Solitude

[Intro: Jay Prince]

Yeah, na-na

This is the soul

If you know, then you know

[Chorus: Jay Prince & Estelle, Jay Prince]

You gotta give a little something (Yeah)

You gotta give a little something (Yeah, I say)

You gotta give a little something (Yeah, na-na-na-na-na)

You gotta give a little something

[Verse 1: Jay Prince & Estelle]

Yeah, well, you know

Only ever wanting better for my peeps

How I step into this scene is how I'm leaving with the team

Family close, slave to the vanity, know

Ride with me slow, homie, we can actually hope

For better days, get your back off the wall, straddle the ropes

One step at a time don’t exist when I rhyme

Don't resist when I flow, see the ocean, it goes

Back and forth, what you need?

Know I give you my heart any day of the week

Give a damn about hating, you know I came from the streets

You know I came from the soul

Know I came from the motherland, why we killing our own?

Tell me, what do you see?

Young brother with dreads, more kids in the mess

More money, more problems, you know I'd rather be broke

If I ever had many, I would invest in my own

Than progress with the times

On the real, I’m tryna keep us alive and give something

Yeah (Yeah, you do, you do)

Yeah (Yeah, yeah, uh)

[Chorus: Jay Prince & Estelle, Jay Prince]

You gotta give a little something (Yeah)

You gotta give a little something (Yeah, yeah)

You gotta give a little something (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2: Jay Prince]

Yeah, everybody wanna race, yeah (Everybody wanna race)

I've been staring at my legs, yeah (Staring at my legs)

Know I put it on my name, yeah (On my name)

I put it on my life, yeah (Put it on my life)

It's the only way I can survive, yeah (Survive)

The only way to live, only way to die, ayy

Had to got to Congo just so I can feel alive, ayy

Tell my baby I'll be back another time, yeah

[Verse 3: Oddisee]

What is there left to give?

When we gladly paid for the greatest gift we have today

Love was present, then it passed away

It died free and now the caps a slave

If I observe it in the wild, in the future, I'll back away

Liberty to let my passion graze

Life's a movie where the scenes don't sync up to the caption phrase

Just a passive way to let you know that no delay could stop for

But you need to take time and get some

There's somebody I’m sure in need of religion

Sometimes a handout is just a lesson

Remember income don’t equal wisdom

Ayo, sacrifice for others, if you can't, then you should help (Yeah)

I don’t never film it, that's just proof you do for self

If you're tryna climb a ladder, flight of stairs to reach a shelf

Just remember when you reach it, we your fam

And gave something

[Bridge: Estelle]

Feeling alive, it's time we move

Just know in time, you’ll find a truth

You see the light, let it shine on you

When you feel the pain, keep your faith and fly away

[Chorus: Estelle]

You gotta give a little something

[Outro: Sophia Thakur]

I guess reciprocation takes the patience of a nation

But I've waited, pulled my body into places

I feel dried up

Dried up, cried out

I had to figure how to dismount my heart from my chest

Let love take its timeout

Let it recharge and find out a safer way to climb out