Back Around (feat. Karizz & BROTHERMAN)

Back around, yeah, back around, uh

Back around, yeah, back around, uh

Back around, yeah, back around, uh

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around

My caravan is carrying too much

I want a smooth ride but I had to bring my stuff

There's baggage in the truck, it rattles and it thumps

And damage can be done when I happen to hit a bump

My dad was flipping tough

Intransigent as "uh"

Even on shaky ground, he would stand and didn't budge

Guess that's the way he felt

He had to bring me up

In a world where black people are stuck

And maybe that was fair enough

But in the spreading of the wings, when I hit my teens

Me and my dad, we hit a rut

Because I was never African enough

Or masculine enough

Too saccharine and such

Now I don't wanna sound as if I'm carrying a grudge

'Cause that's the way it was

And I have to give it up

But now I'm angry at my son

For using daddy as a crutch

Ironically, because it's me who's slipping up

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around

The butterfly effect

Sometimes the consequences are not what I expect

A riptide from a ripple, a torrent from a trickle

It all builds up from tiny steps

Yep, so it's a must that I connect with my signets

Before they up and fly the nest

I was an ugly duckling I confess

Became a black swan, but what was my bequest?

Underlying stress, no wonder I'm a mess

The voice of my forbears stuck inside my head

It undermines my best intentions

It gets intense and that's the cause and the cost of my success

There's stuff that I regret

But can I correct?

What can I do? Nothing I suspect

Except, make the memories a muscle I can flex

Turn a curse to gift, it's on us to try our best

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around

Somehow it all

All comes back

Back around

Around and around