grammy time
Music the one thing I got in my life at the moment I feel like I can define
And life gon' remind me I'm pussy if I just let it go to waste, it's a panty line
I need a paradigm shift, too much to lose, I can't let my mind slip
Don't really matter how scary times get, startin' to figure out what my mom meant
Told me regret is a burden and life can be rough as the hands that I carry mine with
Day gon' be long if you watch the time tick, don't end up wonderin' where the time went
Stop overthinkin' and choose, what the fuck you got to lose?
How you expectin' the crew to do right if the captain is movin' confused?
But if you jump, don't do it for them, my nigga, do it for you
And whether you fly or you fall, you in for one hell of a view
[Chorus]
Lately, I been on the edge
Knowin' the nigga that I wanna be don't exist 'til I step off the ledge
Know if I fall, I'ma die, if I don't even try, then I'm already dead for sure
Am I prepared to grow?
Am I prepared to fall?
I can't be scared at all
Yeah
Knowin' the nigga that I wanna be don't exist 'til I step off the ledge
Know if I fall, I'ma die, if I don't even try, then I'm already dead for sure
Am I prepared to grow?
Am I prepared to fall?
I can't be scared at all
[Outro]
Lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the
Uh, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the, lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the edge, yeah
Lately, I been on the edge
Lately, I been on the edge, yeah
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