Ascension

[Verse]

Lyrically I could be Talib Kweli

Said fuck following whoever decided to leave

God’s speed, Rocky at the top of the steps

Give everything I have in me, 'till it’s nothing left

A man’s defined by his words, quiet as its kept

Keep your third eye open, no paying intercept

Son, what’s the meaning of life?

Trying to stick to the code, I’m not reading it right

Uh, so one can be a sign

Feels like everybody around me is living a lie

Enough water that I could drown all the tears of my eyes

Wanna make the world a little better, before my demise

Feel like the gap is getting longer, the higher I climb

Having to put myself right again time after time

Line after line I’m elevating the collective conscious

Skipped over college, took my tuition, I made a direct deposit

Into the school of hard knocks, I'm majoring in my dreams

And now my wallet is so big that it can't fit in my jeans

God, family and music, won’t let the shit intervene

I had a dream when I was younger, I was winning that ring

I had to switch up my roster, switch up my mantra

Hard to stay humble when they’re praising you at concerts

Stupid, occupied so I divide up my attention

Thought she wanted me to blow, how you can’t do with my ascension

[Hook]

I thought you loved me

(I do love you!)

I thought... I thought you were the one for me

(Baby, I’m the one for you I know it!)

Like, forever?

(I want this shit forever)

What happened?

(I don’t know, I was tripping)

(I was on the, I was on the bullshit like)

(The insecurities in my mind just kept working in)

(It’s was just the bitches and the I don’t even know)

(I was tripping please)

(It doesn’t even matter like)

You’re all I want, I’m sorry no

(Wait no, come back)

(Don’t, don’t walk away from me)

(Cause I need you, I love you)

(I'm sorry, please, I'm not good without you)

(Don't leave me)

[Chorus]

I thought you loved me

I thought you love me

You said

I thought you loved me

I thought you loved me

No, no, no, it’s not love, no