[Verse 1] Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, yeah I know, I'm up, but the sun ain't up, oh well, long drive, dawn light, yeah the world is ours as we fightin' back the yawns sittin' ducks at rush hour, yeah, I got dreams but they stay dreams, keep it that way, I travel the globe watchin' Tony Bourdain, I'm just tryin' to be someone important, to my friends, my clique, circle, whatever you call it, I ponder - awful but a little too often, to be honest, your noggin's knockin' on your self-care knowledge, feelin' groggy 'cause I got caught sleepin' through my alarm, ah, ma God, another day spent doin' nada, motherfuckin', gotta pop another vita- min, or I'mma wander off back to land o' la-la, wishin' I had nobody knowin' again I was gone, 'cause [Hook] I don't know why I feel so lost when I know I, I got a lot I cut my losses, I know what it costs, tryin' not be exhausted so I gotta pop, one a day, one a day, one a day, what a, holiday, holiday, holiday, for my mind today, mind today, mind today, I'm, I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, yeah one a day, one a day, one a day, what a holiday, holiday, holiday, for my mind today, mind today, mind today, I'm I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, yeah [Verse 2] yo, life is sufferin', tell me something that ain't old news, I'm reachin' for that bag all day like I'm supposed to, so, my friends, raise a glass to human tragedy, while we navigatin' through this path o' accidental apathy too many times I get carried away by my anger too many times I get my hands out to point fingers too many times I hold me ransom, lettin' problems linger for longer than as long as I can remember, uh I just wanna do what's best, for myself and my own friends, I got too much talent left, just to chase, only money and power 'til I'm dead, maybe I'm stupid 'cause I value the wrong shit, yet all these wrongdoings make me feel accomplished, is it worse to be someplace awful when you on your own, or someplace nice but realize that you all alone? [Hook] I don't know why I feel so lost when I know I, I got a lot I cut my losses, I know what it costs, tryin' not be exhausted so I gotta pop, one a day, one a day, one a day, what a holiday, holiday, holiday, for my mind today, mind today, mind today, I'm I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, yeah one a day, one a day, one a day, what a holiday, holiday, holiday, for my mind today, mind today, mind today, I'm I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay, yeah [Verse 3] strong |head between the shoulders, but the ego is frail talkin' about it's ups and downs, elevators in braille lookin' for a silver bullet to live life to the fullest is what I answer when asked how everything has been going; got two weeks o' time off, don't even use up a day, barely managing the memories that I might have made, coast like Fiasco Lupe, kick, push, and he skates, is this like being sentenced to life or the greatest escape? ay, sentenced to life or like the greatest escape? ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, the path of fate or existential debate? ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, sentenced to life or like the greatest escape? ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, what a compromised way to sustain

[Verse 1] Oh, Mariya, Mariya, Oh, I ain't got no idea, Maybe you're seein' somethin' that I can't appear to visualize through my two eyes, John Cena, Bartender, a caesar and a bottle o' beer, I tend to impress by causin' hysteria, on Tinder I make my bio bit of a mystery, I intend to let the woman figure the rest o' me out over a glass o' liquor, later, she meows, at the touch of my hands when they reach for the meow, then I go in for the kill, she yellin' "oh, putain", I be like Schwarzenegger when I tell her get down to the point at the end of the night, she doubts she just got with Vertwo, a man who absolutely- the one character in the crowd with an outstandin' knack o' rappin' and a mouth sophisticatedly gifted, blessed with liftin' all negativity out of vicinity is what I'm about, simile dissimilar of any comparative clowns, attemptin' to emulate my literate style, my datin' profile: I'm like a single mom and say that hip-hop will always come fore anyone else, (FACTS), Master's educated, my passion's neverendin', I like fashion, ask me 'bout makin' lyrical ass-whoopin'- tracks, on top of songwritin' and producin', ain't ever gon' be no duplicate of me as long as I'm livin, since we all stuck to our phones and don't flirt outside the moment y'all see me y'all better swipe right swipe right, swipe right, swipe right, y'all better swipe right yea they ain't ready they