Feed the Flame

I was running from myself for years Now it's for me Thought that if I wrote all down They'd ignore me If I said it all out loud And they saw me I swore they'd never applaud me I'd never finish the story But it's funny how the fire feeds the flame After all these years, weeks, minutes, days I'm still hungry Funny how everything can change And what was once your greatness weakness Suddenly becomes your strongest chain I'm still hungry Like the kid who musta' ate a whole box of special K Growing pains had him in a state with the origins At 14 had to become a man If it was ok Mum said, Is it ok if I go? Yeah In these days and weeks I feel the change sweep From each place we been the time fades in leaps And my self belief is still grace for me With each year that passes you ain't raising me I feel the pain deep It ain't wane for me Put it all on wax And hope it all unpacks And though our time feels brief There's nobody that could bring you back That's why I can't let a good thing go bad That's why I wish that you could see me and just that I know that if you saw your kids you would be glad And if we talking bout growth you should see Dad Even got his own pad now he's moved down South Now it's all about fam I ain't talking bout wealth We ain't had a bad hand just the cards got dealt Know that everything I do it ain't by myself (self, self) I was running from myself for years Now it's for me Thought that if I wrote all down They'd ignore me If I said it all out loud And they saw me I swore they'd never applaud me I'd never finish the story But it's funny how the fire feeds the flame After all these years, weeks, minutes, days I'm still hungry Funny how everything can change And what was once your greatness weakness Suddenly becomes your strongest chain (chain, chain) I wear your heart on my sleeve In the form of a bracelet Take it all for free And give it all as payment I was running from myself for years Now it's for me Thought that if I wrote all down They'd ignore me If I said it all out loud And they saw me I swore they'd never applaud me I'd never finish the story