Flowers

[Intro: Michael Kiwanuka]

Sleep down, leap down

[Verse 1: Little Simz]

Feel the pain of each troubled history

They'll wipe his memories then tell him his past is a mystery

What is life without victory? Opinion on liberty, enlighten me

How to stay sane in a world so mental

World sick enough, a voodoo child playin' "Purple Haze"

Can't get no relief, lonely hours, never temporary

He knows at some point he will ascend eventually

Still goin' to heights, coincidentally, he's a mess

But still good at puttin' on a brave face for the camera

He smiles, you can tell it's fake, you can tell it's fake

The thief sold him a cheaper ticket to Heaven's gates

No ID, no entry, 27 club says

The good fly young, the good are our greats

Jimi, Basquiat, Amy, Robert, Janis, Kurt Cobain

[Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka]

When the stars die young

Took 27 years to realize

You already won

Flowers all, flowers all, flowers all, flowers all for you

[Verse 2: Little Simz]

She's problematic, nobody can't stand it

Been told she's a liability and not an asset

Fuck, I'ma write it, confessions of an addict

How they let me sing to the masses?

Lost what I had starin' in the face of tragic

Like I didn't just Back to Black it

Love was my losin' game, let's just call a spade a spade

Paparazzi on my doorstep, never leavin' home

Lyin' on the floor, minds blown, tryna reach the phone

Let me take one more hit 'fore my eyes close

Let me take one more hit 'fore my eyes close

Shit, I think that was my last hit

[Interlude: Michael Kiwanuka]

One more hit before my eyes close

One more hit before my eyes close

One more hit before my eyes close

One more hit before my eyes close

[Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka]

Flowers all, flowers all, flowers all, flowers all for you

Flowers all for you

[Verse 3: Little Simz]

Can you feel this energy? All we have is memories

Always heard but never seen, this is more than you know

Connect with my body and soul and do what my body is told

Picture a beautiful sight but not all that glitters is gold

Afraid of what the future may hold for me

[Interlude: Little Simz & Michael Kiwanuka]

If it's too late before they dismantle my desires (Already won)

This is a formality (Flowers all, flowers all, oh)

Try not to be so optimistic (Already won)

[Outro: Michael Kiwanuka]

You already, you already won

You got the power, you got the power

Flowers all, flowers all for you

Whoa, all for you