ain't ever fuckin' ready, man [Verse 2] My kicks are more kung-fu than Cantona, like canned tuna, rappers be crammed into a mass-produced package ready-to-rap on tracks made on a random cat's Mac, it's probably trap; what matters is if it slaps and gets you to dance, if it emphasizes the adlibs more than the rap, xanax and all the vanity on Instagram, over facts that be comin' from rappers of the past, these rants: you get accused of bein' mad, grandad who maybe had talent way back, craftin' tracks of sellin' crack, now they smokin' that, gramps, you got way too much time on yo hands, so step back and let this new rap into effect, better accept this path 'cause it's more than a fad, rap? we love hip-hop, the art we respect it, for another decade it'll be protected, it's inevitable, style is reputable, accordin' to XXL Lil whateva got a record label, and you? Bring anything credible to the table? that's what I thought, so go be Mister get-off-my-lawn; fuck 'em, cut open they head like watermelons, put a sword up in they dome like Posty Malone, you're like a girl in a cage trapped with Shia LaBeouf in poorly executed horror scenes like Shyamalan; Rush Hour, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, "cha-mone", goin' Super Saiyan on yo ass like Cristiano Ronaldo, runnin' circles on this track but never caught wit no dope, I'mma switch it up a bit so lemme pass the baton, I'm Osama bin Laden, lauded with nothin' but carnage, never been caught with accomplices in all o' my accomplishments, gotta rock 'em raw with compliments of all o' your daughters so go call yo columnists 'cause you just witnessed a slaughter fest

[Intro] It's ya boy VER.TWO [Pre-verse 1] I, I wanna be, somebody all the kids wish they grew up to be I, I wanna free, free myself from all this negativity because why, is that all I can see, is all this finger-pointin' at both you and me why, 's so hard that we, can't seem to find the things in life we really need? [Verse 1] So I go online with a username that I used to use back in public school, I type dragon warrior dash seven five, at yahoo, hotmail, or was it live? I use it to keep up with those close to me, with a news feed catered for matters that suit me, I don't think I gotta lotta issues, see, 'cause me and everyone around me is Gucci but I mean, bein' more popular wouldn't hurt, havin' a thousand friends probably has its perks, and that chick flyin' to Cancun every winter is kinda makin' me wish I could say that I've been there too but it's okay, I keep it on the low, like my dating status, I control my photos, I ain't gotta delete 'em if it ended horribly so yeah, my profile ain't worryin' me, I mean [Hook] Hey, I said that I'm okay, things are goin' great, but who am I to say? We live today knowin' we give and take, more of the love and less of all the hate 'cause all the lows, and highs are part of growth, that's just how it goes, so don't you hide your woes, but I suppose I can't help it but to boast, put on a show, 'cause everybody knows, and everybody knows, that life ain't always roses, and it really blows if you ever get exposed therefore we chose that we don't ever disclose, do not step on our toes, 'cause we always gon'- (Ayo, hold up, I got more to say) [Pre-verse 2] I, I'm here to please, nobody in this massive world but me I, I don't like greed, and I do know that's a screwed up mentality I, I want to seek, a place where I can truly find some peace 'cause I, like those around me, wanna fulfill at least a portion of my dreams [Verse 2] Death, taxes, friends gettin' engaged, they got a mortgage after puttin' down a payment, wife who just popped out their second baby, while I'm out here swipin' right for one date, why's this bitch taggin' me in all these clips, of kittens or some politician sayin' stupid shit? Refreshin' the page every single damn minute, 'cause I be askin' myself what the hell did I miss? Why's everyone's lives takin' off in a jet, while mine's standin' still like a stranded ship? I'm addicted to this but I won't ever admit it, but I'd be lyin' if I wasn't depressed and pissed, 'cause clickin' all day got me wishin' I was him, or her, this other motherfucker or that bitch, damn, when did I turn into such a dick? I gotta man the hell up and call it quits, 'cause [Hook] Hey, I said that I'm okay, things are goin' great, but who am I to say? We live today knowin' we give and take, more of the love and less of all the hate 'cause all the lows, and highs are part of growth, that's just how it goes, so don't you hide your woes, but I suppose I can't help it but to boast, put on a show, 'cause everybody knows, and everybody knows, that life ain't always roses, and it really blows if you ever get exposed therefore we chose that we don't ever disclose, do not step on our toes, 'cause we always gon'- [Outro] Note to self: let it go; take it easy on yourself; remember to smile; crack a laugh; shit, that's all you need

