Heatstroke (feat. Cunninlynguists)

I said the lights don't help these days

Chances are that if you're 10 rows back, I can't even see your face

I've been hidin in the only thing that ever made me safe

Long enough to make me addicted, turn it into my cage

Who the fuck wants to drink my wine?

Put the last drop on hold, honey, I don't think I'll make it in time

This whole game's got me fakin a smile

And tied down to the tracks I laid down tryna gain an extra mile

This is all of me, another thorn-stem apology

Writin in the heat of depression, dyin for harmony

Lost - til they find me with a bullet with the cross in it

Hung around my neck like somebody told me there's God in it

Yeah, I guess I got a problem with reality

And never look to Heaven when the devil in me flashes his teeth

That's the part of me I'm tryna change

And swing hard now, I'm breakin the chains

Now get away from me

I said the road's so hard and rough

Said I'm tryin not to lose my way

In a world so cold and tough

So disheveled that it digs my grave

What's holdin me down?

Down, down, down

Down, down, down

What's holdin me down?

Down, down, down

Down, down, down

From time to time

Like Bryan, I'm a shell of myself

If I was a weaker man, I'd put a shell in myself

Either ballin on a budget or fallin on a deficit

Plenty of self-worth with no means of investin it

The blessin's get few and far between, so I'm stressin shit

Lady Luck is celibate, she ain't fuckin wit me

Hidin behind a habit, starts to lookin mighty temptin

Hurtin behind a image, I ain't pimpin I'm just limpin

Tryna walk it off or walk it out

That's just what the south's about

Handlin adversity whenever I step out the house

Whether the weather sunny or nastier than sauerkraut

Every endeavor takes bits of faith until you left with doubt

No tears for fears, but I swear I won't shout

Kick, scream, and strain but that ain't gon change a thang

Big screen the game, you see but don't feel the pain

A junkie is a cripple but he won't show you the cane

I said the road's so hard and rough

Said I'm tryin not to lose my way

In a world so cold and tough

So disheveled that it digs my grave

What's holdin me down?

Down, down, down

Down, down, down

What's holdin me down?

Down, down, down

Down, down, down

I got this restlessness in me, and I don't understand

There's no measure to this man, but I keep sinkin in that sand

How will I ever be able to grow?

Feelin like the Last Dragon and I'm searchin for the glow

Days darker than the crow, fly when the sky's night

Can't get caught up in the lows, tryna keep my eyes white, but I smoke

Strive to do right like them flight brothas

And not just cuz them red and blue lights love us

I'm scared to live, not afraid of law

Shit, I ain't scared of niggas that ain't scared at all

But I am scared of fate, hope you hear my call

And ain't no crabs in that bucket, none will share my fall

I got shackles on my feet, hands bound to my chest

Convicted of bein a victim of self is my best

Just livin life tryna end up on Heaven's guestlist

Or living life, do what I fuckin feel til death

It's hard

I said the road's so hard and rough

Said I'm tryin not to lose my way

In a world so cold and tough

So disheveled that it digs my grave

What's holdin me down?

Down, down, down

Down, down, down

What's holdin me down?

Down, down, down

Down, down, down