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[Intro: The Thought] Anyone who knew me as a child Always had the need to run away Find a faker if you ever find a picture of my smile Show you all the thoughts I have in a day DayLee Thoughts, yeah [Verse: The Thought] Anyone who knew me as a child Let my parents lose me in the wild Don't be confused by the style Please amuse me a while, take my shoes for a mile Anyone who knew me as a child Hid the abuse with denial Soothe with a noose or aloof through the use Son of Zeus tryna shoot down a true pedophile Anyone who knew me as a child And you know fucking who! Should line up single-file And tell the cops the ugly truth! Y'all had the Christian Guile To turn the other cheek on me Motives probably vile While your brother's acting evilly [Verse: Marcus Lee] Mabie, Mabie Maybe I been going crazy (Someone save me) Feel my vision hazy Where I'm going lately? This shit wavy and I cannot swim And it's sink or swim I need this win like I need a check To deposit in my bank account I hope I make it out Placate all my doubt, but I'm down I mean, I bent the knee Surrendered my crown and I need that back Because I am racking my brain Panic attack so I'm napping again Cannot believe this has happened again I'm stressing, but learning my lessons, I'm guessing [Verse: The Thought] Know I ain't worth not a dime of your dollar Know I'm too ugly for my type to holler Notice won't slow me, it's my time to collar! Rope that I'm talking, call if you're bothered Harvard I'm walking if I weren't so awkward Rock it like Gucci, "I might be, your honor" Spiking the tea then I Arnold the Palmer Avatar seems like it might be a monster See a man shoot to the top After like thirty-two failures he dropped You don't know youth 'til you choose it to stop Loose of the booze and they call me the thot Wrath of the truth as I crash through the spot Back with my blues we infusing with pop You don't know Jack 'til you know his past Gotta get past that he rude when he jot [Verse: Marcus Lee] Nah, nah, nah, nah Studious natured I'm moving with patience I'm schooling myself to the fakers So no fooling me later New to the new school of creators I'm a sleuth, I'm surveying To see if I can hit it different Got a vision, it's hidden It's hit or miss if I'mma get it but I'mma get it Promise I'mma birth this dream Sure as yo mama did it to you! Paid homage, now paying dues My God, my writtens crucial To new dudes my verses brutal I'm waving at 'em like "Yoo-Hoo! I'm here!" [Chorus: Both] Anyone who knew me as a child Always had the need to run away Find a faker if you ever find a picture of my smile Show you all the thoughts I have in a day DayLee Thoughts, yeah Anyone who knew me as a child Always had the need to run away Find a faker if you ever find a picture of my smile All the thoughts that I have in a day [Bridge: Marcus Lee] Please baby do not test me I'm tryna be the best me Yeah In the kitchen working on this recipe Cooking up the rest of me Don't know what's ahead of me Yeah But I know I cannot let 'em get to me Baby do not test me I'm tryna be the best me Yeah In the kitchen working on this recipe Cooking up the rest of me Don't know what's ahead of me Yeah Don't know what's ahead of me Yeah [Outro: Both] Anyone who knew me as a child Don't know what's ahead of me Yeah Always had a need to run away Don't know what's ahead of me Ahead of me Anyone who knew me as a child, doesn't know me now But I cannot let 'em get to me Get to me All the thoughts I have in a day
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[Verse: The Thought] The only times I visualize heaven Are the days I'm haunted by the question "Where did you go?" Or should I abide the reverend That would treat you like a felon? Pouring sugar in their engine at the price of what I know? No! Hope I'll see you in the cold I just don't subscribe to legends I been lower than they ever seem to know about Wasn't seven when my soul became a home to doubt Treading on the thinnest ice with nothing but an open mouth My heading was corrected with the dimmest lights I found Y'all ain't been around but you still died inside beside me Would-be bonding let to drown, had you just decide to like me I was buried in the ground, family providing shovels While this man that I renowned was lost and left my world in crumbles Wound up wounded by the struggle, so much so I left my schooling Couldn't make it out... included in the Reaper's cruelest ruling I heard they found you drooling in a puddle of your vomit Don't know what they doing leaving all that shuffled in the closet I'm a prophet in your name, 'cause you no longer here to plot it Sang my music on your grave, I hope you got it... [Verse: Marcus Lee] I thought I saw you walk the other day Wish that you had walked the other way I'm over all the thoughts on your mistakes 'Cause they were my mistakes too I just never thought that it would take you I'm not saying you were a great dude or even an angel All I'm just saying is all that had met you, they just seemed grateful A beautiful soul, to think of you going down in that box at an angle Man that shit is just painful, and I can't be there I can't prepare my life without you I'm not gonna lie, I cannot fight without you Thinking all those that have died around those Similar situations, paper chasing In the rat race tryna survive without food It was a ride that found you, so unfortunate Wishing that I had pointed him in the right direction But I'm deflecting, I do not know shit And for like a second, I just wanna see your face again And I will not wait for it, it's all that matters to me Fuck the world, I'd give up my place for it I made amends! [Chorus: Marcus Lee] I can't wait to see you there I can't 'Cause I can't bear that you ain't here By me I cry to memories we shared Time fades So smile 'cause I will see you there I will I can't wait to see you there I can't 'Cause I can't bear that you ain't here By me I cry to memories we shared Time fades So smile 'cause I will see you there I will Yeah