Ayo, VER.TWO's back yo, time goes fast, I ain't even cross out half my tasks, I ain't even wrote nuff on this notepad, but now it's time to hang all yo flags down to half-mast, 'cause vertwo's back, honey, I'm motherfuckin' home,- since '09 I been doin' this rappin' shit alone, honest 'bout my life, ain't got no cover to blow, this confidence is all you need to make 'em want some more; ain't no debatin' that I be emulatin' the cadence of Slim Shady, anybody claimin' I'm a fake, be the same waste of space stationary in their lane, 'cause hatin'- makes ya remain stayin' in a vain state, I be plannin' arrangements creatin' my fate, tabulatin' formulaic patterns and spatial equations, calculatin' ratios o' givin' to takin', til I attain that cake, man, it's never too late, I be Biden the time 'fore I Barack the show, I ain't Haydn my rhymes, I can Bach it up, you know? hit up mi casa, try it, it'll cost ya, though, 'cause- I'm a Shinin' man and here's Johnny, motherfuckers time goes fast, an Omega Speedmaster, I'm- a Seiko from the Orient, Swatch out, ya bastards, name me five rappers educated with a Master's, exactly, ain't ever gon' be a damn comparison I've been down and out for way too long, given that I been drownin' with the anxiety of my wrongs, never feelin' profound, feelin' eternally lost, even with gifts given to me, life seems a lost cause, why y'all tearin' me down and not bringin' your own, your own passion, desires, goals and your devotions? I get it - perpetuating hate is potent, it's- a hell of a lot easier than bringin' the world some dope shit it's unavoidable: housing unaffordable, devoid of employment, any goal made distorted, no enjoyment, a pointless life, no importance, makin' poor choices only to avoid torment, resortin' to poison, any liquor, I pour it, people voicin' their annoyance but I ignore it, might as well join civil wars in the name of Allah, only to endure the biggest remorse of my life but yo, the only thing I need in life is a vision, because I be failin' the mission without a position, hatin' ass bitches dissin' when it's none of their business, I just dismiss 'em and whatever I started, I finish it, here to tell my story, it's the only reason I'm livin'- against these conditions of what is considered prolific, tryna tell 'em fuck your boxes usin' to limit me with, 'cause- I be different, I know that I ain't no typical kid, but it's difficult, sometimes my words be feelin' hesitant, stress lettin' grey hair grow like the President's, lettin' myself fall into depression and- my peers pressin' me, askin' what my passion is? cause- one day, my mind will be the last bastion, nerve-wracking to find a new pointless direction, when it's too taxing to take self-preserving action, just wreck shit, attempt it with a TEC to my head

[Verse 1] I could've walked into a shooting range, asked for a Glock, please, then pop me in the chin before anyone can stop me, I could've copped acetaminophen pills, pop three- hundred, then chase it with a two-six of Bacardi, lay on the couch, wait for my heart to stop beatin', I coulda taken an elevator to the top, free- fallin' like Tom, and shatter my body on concrete, watchin' the pool of red spread, let it bleed; but that's too easy, for some reason lately, I've wanted to opt in to this life, I know, it's crazy; strugglin' so often but despite that, it stopped phasin' me, feelin' like I lost my plot, some kind of taste in it, a taste for a fight, like I ain't finished chasin' greatness, as if I didn't crave this, it's such a shame in wastin' it, with respect to the day I die, it ain't today, I don't think I'm the type to fade away in vain, 'cause [Hook] there's so many days I wish I could leave this place to enter the world of mine that I built with my mind the day when my life and my death meets face to face I'll bring in the world of mine that I built with my mind [Verse 2] Every day I tell myself that I won't be like my dad, he'd agree 'cause he'd want me to have a life he never had, but day by day I'm becomin' just like him, with the same old face and complexion of his skin, drivin' a used car down the streets I grew up in, 'cause my plan of movin' out failed, so I'm back here again, I get it - not all I aimed for in life I'm gonna win it, reachin' mid-twenties, my life is distant from finished, all my friends can't chill, they all say they busy, this the reality they warned me I'mma be livin', so that explains why every day feels like a mission to reassure