Featuring Adrian Adel
Additional cello by Samantha Black
lyrics
(Verse 1)
choppin' up rocks with soda cane
got street dreams, of holdin weight
dropped 6 for a zip
the homie got pearly white that’ll blow ya brain
now I’m makin moves over state
wiped-down dirty 8 stay on my waist
and when imma pull it, I’ll go in a blaze
and wonder who’ll go to my wake
for now I’ll be makin it flip
til I hold them bricks and they know my name
roll with my clique that be loadin up clips
so we let em all know that we holdin them thangs
blue blood and the coldest of veins
no love to show in this game
stack it all up, blow it away
numb out the feelin like novacane
I can’t say why...
I start to get high on my own supply
drink to the yak, yak to the drink
multiplied, until I close my eyes
then I realize, that I gotta wake to another day
in the city of rain, where it’s all the same
and I got this shadow that follow my frame
and these sick thoughts all in my brain
and these six shots callin my name
and these demons that's callin me out
for mistakes that I made, gotta swallow the shame
when I feel this bottled up pain
in the mirror is who I know to blame
lookin at life through a broken pane
at the closest range wanna go Cobain
(Chorus)
Just looking for a way out
(repeated)
I'm just looking for a way
(Verse 2)
give me a reason, I got to live
they say to prey an then God ‘ll forgive
but how can make it through heavenly gates...
if I never paid the cost to get in?
sick of this suffering, stuck in my mind
time to escape this prison ward
I’m out by the time I hit the floor
but when the drama ends, we livin for?
what we livin for? an what’s worth dyin for?
let it be known, if there’s a higher force….
or set it in stone... RIP
wait…. that’s not the way
I can’t give up, no, not today
what do my ancestors got to say?
in this spiritual war, I’m not a slave
listen…. than a voice spoke to me, said you got the choice...
to give energy to who you supposed to be
and all of this, you were supposed to see
and all you’ve been taught is not really true
and the thoughts in your mind, they not really you
you got a path, you got work to do
for this world to change, it’s all on you
be the change, live ya truth
in this shift we in, it’s much bigger than you
but you bigger than this, you the infinite
gotta know ya self, gotta give ya gifts
speak truth when you grip that mic
make it through the battle and get that stripe
you played with the shadows, now give that light... give that light
don’t sleep too deep, there’s no time
you got these enemies and I won’t lie
at times it’s hard on the cold grind
but inside your heart is the gold mine
don’t need no devils to co-sign
manifest these dreams from ya own mind
sacrifice, stay strong
like great granddad, deep in the coal mines
start the climb
find that spark from ya heart inside
ignite that fire that start to rise
find ya path through in the darkest night
live ya life... speak ya truth when you grip that mic
you made it through the battle, now get that stripe
you played with the shadows, now give that light
(Chorus)
I'm just looking for a way
credits
from Remedy,
released July 7, 2016
Instrumental by Strong Symphony
Studio recording and production by Quincy Davis
Quincy Davis is a music-producer, lyricist, recording artist and creative director based in the Pacific Northwest, USA. His
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