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[Chorus: The Thought] Sunsets, sunrise Man in the cage don't see no lights Know pain, no life Stand in the shade, let it go by Some days, combine Hope it's just a phase that I don't cry Slow brain bovine Hope you find your path but I know mine Sunsets, sunrise Man in the cage don't see no lights Know pain, no life Stand in the shade, let it go by Some days, combine Hope it's just a phase that I don't cry Slow brain bovine Hope you find your path but I know mine [Verse: Marcus Lee] Stuck in the past, replaying my actions Couldn't play the role I was acting, was wrongly casted Said action, then I snapped to reaction I'm barely present I'm actually keepings tabs on some tabs I'm tempted by acid, I'm hesitant 'Cause I know just where I been I been on a bender akin to Bender, excessive gin Screaming inside me, I cannot find me I'm blinded since she's behind me I'm finding I cannot do this, where's the end? I'm looking at bottles of pills daily Reminded that if choose I can end it, friend All it takes is scheduling, thought 'bout it again and again I'm home from 7 to 10, before you could meddle I'd have the mettle and resolute, kin Before you could get to the door, I'd overdose on the floor Hoping that I could explore the other side if I died, I'd somehow get more? There's got to be something better Cuz I been over here and I can't stand the weather [Bridge: Marcus Lee] Tell me why it's always raining Man I'm so sick of all the failing The doors open but I stay in What can I say? I'm comfortable when I'm caged in Yeah, and I know I cannot stay here It's just it's hard when you got a lot at stake here Just don't wanna make a mistake here I guess I'll lay here [Chorus: The Thought] Sunsets, sunrise Man in the cage don't see no lights Know pain, no life Stand in the shade, let it go by Some days, combine Hope it's just a phase that I don't cry Slow brain bovine Hope you find your path but I know mine [Verse: The Thought] I been mashing down my path like an AWOL soldier Lacking passion? Come to Jack, have my cold leftovers I'm so brackish with my tap, like to keep a grain of salt Interacting with the average got me staying in the vault Any day I'll have my gaffe and the captions gonna scathe Watch 'em put me on blast, rearrange my DNA Y'all ain't heard me out, it's past due I get my say But I'm quiet 'til I'm asked, I'm just the man in the cage [Outro: The Thought] I'm just the man in the cage That's how I manage my rage (Sunsets) Haven't planned to get a tan I'm just gon' stand in my ways (Sunrise) I'm just the man in the cage A rubber band and a blade And I ran from all my answers (Man in the cage) Found an amp and a stage (Don't see no lights!) I'm just the man in the cage That's how I manage my rage If my wages staying stagnant (Know pain) I'm abandoning sage (No life) I'm just the man in the cage Banned from tandem decays In my hands, it's running rampant (Stand in the shade) Leave me stranded in haze (Let it go by!) I'm just the man in the cage That's how I manage my rage I'm just the man in the cage I'm just the man in the cage, man in the cage
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[Chorus: Both] I feel like I'm fighting myself (Feels like I'm fighting myself) It's looking like I need some help (It's looking like I need some help) I feel like I'm fighting myself (I been deciding myself) [Verse: The Thought] Hey, that's my foot! I'mma shoot it! You're not wrong to think me stupid I know I could overdo it You're not wrong to hate my rudeness That's my beat! I'mma kill it! You're not wrong to call me villain Know I can press your feelings You're not wrong to want me chilling But I'm in my head, I got my nerves Don't jump to conclusions because of my words I know that seems stupid, and maybe it is But kid got his trauma and life is a blur 'Cause I've been a mess, I have been hurt Stop judging my rudeness and ask where it's learnt I know I seem useless, and maybe I am But man out here soulless and still tryna search! [Refrain: Marcus Lee] This is something like my war cry! War Cry! And I can't give up now! [Verse: The Thought] The thoughts have been twisted since I was a child My Mom was oblivious, with a smile Dangled the carrot and angled the file The Thought was sadistic, but it's been a while My Mom was oblivious, with a smile Pops was the devil incarnate, I swear it The end of the marriage ended the mild So I'm tryna grow, make a life of my own But my demons intrinsic, my genes they call home Watching my tone and I'm doing my thing I'm learning to sing! I've yet to atone! Fighting myself but I'm bruised to the bone I still haven't learned how to rap off the dome Ain't here for the throne, here for the healing Yo, how you feeling? Let it be known [Refrain: Marcus Lee] This is something like my war cry! War Cry, ay! And I just can't give up right now! [Chorus: Both] I feel like I'm fighting myself (Feels like I'm fighting myself) It's looking like I need some help (It's looking like I need some help) I feel like I'm fighting myself (I been deciding myself) I need help, I need help, I need... [Verse: Marcus Lee] To strike like lightning I been tryna grab a hold of the fight in me I been tryna grab a hold of the light in me Got my dukes up and as far as the eye can see There's no ending to strife that's inside of me, I just bleed Sitting in my corner tryna see Tryna strategize a way to see victory But I'm in my way always and it gets to me So I'm tryna stick and move, my G, that's just been getting me Beat up, beaten down, trying to kick my feet up I see the ground, how long I have I been down here? I don't know, but I cannot stay down here If I'm hoping to see the crown Counting down, got to last a round here 'Cause 'round here, no quitters can be found here No quitters can be found here Would you look at what I found here? [Refrain: Marcus Lee] This is something like my war cry! War Cry! And I can't give up now! [Verse: Marcus Lee] I cannot, I cannot give up, this fight is eternal And I cannot wither, this light is infernal So I'll remain winner when I cannot get up My sight is unbothered, 'cause fight remains with them You ducking this left, and this right finna get ya I told you that I have decided on striking and lightning And so it is you guys I'm killing Control your breathing, yeah You are way more than you're seeing, yeah? Got to take more control of feelings, yeah Got to center your soul and your being, yeah Console, and you're free and then nothing can you stop now No opposition can knock you down It's time to layeth the smacketh down Your problems is done cuz you smacking clowns You can be happy now! [Refrain: Marcus Lee] This is something like my war cry! War Cry, yeah! And I just can't give up right now! [Chorus: Both] I feel like I'm fighting myself (Feels like I'm fighting myself) It's looking like I need some help (It's looking like I need some help) I feel like I'm fighting myself (I been deciding myself) DayLee Thoughts, huh! [Verse: The Thought] Whoever bleeds, I'm always losing Have fun with my green, it made me stupid I run for the team, mansions or ruins I'm hoping to lead, but not with pursuing Always keep track of the shit that I'm doing Don't start to chat until I've finished chewing Make sure my back I've been carefully viewing before... [Refrain: Marcus Lee] This is something like my war cry! War Cry, yeah! And I just can't give up right now! [Outro: The Thought] This is something like my war cry, war cry, war cry! I'm so sick of fighting myself, yeah