myself the joy in life I'm not missin', to reassure myself that belt hangin' on the ceilin' will not constrict my larynx and quit my right to livin'- tonight, yo, just give me one more day, to prove myself, and this music to keep the faith [Hook] there's so many days I wish I could leave this place to enter the world of mine that I built with my mind the day when my life and my death meets face to face I'll bring in the world of mine that I built with my mind [Outro] because the mistress of death entertains me so frequently she's asking me to dance with her again and here I am partaking in life delinquency but to all you motherfuckers I'll stay pretendin' to say... here I am, happy as ever, never felt better, to live is to not to live

[Intro] (Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,) Yo, shawty, why you so thirsty? Why you bootycallin' like you so thirsty? Why you actin' naughty like you so thirsty? 'cause you know I ain't give a fuck about you anyway [Verse 1] It's the return of the one man gang, open a whoop-ass can, on a track made to get them old lady asses dancin', they ask me, how can I be both talented and handsome? I'm back with another (bang bang) fuckin' banger; Vertwo stuck in oh three peak fiddy, ain't nothin' much changed, need about tree fiddy, 'cause I'm dyin' tryna get rich, man it's such a pity, bein' edumacated nowadays don't really mean diddly, 'cause - rich, famous people don't know life's basics, fiddlin' little kids, tryin' not to pull a Spacey, gettin' yo cloud drive hacked, I see that ugly ass gapin', yo phones wire tapped, y'all hidden ass racists, in case that you and me wasn't really acquainted, then lemme finish by fillin' you in for a minute, I'm the itty bitty pretty witty squinty eyed chinky on the brink of killin' a beat, so think before you blink, bitch [Hook] Who am I, who am I? (I'm the Oriental Fiddy) Who am I, who am I? (Bitch, I'm the Oriental Fiddy) Who am I, who am I? (I'm the Oriental Fiddy) Who am I, who am I? (Bitch, I'm the Oriental Fiddy) Yo, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, pretty old thang, yo, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, pretty old thang, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, pretty old thang, yo, make it, make it, make make it, bang, lady, bang bang [Verse 2] My style ain't kosher 'cause it's far from orthodox, My rhymes' from a holster, I be throwin' tomahawks, mind is playin' tricks, it's a Geto Boys coup d'etat, darkslidin' on 'em tricks like if I was Tony Hawk; calm down? I ain't the damn Dalai Lama, I'm a dark individual, Helena Bonham Carter, mixed with the skills copped by Shawn and Dwayne Carter, yo - word to your mother, I got 'em all: bought a hot model broad a bottle o' Clamato, she a thot that I thought was from Panama or Guatemala, she be starvin' for the gwap like Islamic followas nommin' on kebabs before dawn during Ramadan, saw Aubrey at a concert, bumped The Motto in Ottawa, start a brawl, got a lotta onomatopoeias in the hall, brought out my katana that I got in Comic-Con last- August cosplayin' in kamikaze bomber garb [Bridge] I'm told my goal's to chase the dough, 'cause makin' money somehow gonna make me free life's shit, life's hard, life's cruel, I might pull somethin' stupid just to move outta my parent's crib and people love it whenever you ain't made it, all o' them mad 'cause they ain't made what I created just a cat spittin' bars searchin' for a good life, suckas hatin' all day, I ain't really got time [Verse 3] Yo, hip hop has got me awfully contemplatin' pocketin' millis, but all this talkin' the shit needs confidence in the positive thinking, 'cause if I wanna deposit figures and mingle with popular chicks, then I gotta follow the business model of Makaveli; causin' constant carnage in a market full of garbage, I'm the garnish in the hottest three Michelin-star dish, I'm bein' honest, concentratin' on bein' modest never the object, gotta think monopolistically for realistic targets, yo, viggity-viggity Vertwo, bout to miggity-miggity murk you, gonna be really be certain yo entire body's gonna be purple, reminiscent of grippin' the stick and clippin' a prick like Curtis, spittin' definitive lyrics, strictly the illest, turn this into The Massacre, this, it's my time now, envisionin' large ass crowds, listenin' to my own sound the minute I say one noun, yo, gimme ten emcees the recipe to slay this beat, I bet they weak 'cause I'm the only one to Renegade this beat, yeah

