Red Eye

I'm like what happened to us, maybe I'm rappin too much

I been missin your touch, sometimes I'm out and I lust

What if love ain't enough, and all we have is this trust

What if I'm fucking that up, so you don't trust in me much

I'm wasting your time, to say I'm straight, I'd be lying

It's either you or this music but I can't make up my mind

I'd throw you a line, I'd give you a sign

Right now I'm through with the trying, I think you're ready to fly

I settle for less so when I'm tired of stress

I go through with the motions pretending I'm at my best

Fall victim to flesh, I live to be fresh

But this ain't what I expect because my life is a wreck

I run out of breath cause I ain't taking the steps

Money comes and it goes til family's all I got left

I'm seeing my growth, but I'm still from myself

You'll be hollering out next because you're ready to fly

I can't find the words so you'll just fill in the blanks

I'm doing the norm and not what it takes

I'll keep foldin my cards and you'll keep raising the stakes

Til we forget about us and what we have is too late

I know in your heart, you ain't conditioned to race

So I steady the wheel, forever pumpin' the breaks

Resort to the bottle, that's how I deal with the shakes

Pray for these haters, that's how I deal with the hate

Look to the sky, don't be content with the now

You ain't concerned with the why, you just wanna know how

I didn't give her the chance, when you just wanna be down

And save me from myself, but I'm wanting to drown

King is much more than the weight of a crown

As good as it feels, that ain't the way that it sounds

Being single is cool til ain't nobody around

Then I'm chasing you down, cause you was ready to fly

I can't be what you want me to be

You're shooting too high cause you ain't aiming at me

One minute you're calling out for the D

Then the next minute you wanna be free

Then the next minute you hollerin' out peace

Although I know it's a war and they'll be blood in the street

If you call don't be frustrated at me

Just leave you're heart at the beep, cause mine is harder to reach

Cause mine is harder to see

And that don't make it harder to cheat

Being friends would make it harder to breathe

So if you're ready to fly, just forget about me

But if you're willing to try then I'm willing to leap

Out of the window of pain and fall in love at your feet

I ain't the man you want me to be

I guess that's what's been bothering me