Piece of Mind 4-Witt Lowry

[00:16.37]Yeah [00:18.04]I hate it when you're here but you're not here [00:19.78]Hate it when your friends turn to old peers [00:21.73]Hate it when you talk but you don't hear [00:23.53]Hate it when your energy feels weird [00:25.48]Last time I think I laughed, it was last year [00:27.21]Made more money last month than the past year [00:29.06]When everything feels fake, only facts here [00:31.00]I remember working back as a cashier, simpler times [00:33.54]Now it's been three weeks, still the page is empty [00:35.44]They hang on every word I ******' say [00:37.16]While I appreciate you, wait for my perspective [00:39.03]Gotta keep it real, there's somethin' else in play [00:40.85]Somethin' I can't explain, yeah [00:42.63]Like the lyrics I find in my mind were put in my brain, damn [00:46.46]Is it really that deep? Maybe it's me [00:49.09]Then one day, I came across what the Romans believed [00:51.38]And even the Greek [00:52.31]You see, they believe we create from our Genii [00:54.37]It's not in our genes, that got me to think [00:56.05]'Bout rappers who claim that they're more than just human [00:57.93]Promote what they pour in their drink [00:59.38]Was makin' me think, I needed a substance to create [01:01.71]With somethin' that wasn't in me [01:03.09]But pardon me, please [01:04.07]**** all that nonsense [01:05.11]I believe that my music is bigger than me [01:07.18]If I'm bein' honest [01:08.45]And I think that it's lame for an artist [01:10.74]To claim they're a god or a goddess [01:12.48]Because that type of thinkin' is silently killing off all of our artists [01:16.19]While the industry profit, fillin' their wallets, damn [01:18.91]Feel like I'm on a hamster wheel [01:22.80]While I focus on makin' the music [01:24.85]You don't need your hands to feel [01:26.55]Is it fair when we follow our passion [01:28.43]We barely can land a meal? [01:30.36]In an industry where they can take [01:32.02]They don't need hands to steal! [01:33.64]They told me, "Go get a degree!" [01:34.87]Was stupid for followin' dreams [01:36.34]Your job was to push me to think [01:37.70]Instead you're just hurdling sheep [01:39.15]I spill out my soul into ink [01:40.54]I told 'em I need to pursue what I love [01:42.42]If not, then I'm makin' this money for what? [01:44.27]Buy **** from a brand led by someone that does [01:46.10]I needed to find out who I really was, now… [01:48.96]They would never get it [01:50.64]Said I couldn't do it, so they were shook when I did it [01:52.45]They never could see the vision, they never wanted me winnin' [01:54.15]I never need an opinion, I never was one to fit it [01:55.75]Too fast to follow along, then I'll bring it back in a minute [01:57.91]I take the beat for a trip and I'll bring it back when I'm finished [01:59.80]I see my room as a womb, and I build and grow while I'm in it [02:01.72]I'm livin', but am I livin'? I can't even tell the difference [02:06.21]Since the last four lines, it's been about one week [02:09.20]Anxiety hit me real hard, and I think [02:11.09]I've been sacrificin' my own mental to prove [02:12.91]The potential in me with the music they seek [02:14.80]'Cause the more that I'm makin', the more that they need [02:16.63]The more that I'm open, the more that I bleed [02:18.44]The more that they're lyin', the less I believe [02:20.35]The more that I please 'em, the less that I'm me [02:22.31]I been back and forth, daily [02:23.65]Am I even making art, or did the art make me? [02:26.00]No wonder why I'm feelin' lost lately [02:27.73]Do they hate the art, or do they really hate me? [02:29.65]They're so negative on the daily [02:31.44]But I don't need your help, to me I'm twice as mean [02:33.46]Yeah, I'm twice as mean, it's seemin' like your dream [02:35.30]Is really only takin' shots at my self-esteem, mo'******! [02:38.03]You question why you should care [02:39.25]Like, "This don't affect what I do" [02:40.57]But maybe, just maybe, if you change your thinkin' [02:42.75]Then you would find you'd start believin' in you [02:44.23]You see, as a human, you're made to create [02:46.09]Not just sit at a desk with some paper and glue [02:48.05]And maybe, just maybe, we do have a genius [02:49.96]So all of the blame and the praise is for two, damn [03:07.38]So, who am I when the world tells me who I should be? [03:10.82]Look around, you'll see ideas are essential as air and sleep [03:14.84]Everything you see, it came from the mind of a human being [03:18.37]That's mind-blowin', you're not your mistakes or the fears you think [03:22.14]And I think, I need to pray and take care of myself more [03:26.04]Deep hidden in my mind's where you'll find Piece of Mind 4