[Intro] Once I arrive I'll know exactly who am I, no denyin' I'm alive, can't you see it by my eyes? but I'm tryin' oh so hard, but in "we" there ain't no "I", it's all about takin' sides, it's so damn politicized, fuckin'- [Verse 1] Ay, lately I've been slippin' into darkness, more often than normal, to be honest, made a lot of changes to my life, but very few things provide any excitement, keep tellin' myself, yo, face your issues, don't- make excuses, don't let problems grow to be too big to fix, so I left Toronto, left the city for good, but I- feel like I've been takin' the baggage with me, can't let go, an addict for feelings, feelings of guilt, pride, feelin' like I can't- take in what I've done for myself, 'cause my family- keep takin' it away from me, and they- keep playin' the victim game with me, sayin'- it's just the way it is, you're just bein' angry- for no reason, we didn't do shit, just face it if only we could listen to each other, I thought we had two ears for a reason, want to make peace but nobody wanna pitch in, we all got guns drawn, nobody wanna ditch it, one wrong move and BANG, goes the rage, resentment, tension, confusion and hate that we had been incubatin' within ourselves, it was cold evidence in the existence of hell; maybe it's them, or maybe it's my head, if it ain't them, why am I so depressed? Obsessed with guns, obsessed with sad shit, obsessed with rap lyrics, trapped in a laborynth, could leave the city but it won't fuckin' leave me, could express feelings but no one believes me passive wishes for my life to be done, Toronto state of mind, call it forever Yonge [Chorus] I left the key under the rug but amidst all the debris beneath as I take every step back into the fountain of naivete oh, no, no, the city did raise me- and the memories I can't erase so I'm singing these tragic blues to remind me of my younger days Forever Yonge, Forever Yonge, Forever Yonge [Verse 2] I want to feel free to make my own choices, without feelin' like I don't deserve joy, I want to tell people that I did this shit for me, if only I could, uh wish drinking wasn't so much of a pastime, seen too much fucked up shit for the last time, too many people around me gettin' plastered, crashin', mastered the art o' baskin' in they own wrath, but I don't blame these motherfuckers, woulda done the same as these motherfuckers, wantin' nothin' more to numb the pain through- whatever method was available, so many to choose, I ain't sayin' that I wanna die, but I ain't sayin' that I wanna keep this life, this shit is indefinite, wishin' it was effortless to take myself down to forever-land si seulement vous pouviez voir à travers ces yeux put me on a one way plane, straight, no layover, first class, pay a grand for a champagne glass, from my savings, got the rest tucked in my bag, land in Basel, this happiness got my face full, another grand for a plateful o' this shit that taste good, tell my friends that I'm good, no need to worry, it's cool, I just wanna fuck up my bank 'cause cash to the afterlife I can't take before I get the doctor to shoot that shit straight into these veins, ay, lead the way, lead the way, I see the gates, yeah, to a home that I for so god damned long wish it existed, now I got this shit near to my fingertips, I could see the end, let's see what the future holds for us then, yeah, yeah

[Intro] I want to be good to you I wish you understood it too wish you knew you don't have to prove anything and that's the truth [Verse 1] I want to be good to you I wish you understood it too wish you knew, you don't have to prove anything and that's the truth I want to be good to you my wish for you is overdue I wish that I could trade shoes with you and help you see the view 'cause every chance you get, you crawl right back, and every hand that takes, you say they're all like that, you destroy only to never glance at what you built in time because perfection to you is inadequate and your mind is too quick to be adamant so you've become the very same thing you vilified [Chorus] I want to be good to you I wish you understood it too wish you knew, you don't have to prove anything and that's the truth I want to be good to you my wish for you is overdue I wish that I could trade shoes with you and help you see the view [Verse 2] I want to be right with you I want to be whole and true wish you knew the past is through, what really matters is the future I want to say that you grew and that your moment is comin' soon, but you gotta know you can't define you by what you used to do so you stay clingin' all of your life, you stay attached, it's tragic how so many people remain like that, livin' in constant pain, oh, I wanna ask you why because to an outsider, they won't ever grasp, the gravity of fragility, you shatter like glass, the empty sky is showered with a million lights never is there something that's so unmatched- to being a human, I'll never take