[intro : Cherele]
I washed ashore
I walked along the shore
I seen you
[Verse 1 : Cherele]
I'm a walking contradiction
Good diction mixed with addiction
Hope you talk less than you listen
Can you tell I've been keeping my distance?
Grandad's for my favorite fixing, of that fish and grits and
He was selling coke and pimpin' since I was in diapers pissin'
Can't you f**ing tell the difference?
My deliverance is without a hinderance
Walking through life trying to leave an imprint in an instant
View the World from an infant's point of view
Only ride for those who ride for you, well ain't that something true?
See the ride or die they glorify has exceptions to the rule
I'm from a small town where there ain't really much to do
And everybody seems to be a cousin to a n***a who will pack a tool
That go BAH BAH BAH you see we've grown accustomed to that violence
That silence, when everybody quits on wylin'
I'm tip-toein through the lion's den trying to find Zion
On an island by myself, castaway I'm world's apart
Used to be scared of the dark and now I spark these tranquil thoughts, I got it
An owner, man I'm such a social loner
Cut back on that marijuana, I'm just tryna get growner
Don't you know uh?
Remember that painful summer? When I acted like I ain't know nobody's number?
Introverted extrovert, guess my actions make ya wonder
But just know I'm trying to save my own self from going under
Not saying it's the right way, but it just works for me
Not saying money is everything, but I won't work for free
So let's make poetry, I hope you notice me
From these soliloquies, deliberately waking the beast
Ya see? She more like a designer purse
I'm more Eminem "Renegade" second verse
In a steel hurst, and it still hurts
Sometimes the sharpest daggers are real words
But what's a Queen without a King?
But one lesson that I learned? Timing's everything
[Bridge: Cherele]
Timing's everything (repeat x7)
[outro: Cherele]
Well, at least we have the rest of our lives to figure it out