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TRACK

Substitute Everything

Release date: 11th September 2013

From J.U.S.T.I.C.E. For All

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About This Track

Future examines the cost of relentless ambition and fame over a production from The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. The track finds him caught between the demands of success and the toll it takes on his personal life, cycling through substances as a means of escape: prescription pills, cannabis, codeine. Each is framed not as indulgence but as a coping mechanism, a way to manage the pressure of constant work and the distance it creates from family and old friendships. The chorus distils this tension into its refrain: "I'm tryna substitute everything". Future moves between specific grievances (broken relationships, the loss of friends, the grind of the studio) and the broader malaise of a life lived at velocity. There is no resolution here, only the admission that hard times shaped him into someone who cannot slow down, even as the lifestyle exacts its price. The production sits back, letting his voice carry the weight of the confession.

"Substitute Everything" is a track by Future, from the album J.U.S.T.I.C.E. For All, released 11th September 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Future

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Lyrics

Substitute Everything

[Intro]

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

[Chorus]

I'm takin' pain pills, I'm takin' pain pills (Why?)

Wishin’ they can take away the pain

Smoke a lot of kush, I smoke a lot of kush (For what?)

Thinkin' I can blow away some pain

I'm sippin' codeine, I'm sippin' codeine (Why you sippin'?)

Wishin' I could slow down fame

(How you manage this lifestyle?)

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

[Verse 1]

Today I took a Xanny, I started missin' family

I don't see them as much, I know they feel abandoned

I'm workin 'til I pass out and they don’t understand it

From where I come from, every moment I’m tryna' take advantage

I got my prescription prescribed and then I hit the pharmacy

I got some homies that been died been on my mind, mentally

Roll up the kush, and let’s get high, and take you to a galaxy

I just wanna be in my zone, where nothin' bothers me

[Chorus]

I'm takin' pain pills, I'm takin' pain pills (Why?)

Wishin’ they can take away the pain

Smoke a lot of kush, I smoke a lot of kush (For what?)

Thinkin' I can blow away some pain

I'm sippin' codeine, I'm sippin' codeine (Why you sippin'?)

Wishin' I could slow down fame

(How you manage this lifestyle?)

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

[Verse 2]

I believe hard times made me like this

I don’t leave the studio, I like makin' hits

There’s some broken relationships that I can’t fix

I got bad habits I picked up, I can't kick

I need my herb, I need my syrup

Now I'm free like a bird

I make a lot of mil's, I had to pop a pill

Just to get a thrill

You don't know how I feel

[Chorus]

I'm takin' pain pills, I'm takin' pain pills (Why?)

Wishin’ they can take away the pain

Smoke a lot of kush, I smoke a lot of kush (For what?)

Thinkin' I can blow away some pain

I'm sippin' codeine, I'm sippin' codeine (Why you sippin'?)

Wishin' I could slow down fame

(How you manage this lifestyle?)

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

[Verse 3]

This bitch filed for Child Support like I don’t take care of my child

She want them stacks I got on me, she wanna see me down

I had to take a molly, it lift me off the ground

I watch my dreams come true, I wish my granddad see me now (Rest in peace)

I'm tryna keep everybody happy, bring in the scripts

Everything calm and collective when I'm smoking on sess

Maybe this is a sign of faith, maybe this a test

I spend a lot of money so I don’t be depressed

[Chorus]

I'm takin' pain pills, I'm takin' pain pills (Why?)

Wishin’ they can take away the pain

Smoke a lot of kush, I smoke a lot of kush (For what?)

Thinkin' I can blow away some pain

I'm sippin' codeine, I'm sippin' codeine (Why you sippin'?)

Wishin' I could slow down fame

(How you manage this lifestyle?)

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

I'm tryna substitute everything

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From J.U.S.T.I.C.E. For All

2013

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