that back, we're capable of advancements of the highest kind but what makes turnin' a blind eye so attractive, you enable a void darker than intergalactic, I ask, will you ever please let the bright light shine [Chorus] I want to be good to you I wish you understood it too wish you knew you don't have to prove anything and that's the truth I want to be good to you my wish for you is overdue I wish that I could trade shoes with you and help you see the view [Bridge] You're better than this, oh, can't you see? Maybe you'll finally realize eventually 'cause the alternative I can't even visualize now I'm asking you to put your mind at ease but you, instead, continue to summon your demons since when did you put before you such a shrine of lies? [Chorus] I want to be good to you I wish you understood it too wish you knew you don't have to prove anything and that's the truth I want to be good to you my wish for you is overdue I wish that I could trade shoes with you and help you see the view

[Verse 1] I'm a gook from Canada, fuck ya up with a nun-chuck, come uppercut ya like I'm Peter North, uh, loudest in the room so you can shut the fuck up, loudest in the booth, gender's a social construct, 'cause I put an X on my exes, and I ask, "why?" why do all these men act like a bunch o' tricks, huh? y'all a bunch o' kids, yah, sittin' at yo picnic, nitpickin' bout me when it ain't none yo business, I think I've become what I told myself I'll never be, gave up jealousy and developed a set of testes, that's why I never envy and bitches come and test me, well then, come and test me, but I know what you thinkin', you busy puttin' lickin' chinky dick on yo wish list, I slap you harder than McDavid or Ovechkin, got another L for ya, please go and fetch it, fuck up on outta here by makin' yo heels go click-click [Hook] Because it's lonely at the top in whatever I do, I always gotta watch motherfuckers around though,- delusion or proof, tell the difference seein' it through- life or death by how you take it as an omen or truth [Verse 2] I wish you a life more fucked up than a child today, addicted to their next dosage o' their Huawei, it's a highway to hell through they social media page, their stupid ass parents ain't got nothin' good to say; my competition is that very generation, so- has ta-la vista, <braap braap> you're terminated, all 'em motherfuckers who never gave me no time o' day always be that one bitch claimin' they can commentate but yo, 1992 I arrived enough pressure and shit gon' turn into a diamond, been at it for a decade, fanatic of the rapgame, spittin' only the truth, it's the reason I could back it, y'all mad 'cause none o' yall look in yo mirrors,- I ain't ever have pity when I see suckas bein' bitter, y'all spend all yo lives askin' why always me, 'cause y'all fuckin' scared to take responsibility [Hook] Because it's lonely at the top in whatever I do, I always gotta watch motherfuckers around though,- delusion or proof, tell the difference seein' it through- life or death by how you take it as an omen or truth [Outro] Wise words y'all should know, huh? The judge, jury, and the executioner Peace

[Intro] Yeah Where do I begin? Where am I start, I mean my mind's just been scattered all over the place these past couple of years tryin' to write all this shit down yo, I'mma just put down what my mind been wantin' to say, I guess [Verse 1] Every rapper's got a dream and that dream is to rap, in front of millions of fans and to gain respect, to say screw a 9-to-5 and become our own boss, but a lot o' times I just wish I settled for a day job- within the machine, writin' lyrics and tryin' to think makes me think too much 'bout my past and the "what ifs", 'bout how many times suicide's on my mind today, 'bout whether I'll ever have enough money to save, 'bout if I'll ever stop rappin' about Rachael, 'bout how many times I'll tell myself that "I hate you", 'bout if I'll get angry again over somethin' stupid, then I get faded and wishin' I had a pistol to pull with, at this point in this craft, it's my duty to rap, 'cause if I don't do that, thoughts turn into actions, and I'm scared actually of what my head would be plannin'- every time I ain't busy and makin' use of my hands [Chorus] in the darkest of corners you'll find these empty hands hold onto me before I pull off the scheme I've got planned let the ledges fall, the waves crawl into cracks beneath my ground before all lights are out and echoes without a sound [Verse 2] My grandma told me she lived all there is to live, so she say it's okay if she were to die today, and here I am, twenty-six and sayin' the same thing, where did I in this fucking life gather so much hate? I spent like eight years