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Get Back 02:57
[Hook: The Thought] I been tryna get back I been tryna get my piece of mind I been tryna get back All my real ones get that Making progress might take some time I been tryna get back I been tryna get my piece of mind I been tryna get back All my real ones get that Making progress might take some time [Chorus: The Thought] I been tryna get back, get back, get back Get my piece of mind I been tryna get back, get back, get that Might take some time I been tryna get back, get back, get back Get my piece of mind I been tryna get back, get back Get that... [Verse: Marcus Lee] (We can make it) Gotta shake it, I can make it (Home) Make sure I'm staying On the pathway that I'm takin', sayin' (We can make this) Lil' plot that I got (Home) Keep in mind that I'm headed to the top Iron leaded with the shot, these drops is all I got I put 'em up in my ear When I'm headed home from work 'Cause I'm heading home to work In circles, yeah, I search For purpose to unearth Herbalist working with firmament Know that shit ain't permanent All I want is to earn lil' piece Of some mental peace Then I'll be complete Lee How I handle John Cena, you can't see me 'Bouta shave my head for my handle 'Cause I'm cleaning [Hook: The Thought] I been tryna get back I been tryna get my piece of mind I been tryna get back All my real ones get that Making progress might take some time [Chorus: The Thought] I been tryna get back, get back, get back Get my piece of mind I been tryna get back, get back, get that Might take some time I been tryna get back, get back, get back Get my piece of mind I been tryna get back, get back Get that... [Verse: The Thought] I don't know where I lost it, but I know that I did Look both ways when you crossing or they'll slow with a skid On the road to a coffin where they closing the lid With a hammer and nails, so no one sees you like this That adds respect for emotion, it's such a solem precatuon I can't get dressed for the ocean while it's the world that I'm stopping From dropping down 'til it's broken, you think a Column has options? Won't take some shit that I've stolen and double up at the auction Overflow with the faucet, flood the floor with mistakes Emptied out my pockets 'cause I ain't bored with the breaks Torn if I'm a prophet or if I'm more of the same What a wall is to Gromit or what a chore to be sane? I can't afford to be coughing, I need my voice for recording But I'm still packing the bong 'til it's like four in the morning Been so trapped inside my brain, can I get back to the storming? Such a habit, I'm in pain, when I ain't tapped for performing [Hook: The Thought] I been tryna get back I been tryna get my piece of mind I been tryna get back All my real ones get that Making progress might take some time [Chorus: The Thought] I been tryna get back, get back, get back Get my piece of mind I been tryna get back, get back, get that Might take some time I been tryna get back, get back, get back Get my piece of mind
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[Verse: The Thought] Camera obscura, the screech of the Kookaburra Pointing out a murder to teach 'em all the cure of The cure-all, the Gerber-life that makes 'em more assertive Alerted 'em all and curtains fall west of Ventura Mulling over method in girders, fuck a Joe Smith I'mma get her over here and I'mma get my toes licked Tickle a throat, digging a hole when the grown gets Fickle with the show, now you tell me who the throne fits? More sick as I grow, shit! Flow sicker than the ocean Hit Roy for hip, no sis It's the trickster, who don't know this? I'm the action of your rifle that jam when you're in a jam I'm the Good Samaritan arrival when shit goes to plan I'm the office you resigned 'cause you ain't noticed the cam Looking like Musubi, bitch, with all that Spam! You've been doing all you can just to get that honor roll Don't give a fuck for friends, long as you be popping though You've been focused on your ends while your charm is growing old Talking out your neck now, but where you going though? You talking like you got it, but still got to go and get it Act like you ain't bought it when she let you get the head in Human, but think you're a God, it's hubris but you don't get it I just think it's odd, how I'm the only one who said it But I said it, and you heard it, so at least the world got that I'm the medic and you hurting, so at least I'll stop that Got the rhetoric and curtains, make sure you get brought back "Man, I should kill the game with Day One", thought Jack An animal with hunger, the man who bring the thunder The drunken pirate's plunder while his crew is taken under Like the gunner in the Gundam, I'm the Gunter getting younger Getting hung with Carl Jung 'til the alchemy can blunder [Verse: Marcus Lee] You can call me Yusuke Urameshi with the Rei-gun I'm a product of the Reagan generation, I don't play guns I was raising up this hell, puffin' raisins as a young'n I was pushing, Pusha Lee eclipsing they sun Should've probably called me Jason I'm a problem, well, adjacent, I been racing I been pacing, Jack I need some separation I been changing, Been erasing All the problems that's been plaguing me What more can you say to me? When this rapper slaying beats on hours I devour, I been scouring this earth To find my match and I done found him Boy I thought this day would come This map is ours, got the power Jackie Mabie, Marcus Lee, yo, yo, yo! This lyrical exercise When I'm hearing you, I'm so critical Critically, you can't mess with I That's empirical: my skill something like Hemispherical, I'm a sick individual At the same time I'm spiritual Cuz I'm focused healing you At same time I'm cynical Listen to all of these rappers that's thinkin' they touching me Better wish for a miracle Honestly, think that you bother me, It'll get ugly I'm talking biblical Lee is Odysseus, Legendary And boy, I ain't feeling you Like, at all, Like you really just bad, dog Like on you I'll just pass, dog [Verse: Zen Stokely] In a different class like you know we finna pass y'all Trying to fuck with Thought, Zen or Lee, believe that's a bad call How you in a bar fight, but you got a glass jaw? I've been in the pocket like I'm Pac and Terry Bradshaw "Hold up, please, wait, don't" Ain't nobody wanna hear you Talk about all of the shit that we ain't on It's a lot of motherfuckers thinking all they gotta do is Try to look cool, play the part Be a fool, swim with sharks In a pool, fake supporters be like floaties That means your homies, that's that artificial I ain't never had to do nothing to make my art official Start an issue with starter pistols, these are verbal magazines So it won't be hard to miss you, I'm Yoda and Yoshamitsu My quota is close to Vishnu, on rovers that roll to venues Where your baby momma be at when she said that "I'mma be back By the end of the night", with her friends in the ride But she don't really know if her friends in the ride I'm a pig in the pen, you the end of the line, yeah
