Little Simz - Little Q, Pt. 2 lyrics

Grew up in the south side of that river Thames Hard to think outside the box when you're stuck in the ends I had dreams of many things as youngen I was 14 when the streets offered tough loving Older brother went to jail, daddy weren't around No choice now but to be the man of the house If you're talking role models, nowhere to be seen You can't fathom what I think till you've been where I've been PTSD from the roads, trouble was everywhere that I looked Hard to avoid it, even if I just kept my head in my books There ain't no easy way out Drowning internally When you're stuck in a ocean of doubt With all this uncertainty Lived being angry my whole life like it's part of my DNA I couldn't tell you why I became something that we embraced Then we take that same anger and turn it into someone else's pain Nothing's changed here, the cycle still remains Mama told me my sun will shine We don't decide Everything in God's time And when mama told me, I prayed to God To walk with me, my journey's begun See, my mama told me my sun will shine We don't decide Everything in God's time And when mama told me, I knew that I Was strong inside But we all cry sometimes sh*t changed when I had a brief encounter with death Thought the pearly gates opened when that knife was in my chest Not the mental scars, the scars physical's all you see But the boy that stabbed me is just as damaged as me I could've been the reflection that he hated The part of him he wishes God did not waste time creating The broken homes in which were coming from, but who's the blame when You're dealt the same cards from the system your enslaved in It's fu*king mayhem Imagine being in the hospital, wired up to the machines They told me I had been in a coma for two weeks But time is an illusion My mind told me I'm invincible But my body reminded me I'm human When you're so close to the heavens, God shows you who's there Nowhere to be seen are the people who said they care This must've been written for people who came to read it 'Cause life gave me a second chance and many never see it Q We eat from a tree full of forbidden fruits Not about what you see but what lives in the root We eat from a tree full of forbidden fruits We all know real criminals live in the suit Like the sun in the sky Spread your wings, fly We're going high We all know real criminals live in the suit Like the sun in the sky Spread your wings, fly We're going high Like the sun in the sky Spread your wings, fly We're going high Like the sun in the sky Spread your wings, fly We're going high Spread your wings and fly, fly