Slow It Down

Alright

Right now

I'm in prison and I think I built my own cell

Prophets speak softly, homie, they don't yell

Only those that hear my music know my lower depths

The doer does, the knower rests

The scholar learns, the sage forgets

If I could wrap my head around it

Then I might get a shot

I get what I think about whether I like it or not

When things go wrong, life doesn't stop

I need to quit pollutin' my mind with sex and violence

The secret that I'm seekin' was left in silence

And my microphone is pointin' God's finger

I'm a saint disguised as a pop singer

Here's a fun fact

Most people leave their potential untapped

There will be more than camping gear to unpack

Sometimes, you gotta go there just to come back

Slow it down, I still got the feelin', baby

Slow it down, no more runnin' around

I say slow it down, I still got the feelin', baby

Slow it down, no more runnin' around

My foot hurts, I didn't get sleep

My dad died, my horoscope ain't in sync

I'm misunderstood and Twitter is ruthless

Uh oh, I think my problems are excuses

For not bein' who I know I am

I'm 31, there's no one left to hold my hand

Though I believe I got someone watchin' over me

I believe I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be

I believe that even when the road is bleak

That these obstacles were set up just for me

And family matters, I'm on some Urkel shit

Posner on a Primo beat, this some full circle shit

I believe no matter how high the hurdles get

I can flip this whole thing into an internal win

Life ain't meant to be a heavy thing

Met Ram Dass, he told me, "Just love everything"

Fall in Michigan, there's wisdom in my loose leaf

For the first time, I feel like the true me

Slow it down, I still got the feelin', baby

Slow it down, no more runnin' around

I say slow it down, I still got the feelin', baby

Slow it down, no more runnin' around

Some days, I can't get out of bed

Crippled by negative thoughts inside my head

Like why do I always stop before my limits?

And why am I only good at lovin' people from a distance?

Why and I so vain? Obsessed with fitness?

Why are the only people I'm around my assistants?

But wait, the last time I felt this way

I bucked up, kept goin' and got my shit straight

Diddy told me go with my heart

So my focus is art, not where I go on the chart

The divine light in me loves to glow in the dark

If my life was a movie, we'd be approachin' the part

Where the hero wins and learns don't

Chase what you already got and returns home

Those who say don't know, those who know don't say

I'm done walking with the herd, it's time I go my own way

Slow it down, I still got the feelin', baby

Slow it down, no more runnin' around

I say slow it down, yeah, I still got the feelin', baby

Slow it down, no more runnin' around, yeah