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Funnel Cake 02:27
[Intro: The Thought] Where the moon can't shine through the clouds of haze And the youth get fried like a Funnel Cake Find the booze half-price and the truth decayed Lenses end the tunnel, lemme chew grenades [Verse: The Thought] Trenched into a huddle, any crew displays Benched until the pummel, went the rudest way Fencing what they muscle from the weakest they encounter 'Cause the man that want no trouble gets devoured If you a coward, overshadowed by the powers that be Scour earth for your difference from the cattle we eat Know your worth, no forgiveness for the rattled deceit That's church, got the Skinny Pete of business degrees Who looks delicious to me? The vicious kid on the corner? Man with lawyer's ambitions that's sweaty gripping his quarters He so suspicious of the horrors that heard from reporters That he slipped and tripped a border with the look of informers Someone should warn him that he's walking to torture But no one could be bothered to offer a word Guess we ready to mourn him, got the talking-points brokered If he dies he'll be honored, if he's robbed, reimbursed [Chorus: The Thought] Where the moon can't shine through the clouds of haze And the youth get fried like a Funnel Cake Find the booze half-price and the truth decayed Lenses end the tunnel, lemme chew grenades Where the moon can't shine through the clouds of haze Youth get fried like a Funnel Cake Find the booze half-price and the truth decayed Lenses end the tunnel, lemme chew grenades [Verse: Marcus Lee] Chillin' with the homies and I got the Jamey on me I turn into an Oni when I'm drinking 'til the morning We break out Tekken 7, streak get to 7 With the sticks I am Devil Jin, they cannot get on me That's how I'll tell it anyway, to the victor go the spoils, baby! So it's shot after shot for your boy, today I'm just trying to enjoy the day Oh shit, It's getting late, it's time to dip 4AM on my way home from Frank's house Drop this guy off, I'm feeling sauced, but I can make it now Make it down to Towne, I'm on the freeway, I'm homebound 'Til I see some flashing lights, I know where I'm going now Guess that I'll pull over now, I am off my exit, I can see the street I need to take to get home 'cause it's late and I just need some sleep I even plead, "Please, Officer Tellerman, we can meet A middle ground, I will never live this down, you cannot take my peace!" Fuck
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[Intro: Marcus Lee] Can I call in? Can I call in today? Can I call in? Just Today? [Verse: Marcus Lee] I could never really understand it Never had place, I was always damaged Staying state to state, did they ever plan shit? Swear my parents took me all over the planet First day of school was always a panic Which one these motherfuckers gon' get all this anguish? Remember on the bus, I would sit and be angry 'Til I picked up the pen, now we speaking my language Talk about lane switch, I'm watching my language I'm cool as penguin, I grew as sage while all my homies were taken And I'm still doing things that I ain't proud of, but hey, man As long as mom mom pray for me (Throw me an amen!) As long I got paper, know I'll be okay man Oh Marcus, Naïve lil Marcus You didn't even know you were developing your sharpness It's a Sharingan though so you gon' have to see some harshness! [Chorus: Marcus Lee] And I wish I would have known All of the battles I would have Faced in the unknown All on my own This world is so cold, yo It feels like 90 below I think that I need a coat, or maybe I need some hope Could you write me a note for today? [Verse: J Soulstice] Yo, I need to know, really I need to know! Lately been needing hope, wishing she didn't go Why did you have to leave me? Feeling like no one sees me To me, nothing came easy, had to learn to just be me! Too many doubt me, I can't doubt myself I mean, sure, I took losses, but I found myself At least I can say I know more about myself Surviving what I thought would kill me, time to crown myself Feeling like Bruce Wayne before he became Batman Had to learn that there were some things that I can't plan Unless I want my heart broken, see it in a CAT scan Wolverine, Jean Grey, X-Men, last stand Letting go is one is one of the hardest lessons What makes you happy? That's like the hardest question To answer in this lifetime, wish there was some guidelines Had to re-do timelines, am I in my right mind? [Chorus: Marcus Lee] And I wish I would have known All of the battles I would have Faced in the unknown All on my own This world is so cold, yo It feels like 90 below I think that I need a coat, or maybe I need some hope Could you write me a note for today? [Verse: The Thought] Could you write me a note? 'Cause I haven't stopped crying since the time I awoke My fight or flight was provoked by a list of my triggers It's a wonder I can float as I drift down this river It's cold enough for a shiver but I don't even notice Got a hole in my liver so I just go for the Colas Got more sofas than Kota, and I'm a friend to the cobras Tend to sit quite still as I battle my focus I like to cope with the Lotus, I call her "Mary" and breathe Give me hope in darkest moments, like the carried ID I'm wary of IV's 'cause I heard they come with poison Not as high as me! Feeling like the shepherd of the chosen But I'm frozen over, it must be 90 Below Thought I saw a four-leaf clover peeking out of the snow Just a little plastic soldier that was sneaking in prone I can't even roll me over, so just let me stay home!
