(Verse 1: Mac Miller) (?) Is hard to swallow I met her at a car show somewhere in Colorado With an act that’s hard to follow, she an astronaut Been at practice at my house I had a large garage She take the trolley to the coffee shop around the corner behind the clinic Had an espresso shot and one Virginia Slim All she could think about was him, how he’s been and if he’s seeing someone Haven’t heard much from him since he joined the marching band Selling their lungs, Percocets, and popping uppers Her heart would stutter, thoughts were often cluttered, raindrops on the gutter Her ugly rubber duckling, sinking while the bath drain Tell her doctor she need Vicodin, it’s for her back pain Took a nap on the last train, her mind’s in the ashtray She can’t unlock her conscience left her keys with the valet Bad day marathon, can’t change the channel Hard to arrange what’s scrambled (Hook) Can you sing me a troubled man’s lullaby Save the fairy tale (?) for another time Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
Can you sing me a troubled man’s lullaby Save the fairy tale (?) for another time Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep (Verse 2: Retch) It was n***as everywhere, it was lookin’ like a plan Take the fix, started bucking, it was buckin’ by the fan Little kids started crying, I seen a n***a trip and fell It was me and bro just dumping, n***a all you seen was shells When he tried to hop the fence, he was running towards the (?) Bullets whizzing past his dome, he was thuggin’ by the tree Another n***a he was fly, (?) play But them n***as they was fools, so he got run up in his bed I seen he got away, but it was quiet for his mans I seen bro get shot, it hit his head in a jam He pulled his 40 back, co*ked the sh** and kept clammin’ Had this smile on his face, caught excitement from the panic Could of swore it was a game, he was shootin’ like it’s Xbox Darkskin, skinny a** n***a, with the dreadlocks (?) Bodies lyin’ twitchin’ Hit the trunk and got low, heard them sirens in the distance… Turn and go