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KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Adam Locke
Songwriter:in
Lyrics
Stick to my mantra
Ride or die
Holdin the line
Yeah
Cause I felt it tho
Hopelessness like I'm on a boat
Stranded at sea in every direction ain't no hope
So I just rowed
Blind optimism ain't worth shit
But seeing the light ain't bad I suppose
Cause this system damn near took everything I held dear
For production
And dough
Contrast my heart
With all my sins
And all the dim blights
Had to cauterize to win
To pay the piper
Had to hear out the viper
Had to take a break
An take a load that's lighter
Had to heal some pain
And see my friends again
An know the difference in
Failing an
To start again
You gotta acknowledge pain
You gotta accept the privilege
And trot thru rain
You gotta change your worldview
Forgive the old you
You got days before you
An you got hate before you
People gon talk let em talk
Swimmin in the mainstream wit a rock round they ankles
Just as broke as you
Livin in pursuit
Of a dream everyone livin in
But you
Almost like a genjustu
Almost like a matrix
Almost like to face it
You gotta turn and learn the basics
Almost like this country racist
Almost like we automated
Almost like we always faded
Almost like we thoughts invaded
Almost like we
Nah I ain't gotta keep goin y'all already know the rest
America was never great
Stick to my mantra
Ride or die
Holdin the line
Yeah
Cause I felt it tho
Hopelessness like I'm on a boat
Stranded at sea in every direction ain't no hope
So I just rowed
Blind optimism ain't worth shit
But seeing the light ain't bad I suppose
Our vision is a world
In which
Many worlds exist
It's almost like a risk I take
But I made my pact
Imma stay all black
Imma hold my spot
Imma pay y'all back
Stuck in the same class
Just to gain a raise that
Don't make me better
An I really had to face that
I was raised on the type of venom
Either be a winner or get lost
No son of mine would ever get it
Couldn't stay a center
Nor return to the to my inventor
It was always all my fault
So robotic
Call me bender
More of a property
Had to change weather
Pouring down every day
But slowly I got better
Can't break my spirit you're colonizer beat it
Your race just isn't real
Whats white
It's You defeated
You a red flag sir
You were there last year
You were poor last year
An here you are poor
Again huh
Our vision is a world
In which
Many worlds exist
It's almost like a risk I take
But I made my pact
Imma stay all black
Imma hold my spot
Imma pay y'all back
Stuck in the same class
Just to gain a raise that
Don't make me better
An I really had to face that
I was raised on the type of venom
Either be a winner or get lost
No son of mine would ever get it
Written by: Adam Locke