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Certainly 04:08
[Chorus: The Thought] Tryna stay current with the currency Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Tryna stay current with the currency Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Certainly [Verse: The Thought] I robbed a dictionary, I got away with words I'm playing Pictionary, that's how I slay the nerds Say the word "visionary", 'cause I don't see the blur And I'm a missionary, that's how I spread the word Not the Lord's, wish you'd tell if you hate it or you love it Not just listen to me and let your thumb get back to scrubbing I miss the yelling, if you angry then you buzzing I wish you'd tell me, 'cause 'til then I don't know nothing I'm the adversary, I'm the one who get the target It ain't temporary, it's with permanence they market It ain't ordinary, it's the turbulence of tropics I ain't stationary, fight my circumstance and stop it Like the mercenaries, you should know these guns for hire We get planetary, you don't know who get you higher Find your sanctuary, then you'll trap it through the wire Yeah that's necessary, or you'll melt above the fire I just wish you'd tell me what you think I could do better Know I'm legendary, but I can't predict the weather Got no wish to sell me, keep my soul with every letter I just wish you'd tell me, 'cause 'til then I won't know better Stay current with the currency [Chorus: The Thought] Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Current with the currency Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Certainly [Verse: Marcus Lee] I got my heart ripped out of my chest I been feeling way lesser lately That's my number one stressor, baby Spotlight on me like Chelsea Lately Everybody wanna talk about it Feel awful 'bout it but I walked up out it It was all cause and effects, causing effects Even lost my dogs around it We all surrounded, existentially struggling with the past But I do not know how long I will last Life been striking me upon the ass My bro said "focus on getting a bag", facts Hoping on getting Me back, or maybe a Newer Me that's pursuing things And keeping my eyes on the path So I'm spazzing as I travel down a rabbit hole People looking at me like a radical 'Cause I refuse to be average Two things for sure and that's death and taxes Everything else is up in the air So I chose to stare so I can go grab it I've been trying to keep my eyes on the prize All while keeping my eyes on my habits Laziness that made me miss the main events I ain't convinced I'm making it Regardless though, I saved the path, I ain't give in A brand new chapter may begin I'm on my own for the first time in twelve years Daily medicated so I dispel fear Still the worst time, living in a cell here But my destiny precedes what y'all fear All I'm trying to say is that I don't know where I may be at But I know where I want to be And I have plans of making that And not one motherfucker In my way is ever changing that An improbable certainty My hope is attaining that [Chorus: The Thought] Tryna stay current with the currency Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Current with the currency Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Current with the currency Even though it's hurting, yeah it's hurting me We sit here yearning for a surgery Even though we certain, certain there's no certainty Certainly
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[Verse: Whose] I sit and ask myself, "what's my worth?" Every past second dedicated to the search Conflict of interest made me flinch at every word My life a sacrifice to the imp of the perverse Wait, that's the notification buzzing Forgot to take my meds, I've got them ordered like a baker's dozen Making nothing, fate disgruntled, I am my grudges And I hate this constant chase for substance I can't break these cuffs and, woah-woah-woah Oh no, everyday in slow mode For sure, so cold, gotta row the boat What I've felt like since a young woah, yeah, yeah [Verse: The Thought] I been ruffage in a garbage bin Stoned alone in my apartment Blowing O's 'til I'm loading up another cartridge The PS4 is getting started All these self-destructive tendencies She don't give a fuck so she a 10 to me Drowning in the Dead Sea, call it tenancy Hope you seeing how the darkness been a friend to me I need some clemency, for the hubris I'm not your enemy, I'm only human I don't fuck with ketamine, it makes me useless And stupid, all I can mutter is damn... [Verse: Whose] I'm getting down on myself With this abiding hunt for the wealth They say I can reach out to help That feels like I'm just hurting myself Catch a look at the shelf Too many memories, regrets That's where my secrets were kept Gotta remember that my path stays set All I can mutter is damn... [Bridge: Marcus Lee] Ohhhh I got some many issues I need tissues Really I just need help Ohhhh I just need help [Verse: The Thought] I been dealing with some problems that I'd Rather not admit that I got I need a fifth, not a shot You better give what you got Do you follow? I'm a bit behind the curve but I thought That you would give me a slot If I could prove I was hot Share my vision Or you thinking that I'm whack on the spot I'll get you back with a plot Oh, who we kidding? I've been living in the trash Right next to every little thing that you dropped I really pity who copped Them wasted listens! I can see you make a killing And it's taking all the strength that I got To just wait out the clock And keep from bitching I've been itching for a switch Of who the pistols in the hands of All I can mutter is damn... [Chorus: Marcus Lee] Damn I'm in a stand off I just been missing the hand off Stuck in a rut with my pants off All I can mutter is... Damn I try to fix it I can't dawg This self destruction is planned dawg Confidence something I Stan dawg But all I can mutter is... Damn I'm in a stand off I just been missing the hand off Stuck in a rut with my pants off All I can mutter is... Damn I try to fix it I can't dawg This self destruction is planned dawg Confidence something I Stan dawg But all I can mutter is... Damn [Outro: The Thought] God damn it
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[Verse: The Thought] I've been hanging to it all on a shoestring Who's the Pretty China Doll? She's my boo-thang Tell me, who rang? 'Cause I'm expecting a call Do you fight or do you crumble with your back on the wall? Asked if I could stand tall, they said "You may" That defeats the whole purpose, I do say No excuses, better give us our due pay 'Cause this barely counts as living [Chorus: The Thought] I'm sick of the goose eggs Got the zeroes that you'd hate My bank account look like someone stole my identity Seems revolution's the remedy I've been hanging to all on a shoestring Now I'm sick of the goose eggs I could drown on land, on account of my density So the banks never lend to me and I'm low on necessities, yeah [Verse: Marcus Lee] I was working a lot, it was hard But I'm a gentleman She want better, I'm spending it all Breakfast in bed again Ever since I had meddled with handling With a head of gin I been giving the government all my pennies They hemorrhaging Been going through it all at my job This guy been playing me I'm thinking that he may just get robbed I need my pay, 'cause B I been living out of my car, I don't feel like a star I just feel like a bum, and um, yeah I'm over fighting you for just for crumbs When I do all the shit in this bitch while you out having fun I mean really it's dumb I mean really just come on, my guy I need a come up and I Know you got something and I Lately