searching for some fuckin' answers too many hours alone tryin' to think but I ain't have shit, if you went back at what I rapped when I was twenty- and you compared it to what I write about in the present- there ain't no fuckin' difference - I keep sayin' I gotta change, that I ain't yet reached rock bottom so I'm not insane, but that approach just got me wishin' I fucked myself over, blame everything at myself and the people I know, blame Christianity, blame the kids who harrassed me, keep sayin' I got a shit set of cards handed to me- in the end it's only me who can get me out of this rut and not let a damn disease define me and my luck [Chorus] in the darkest of corners you'll find these empty hands hold onto me before I pull off the scheme I've got planned let the ledges fall, the waves crawl into cracks beneath my ground before all lights are out and echoes without a sound [Interlude] The weathervane spinnin' in the wind gathers no compass; Become God, the destroyer of worlds, feels the numbest; a trail to Paradise, the wrong place to rummage; truck full of closets filled with bones weighs too much tonnage [Bridge] 'cause if this is all there is it ain't no incentive to live I tried to change things but it ain't changed, it ain't shit <Just say it, say it, say it> I've done enough <Just say it, say it, say it> I wanna give up <Just say it, say it, say it> Can't get over this hump <Just say it, say it, say it> I keep fuckin' up <Just say it, say it, say it> Tell me I've done enough <Just say it, say it, say it> Tell me or I'll give up <Just say it, say it, say it> I just wanna run, run, run, run, <Just say it, say it, say it> run, run, run, run [Verse 3] Holdin' onto things that's long gone is my strength, so self-sabotagin' my future I go to great lengths, like thinkin' that a girl I left's gonna come back to me, as if everythin' I wish for is comin' after me, I stay locked in my house starin' at the calendar, maybe one day on the doormat she standin' there, until then, my eyes will fixate on that one vision, not knowing damn well all my own successes I'll be missin', my soul always been driftin' like all of my goals, and I ain't ever feel like I belonged in a home, for too long me and my family been postponing problems that's been recently tearin' us apart too often and I'm just startin' to realize this gravity 'cause I'm fuckin' sick of askin' the world, "what happened?" a captain gotta be a captivating man who never acts catastrophically in the tropic of mishap [Chorus] in the darkest of corners you'll find these empty hands hold onto me before I pull off the scheme I've got planned let the ledges fall, the waves crawl into cracks beneath my ground before all lights are out and echoes without a sound

[Intro] Yeah, Vertwo [Verse 1] Walk with me, down a stony corridor, my wardrobe covered as the sole hit the floor, down to a set of doors tucked in a subtle corner, tall, pretty blonde women greetin', askin' what'cha order, as the rain downpours - pause, just for the moment as they pour americanos into cups o' porcelain, across- the street, a lady undressin' her drawers past a thick silhouette o' fresh cloth in the window - yo, there ain't no point in stressin', when you sippin' on a French-pressed fresh beverage, with lyrics, wreckin records when my pen prints letters, over instrumentals that can break chicks' thick stilettos; so the rest of the world can remain bein' jealous, while I flip this mellow sample to a lean mean menace, while I see me one day make it with my day one fellas, yo, whenever that may be, there's really no tellin', yeah [Hook] At the end of my road, I see a bright place, it's a little far away, a lifetime away, but I'll find a way, I'm wide awake and everybody wants a taste of this vibrant haze and it may take ages, of facin' danger, and tastin' the rain, and facin' the pain x2 [Verse 2] Ayo, I'm out struttin' up de Lange Hezelstraat, at the Grote Markt, baskin' in the Dutch architecture I only spreek een beetje Nederlands, but I can make you weak in the knees with my own little language gringo appearance here lookin' bit outlandish, but with my poetic words I assure I can vanquish, yeah, any anxiety, any deep anguish, find tranquility in my lingo quilt blanket; a picture's worth a thousand words, but how many words is the horizon I'm viewin' worth? When it comes to lovin' a woman, there's never a dearth, of verbs to learn to make her twist and turn, and purr, yeah; I always yearn to return to Europe, where I heard there's a cure for my heart that hurts, we dig into our purses, we burn a lot of years, for assurance of a dream that we so much deserve, yeah [Hook] x2 [Outro] Yeah, Nijmegen, this a dream worth reachin'