Dear Life

[Intro]

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yo

Yeah

[Verse]

All of the sauce just a Band-Aid

Missin' the notes that I can play

Singin' the words that I can't say

All of this shit is so damn gray

What do I do when the plan fade?

Who are you really behind all this campaignin'

All this hand shakin', all this damn fakin'?

Show me some damn faith

And trust me with who you are

It ain't just me, you could be a star

And this shit ain't lovely, I'm truly scarred

Fame couldn't deluxe me, I'm just newly flawed, yeah

What good's bein' right if the left hand weak?

Why they never just let man speak?

They doubted me, I became an all-star

But they still sleepin' on me, son, Fred VanVleet

And every time I hit a damn peak

I can't seem to stay high (Stay high)

From where we always say, "Stay up" (Stay up)

But if up don't pay up, then say why (Say why)

[Chorus]

I'm just tryna hold on for dear life

I've been fightin' so long, it feel like

I've been writin' my song, my real life

Dear life, dear life

If you readin' this, hope it ain't too late for me

[Interlude]

It's your old grandma

Just wondering how you're feeling 'cause I know you were down yesterday

And I'm checking in

I was also down, there's some kind of bug going around I think

Later

[Bridge]

Hope it ain't too late for me

Life, you just move late for me

If I had my groove laid with this new tape

Then would you wait for me?

Every time my dues paid, they got a new rate for me

It's like this bug goin' 'round and

[Chorus]

I'm just tryna hold on for dear life

I've been fightin' so long it feel like

I've been writin' my song, my real life

Dear life, dear life

If you readin' this, hope it ain't—

I'm just tryna hold on for dear life

I've been fightin' so long it feel like

I've been writin' my song, my real life

Dear life, dear life

If you readin' this—