been wondering if I come through at midnight, I got keys Could turn of the cameras, because I know where they be Password's right on the screen, take the cash and I flee But that would be a disaster, they'd have to know it was me But shit, G [Chorus: The Thought] I'm sick of the goose eggs Got the zeroes that you'd hate My bank account look like someone stole my identity Seems revolution's the remedy I've been hanging to all on a shoestring Now I'm sick of the goose eggs I could drown on land, on account of my density So the banks never lend to me and I'm low on necessities, yeah [Verse: Smith the Poet] So, I'm at the money store, making ruckus, sipping tea Slanging plenty melodies, hope that changes me for me Either way, we royalty, run that shit back Watch me bullet through the heavens, this a diss track Clipped an angel, kept the halo, never went back And I'll admit that, I couldn't pimp these butterflies But I see ghosts all of the time, most are clearly in the lines Not the rails he dreamt to ride, spending zeroes on the high 'Cause I'm rich in the mind, I'm with your bitch and she fly She say my flowing should stop, slipping wisdom for wine I ask father of all motherfuckers, drunk off the vibe Whether rhymes, like dimes, hope this ain't your prime We can't let shit slide, please take your time Travel when I ramble 'cause I can't afford to lie We start smoking by the digits 'cause these classics you can't find Making more than just the dimes... [Chorus: The Thought] I'm sick of the goose eggs Got the zeroes that you'd hate My bank account look like someone stole my identity Seems revolution's the remedy I've been hanging to all on a shoestring Now I'm sick of the goose eggs I could drown on land, on account of my density So the banks never lend to me and I'm low on necessities, yeah
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[Chorus: The Thought] Don't you blame me for the rhythm of the raindrops 'Cause the pain don't bother me Nor why the faith ain't but an inkblot Call your prayers "dishonesty" Who caught the rhythm of the raindrops? Felt flushed with modesty? There ain't no way you gave the grave nod Praise God! Say it ain't so! [Verse: The Thought] Chasing rainbows, lemme change clothes! I been living a pot of soil With the same flow as the angels That been boiling in the holy oil On the way up, or the way down Didn't pay enough for the evening gown Follow raindrops 'til I'm face-down Stay drowned, or I'll find my way around Guided by the rhythm of the raindrops Ain't hiding those from you! I'm writing nothing if the train stops So please don't mind my blues [Verse: Marcus Lee] Lee, I wear my heart on my sleeve And through my heart I conceive These demon dark as the art as I draw I oughta receive Maybe a pardon at least, or shit, a party I'm learning this shit a part of me Darkness, baby, I'm starting to breathe The rain ain't bothering me In fact so I'm unbothered by it I'm walking with glee I've gotten used to the awkward way I traverse on this earth And though I felt worthless and dirty The rain been washing me clean, I hit wop 'cause my G This shit cathartic, I view it as pseudo-armor I'm use to just losing often, the clueless Intuit author But when in rain, I get through it, refuting the ruined thoughts Producing the new results, transmuting for fuel we lost Feeling bad that I was here when I truly knew That the slog would be fruitful I planted seeds a long time ago for the water I knew though We grow in harsh conditions Where it's hard to win and We get told never to parse the ceiling So here there are no ceilings [Chorus: The Thought] Don't you blame me for the rhythm of the raindrops 'Cause the pain don't bother me Nor why the faith ain't but an inkblot Call your prayers "dishonesty" Who caught the rhythm of the raindrops? Felt flushed with modesty? There ain't no way you gave the grave nod Praise God!
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Floor Guides 02:31
[Verse: The Thought] I can guide you through the tunnel Which way you want to go? It really ain't no trouble I've been and know it's possible You know, it's probable You'd have to double-back Don't assume a man of hatred When my love is on the wax The first testament and testimony Tested men, the rest are phony Bursts of excess estrogen Up through holy matrimony Blessings came and went The less I stress the more bologna Abalone in the accent On the alabaster pony And I'm acting like a master on me Ain't a massive fear Like my hazards on We slowing down the whip to steer Oh dear, the bastard's gone attracted All the vagrants that were near Don the laughter, John Dad is long last up out your ear And I doubt he hears a word 'Cause he never shed a tear For all he did within the blur He turned a kid into a beer You don't got to be a seer To see the system fails Once the seas are kind of clear I'll let you venture on my sails [Hook: The Thought] If I don't impress you You just don't know what to look for You never met a floor guide Curses we call blessings You can call us up and book tours We can show you both sides [Verse: Marcus Lee] Young Man, 17, pitching rocks up out the window With Indo clouds up in Menlo I didn't know I'd take this path for sure Man, I just wanted clothes New shoes were just my excuse to bother you Robbed a few, "How kind of you bro" Don't have to tell me, I know, I feel bad For doin bad to the people that knew that I had nothing Said fuck 'em and took their dough Like "I need it way more than you" Justification for situations in which my moral view Was twisted and skewed, was missing in school I was bending the rules According to momma, I'm sinning in full, for real I needed a change so I arranged it Finally waking up in the day, yes I can face this! [Chorus: Both] If I don't impress you You just don't know what to look for You never met a floor guide Curses we call blessings You can call us up and book tours We can show you both sides We just some floor guides Take you down the tunnel Anyway that it go Take the coarse and make it more fine More or less endorsing Y'all just go with our flow If I don't impress you You just don't know what to look for You never met a floor guide Curses we call blessings You can call us up and book tours We can show you both sides We just some floor guides Take you down the tunnel Anyway that it go Take the coarse and make it more fine More or less endorsing Y'all just go with our flow Woah
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[Verse: Marcus Lee] I been walking through this darkness Think it's bout time that harness this (Shit here) Got the power of the gauntlet I'm on roll, I think I may going far this year (But) But what I'm working with is timeless (So) I'm a get it just as long I keep grinding (Yo) I'm a winner; "Winner-winner Chicken dinner", I'm surviving! Know I'm leaning heavy on my writing My drive is as smooth as a Chevy's As when I'm riding on tracks I'm relaxing, my nigga, I'm not excited I'm working, that is difference between us See, I put work on my thesis so I may dip into genius My lyrics strip me of demons, mentally living in me that Seem to restrict me from breathing On this, forgive me as I'm giving away Living on a day to day basis: the main status is Try to keep from staying in stasis And try to stay in my cadence So I'm balanced See I lost it, but I found it Tried to force it, but I wound up Just drowning in my losses And of course, kid With her is where my heart is Why I'm heartless [Chorus: Konami Homi] I been stuck on broken time Ticking, ticking, ticking, ticking Day restart but my heart still missing Shroom trip, crew dip, mind