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Backseat

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Backseat

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Oh

All my life been a black sheep

All my life been the black keys

True I never really was a bad breed

Daddy probably rather me an athlete

Man that nia move like a taxi

All my life in the backseat

Talk about life is it that sweet?

All those eyes staring at me

I've been feeling real low nia, lowkey, lowkey

How I break heart, feel a soul weep, soul weep

Tattoos on my passport, no sleep

This is what you asked for don't weep

Don't winge, man I'm here and I won't leave

All I wanna do, make songs, blow trees

Wouldn't be honest with myself if I don't speak

So I make the point to address em and you know me

Got me believing in Buddha the more I proceed

Oh this life isn't guaranteed

All my life felt a cold breeze

And now we staying up and never down, you hearing me now?

Give me some time and a little space, I'll figure it out

They wanna know my whereabouts, and who I'm around

Been in wonderland for time tryna find our way out

You can hear it my rhymes, I'll be thinking aloud

I'ma be a ghost for a minute don't get in your feelings

Man I got a life that is crazy most cannot live it

See I'm tryna sabotage me, got me fking living

All my life been a black sheep

All my life been the black keys

True I never really was a bad breed

Daddy probably rather me an athlete

Man that nia move like a taxi

All my life in the backseat

Talk about life is it that sweet?

All those eyes staring at me

Phone rings and I missed everyone

Telefone tocando e eu perdi todas as chamadas

All I hear em saying is, what you become

Tudo que eu escuto é: Olha o que você se tornou

This is what you signed up for, you forget

This is what you get, this is what you get

All these eyes in the front row, hella pure souls in the front row

Remember seeing J Cole I was in the front row

Couldn't move, was in awe if you must know

Still struggling to find who I trust though

All my life in the cut though

All my life caught the bus home, through the north side

Then I got a pedal bike, momma flipped when I got home

Like people get killed out here but mummy I'm a rider and a fighter

Never been a dkhead in life, never try me

Nunca fui uma babaca na vida, não me provoque

Don't get it confused cause I'm humble and I'm quiet

Loud nias step into Simz and get silenced

I ain't gotta say how and it don't involve violence

Though I got Gs that are already in the hair for it

But there's no need, I just want peace

Take me higher, get an eight from the supplier

Make your mind up, what you mean? What you desire?

Nias hating but it's cool man, it's a minor

I just do me on my own and I'm the driver

Twenty-three feeling older and I'm wiser

All my life search for what I'd die for

Guess I'm the one, the people I'ma fight for

Surely you should know regret, who your ride for

All my life been a black sheep

All my life been the black keys

True I never really was a bad breed

Daddy probably rather me an athlete

Man that nia move like a taxi

All my life in the backseat

Talk about life is it that sweet?

All those eyes staring at me

Phone rings and I missed everyone

All I hear em saying is, what you become

This is what you signed up for, you forget

This is what you get, this is what you get

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