solace

[Part I]

[Intro]

I've been here before

I've been here before

I've been here before

I've been here before

I've been here before

I've been here before

I've been here before

I've been here before

[Verse]

Late for everything, my face to the cement

That's how I always seen it

I spent days faded and anemic

You could see it in my face, I ain't been eatin'

I'm just wastin' away

Look like the way that River Phoenix went gon' end up my fate

And when they drag me out the gutter, mail the ashes to my mother

Twist a spliff if I don't finish my plate

Slip a fist up for my niggas in chains, my mental was caged

See, I ain't been to prison but the feeling's the same

Shared sentiment, when and if the pen hit the page

As of late, I've been watchin' every bitch in my space

Shit just lookin' different with age

Try to make some sense of all this shit in my brain

One foot stuck in a tar pit of my ways

[Part II]

[Intro]

And if it's like that the whole time

If it's like that the whole time, we'll be alright

And if it's like that the whole time, we'll be alright

Stayin' up all night, but it's alright

And I been stayin' up the whole night, but it's alright

[Verse]

It's me and my nibblin' conscience

Nigga, I'm fixin' to give up

I've been alone for the longest

It's trouble, the way that we joggin'

Nothin' gon' save us or stop us

Me and my nibbling conscience

Nigga, I'm fixin' to give up

I've been alone for the longest

This spliff, I ain't splittin' no time soon

My brain split in two, it's rainin' a bit

I hope it's a monsoon, my face in the sink

I'm seein' my mom soon, I'm faded, I stink

Stay gettin' in, alright... (Faded, I stink)

[Part III]

[Instrumental]

[Part IV]

[Verse]

I got my grandmama hands, I start to cry when I see 'em

'Cause they remind me of seein' her

These the times that I need her the most 'cause I feel defeated

And not by nothin', by myself, my second thoughts, my sec—

(And not by nothin' but myself...)

My hands, I start to cry when I see 'em

'Cause they remind me of seein' her

These the times that I need her the most 'cause I feel defeated

And not by nothin' but myself, my second thoughts

My hectic process of thinkin' and all my doubts, and I think

I know Nak in there sleepin', he on the couch, that's my brother

Give me a boost when my confidence need it, so I love him

To tell the truth, I got a problem with eatin', I be druggin'

To tell the truth, I'm not supposed to be off in here

I'm supposed to be sleepin', but I be turnin' and tossin'

To tell the truth, I miss my partna dem

To tell the truth, you can't be loud when you the wrongest, fam

To tell the truth, I'm at a loss of friends

But time waits for no man and death waits with cold hands

I'm the youngest old man that ya know

If ya soul intact, let me know

[Part V]

[Instrumental]