keep tripping I been stuck on broken time Ticking, ticking, ticking, ticking I see the clock change but it all stay consistent One day you born, next day you reminiscing I been stuck on broken time Ticking, ticking, ticking, ticking Day restart but my heart still missing Shroom trip, crew dip, mind keep tripping [Verse: Konami Homi] Enlighten me, enlighten me, enlighten me The trinity is One, I'm standing in the dark Do I want to know my fate? It's nice to see the price of peace is life and breathe Tranquility will come, don't let the demon stay, no! Ravens at my door, heartbeat's in the floor I see life flashing, flashing Women scream "forevermore", praising lords They may seem flashy, flashy Teardrops from the sky, no greater love No greater love, than the love you... [Verse: The Thought] No greater love than the love you give Reason I can live, I'll read your hieroglyphs Eyes defied by diatribes in private, quiet rivalries Race against the timing, hyper-primed by my anxiety Ask me for a ride when you deprived but won't say "Hi" to me Tried to hide the ruins but my life is still contrived to read Loose me with a lion and you might just have a bite of meat Loose leaf and vagina, that's like all I need to write in peace Calling Carolina, 'til Jermaine got dotted lines for me But I don't need to sign, just entertain the opportunities You won't get it through to me, unless it's new to me Or knew, and thought it through, before you drew that useless picture You dismissing what you do through misuses of the scripture Getting richer of the coup than even Putin's favorite trigger-man [Chorus: Konami Homi] I been stuck on broken time Ticking, ticking, ticking, ticking Day restart but my heart still missing Shroom trip, crew dip, mind keep tripping I been stuck on broken time Ticking, ticking, ticking, ticking I see the clock change but it all stay consistent One day you born, next day you reminiscing I been stuck on broken time Ticking, ticking, ticking, ticking Day restart but my heart still missing Shroom trip, crew dip, mind keep tripping Tripping, tripping, tripping, tripping
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Make it Out 03:29
[Verse: Marcus Lee] Yeah Frustrated, mind is racing As I am pacing, trying to find the strength to face this Uphill I'm facing, I've been casing out this newfound life Think I'mma make it, only thing that I have newfound strife Saying "I'm wasting away", saying "I'm nothing, but just adjacent To basic, I'm phased!". Misshapen, my view is just skewed I stay in a daze, so do I don't go overthinking the whole scenario Like "If I fail, then silence has been with people I barely know" There we go, my brothers lift me up when I need a boost Probably why I keep the Juice handy as if Lee could lose Still I wrestle with the fact that we could lose Frankly I've been feeling kind of weak for 'bout a week or two Working myself to the bone, barely to survive Something's got to change, my surroundings and my frame of mind Just look at different angles, God, see how I just change my mind? I know the tools to use but I don't use 'em, I just stay in mines [Bridge: Marcus Lee] I just wanna, wanna know where I'm supposed to go When I feel my back is stuck on the ropes I can't help but think of when I'm gonna go Depression is a lesson, am I, am I gonna go? I just gotta take it one, one day at a time All I have to say, I just play in rhymes That's all I have, all I have, it's all I have to give That's all I have, all I have [Chorus: Both] (I just wanna make it out) Watch 'em kill a man for a little Bit of paper, get a gun, there's some blood in the street! (But they keep pulling me down!) Watch the people crowd around like they're doing him a favor Until later when the fuzz says there's nothing to see! (I just wanna make it out) In a couple months, watch 'em write it in the paper Nothing major, just an accidental ceasing-to-be! (But they keep pulling me down!) One we had enough of them covering the danger Take the wager, teaming up with our brothers in need! [Verse: The Thought] We could call their bluff if we playing off their nature Treating labor to the scraps that they cut from their meat We could throw some cuffs on the hands of the Mayors That don't stand for their neighbors that's just trying to eat We don't have to trust all the corporate invaders Orchard acres getting torched at a hundred degrees I don't have to love you to show you my Maker He's a stranger to the faithful of capital G I won't wear no gloves when I show you my layers I ain't ashamed of the way that I be I don't mean to rub you the wrong way, wrong way I'll take the blame for the failures of me Even on closer examination, I deserve your patience 'Cause my display is unique, decay the speech [Bridge: The Thought] You don't got the struggles of the youth on your radar You just in the tunnel and the truth has an Abar "I don't want no trouble, I just wanna watch from afar" Headass, you would watch us double-up the graveyard And never do a thing 'cause we to you do not compare So when the fat lady sings know that you will not be spared It's a culture that we bring, that of focusing your stare And our movement glistening in the future if we care [Chorus: Both] (I just wanna make it out) Watch 'em kill a man for a little Bit of paper, get a gun, there's some blood in the street! (But they keep pulling me down!) Watch the people crowd around like they're doing him a favor Until later when the fuzz says there's nothing to see! (I just wanna make it out) In a couple months, watch 'em write it in the paper Nothing major, just an accidental ceasing-to-be! (But they keep pulling me down!) One we had enough of them covering the danger Take the wager, teaming up with our brothers in need!
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[Intro: All] Every song we make is a banger That's the DayLee Thoughts guarantee Every song we make is a banger That's the DayLee Thoughts guarantee [Verse: The Thought] Martian on your throat Waka Flocka still the GOAT Beg your pardon, bitch, don't quote I'd be honored if you vote for me I'll be marching down the road Burning Vodka on your float I been pondering the way My self-doubt slows my rhythm Why we bothering to pay these amounts Just for living? Not a father yet, too worried that I Can't provide provisions Who's this Father Time I haven't met Bee-lining toward collision? And I'm in position Haven't had a Miss since Spanish Inquisitions Didn't mean to blow your mind With badass descriptions I'm only sad 'til you listen Then I'm a spaz for the critics I don't feel bad when I glisten, I'm nitroglycerin! And that's word to Mrs. Richardson Given I'm a nerd she let me Lecture in the interim Texture of the Benjamins Ain't marbles to me So I marvel in the messages And let Marcus Lee bless 'em [Chorus: Marcus Lee] Switching lanes and switching schools of thought And I won't change it, I'll take you to war Yeah, I no longer idle by I'm biding my time For more (I want it more, I want it more) I want it more, yeah (I need it more, I need it more) [Verse: Zen Stokely] At the heart of all activity I'm moving like a Pacemaker Discarded the toxic masculinity and gained favor So you could either be a critic or a game changer I'm The Chronicles of Riddick to the nay-sayors Caped crusader, Rondo Paper Chilling in the cosmos, Cosmo Kramer King Hill lawn-mow, drop-low taper Archer with the long-bow, stronghold major Style grease like Blue Magic, Percy Jackson with the static Feasting like a newborn, Chiefing when I'm chewing magnets Boost Mobile chirping, remember when we had a phone? Birds on a wire, like we watching Indiana Jones? Out in Indiana in pajamas from a catacomb Antennas speaking while you peek into a rabbit hole I've been grounded like some coffee, that's a frappe to go Splash the soul, acceptance is to have control [Chorus: Marcus Lee] Switching lanes and switching schools of thought And I won't change it, I'll take you to war Yeah, I no longer idle by I'm biding my time For more (I want it more, I want it more) I want it more, yeah (I need it more, I need it more) [Verse: Smith the Poet] More than pretty, I'm convinced Ain't no pity if you're pissed Fucking pillage for your bliss Still piss? You pricks... Like the gimmicks? Just the gist Cryptic keys the favor fixed Fucking sic 'em, paint a flick I'd watch your 6 As we plummet for a bit Learn to love it, life a bitch Burning bridges with a glimpse So crisp her spliff Got me holy for a hit I meant only for a bit... shit Coexist with the clique Reminisce off script Split the diff, in the pit Smoking cosmic ploys Like a frostbit fluke This nostalgic void Just the quantum soup Yeah, the constant clear I believe in you Put that shit in gear We ain't here to lose More than miniscule, Brittle Blues You! [Chorus: Marcus Lee] Switching lanes and switching schools of thought And I won't change it, I'll take you to war (Take you to war, take you to war, take you to war...) I no longer idle by I'm biding my time For more More! More! I need it more More, More, yeah
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[Verse: Marcus Lee] You can go I'm used to it I was feeling kind of used through it Honestly I couldn't see I was blocking my view through it Since I fell down the pedestal you had me on Yeah after that, that's when I start to feel like a tag a long I'm aware off the error living in my brain But wishing that I never went to therapy's a bit insane Yeah I get it, I was always there for you So much so, that I wasn't there for me and there's the truth When I was lost, there was you, right where you're supposed to be 'Til you couldn't be, and I don't blame you, 'cause it's quite a load to be Carrying around, and you didn't sign up for this I saw the meter slow building up, she had enough of this It's nearing on a year since we split and it's still fucking with my brain I feel that I've been withering away As I'm dithering to take this next step in life I know I am sick of living with this weight and [Chorus: Marcus Lee] I can't even look at you Without feeling tight up in my chest Was your little pack mule All of your secrets, burdens? Kept Makes me kind of sad too And as I'm calm, I think, reflect I thought reciprocity was meant But you had gone and hit reject [Refrain: Marcus Lee] And I've had enough, yeah I've had enough I've had enough [Verse: The Thought] Hi, my name is Jack and I just want to die So throw me in the lightning chair and let The Thinker fry I got my heart attacks, I got my ever-sigh Brother, would you hold my hand and let the thinker cry? Don't know what I lack, don't know why I stride Like the slums beneath the robber-baron not let testify I've put my soul for sacrifice, fell right through the sky! Bombs befell my motley band, we cursed the Devil, shy Level back, double down, sent to track for the crown Bevel flat, dead to sound, matter fact, this the town Spent a stack on a pound, made it back, smoked an ounce DayLee Jack on the bounce, bring that crack underground Thought stay in his element wherever he flow Thought stay on the wind wherever it goes Feeling that I've had enough and letting you know I'm really just a channel bus from sinking below [Verse: Marcus Lee] It feels like I been walking 'round on Stilts around eggshells As my head swells 'Cause my head's hell I'm so exhausted I been running with my thoughts and I been lost in my own heart while tryna charter Where my head sails God damn I fell (Ohhhhhh) There we go I am on a merry go, with marigolds Grounded more than I've ever been It's kind of strange, It's kind of sudden The release it feels like nothing Now I really feel a nothingness Kind of like I'm floating on a cloud A nice adjustment, yes No more worries 'bout my balance As I float away All my thoughts they go away They go in waves, where they burn ablaze Feels I've made this turn for days Or weeks maybe Can't remember how to speak lately Yo where's my lady, and uh Where am I? It's getting bright And what's that sound? (Marcus... are you alright?) What's the date? And what's the time? Where's that's dream? Am I... Am I alive? My vision clears to concerned faces that's standing by Fuck [Outro: Marcus Lee] I'm alive I'm alive
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[Chorus: The Thought] I'm ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag I don't know how to get off my ass I'm just a dumbass that don't go to class These my daily thoughts, daily thoughts I'm ugly as fuck 'cause I don't get no ass I'm down on my luck 'cause I don't get no cash I'm a piece of trash, burn me down to ash These my daily thoughts, my daily thoughts, yeah [Verse: Marcus Lee] Procrastination, mind is vacant, I just need a Vacay Sometimes I want to load all of these raps into an AK And flood the airwaves, create some stairways for my brethren Marcus turns to Martin, when I tell my brothers get the stepping Marcus just an artist using words as weapons but I'm not a fighter Been a hider, Hide 'n Seek champ since '07 Get to it tomorrow, may I borrow some ambition? Mine left a long time ago, I've not forgiven, nor forgotten I been spoiled rotten with the gift of gab, but lately In these days I been feeling like some gifted trash, I've sifted past The trips that have had me so convinced that I was simply bad Writing in past tense, I'll find a different pad, these words They'll find a different home, so why is it they feel that they are still alone? Eventually they'll see that they don't build alone, I guess I'll keep this going 'Til that feeling's gone, I guess I'll keep this going 'til that feeling's gone It helps to share these daily thoughts for healing, bro, fuck! [Chorus: The Thought] I'm ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag I don't know how to get off my ass I'm just a dumbass that don't go to class These my daily thoughts, daily thoughts I'm ugly as fuck 'cause I don't get no ass I'm down on my luck 'cause I don't get no cash I'm a piece of trash, burn me down to ash These my daily thoughts, my daily thoughts, yeah [Verse: The Thought] I'm a stupid piece of shit, I don't know what I'mma do about it Yeah, I'll take a hit, 'cause my thoughts been chopped and screwed, I doubt it Back to bitching, back been itching, caught and dropped a few, I'm loudest Satisfiction, ass been ditching class and coughing too, I'm out it Jack been sick of competition, lack thereof if speaking truth Out of fucks to give for fakes and tears for my mistakes in booths I'm 'bout as calm as volcanoes, got my Psalms from the Bezos I count it up like J. Cole, joking, focused on the revenue Got them moldy potatoes, got some issues with women Got them Oldies and Kratos spilled some bleach on my linens I been haunted by the record but I'm getting by! I'm crowded, taunted by the lesions, man, I need to cry! I'm broken worse than glass, I'm a shadow of my past Even though the gift of gab been keeping me from acting brash I'm a hundred types of sorry, I'm a beggar at the step If these my daily thoughts, then I ain't got none left, yeah

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released March 26, 2021

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All Vocals by Marcus Lee & The Thought
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