METANOIA.

[Intro]
Da-daaah-da
Da-daaah-da

[Pre-Hook]
Another body found, and I'm saying no way (Way)
The verdict's not guilty, so I'm saying no way (Way)
Tried to keep us down, and I'm saying no way
Lighters high for the memories made

[Hook]
When it's down then it's down, don't you call on me
When I'm lost, you ain't found, so it's all on me
Cause you done brought your baggage round, and it falls on me
Don't even bother trying to crawl home, please
Uh-uh

[Refrain]
Now everybody get your hands up high
If you don't give a *beep*, put your hands up high
If you're looking for love, put your hands up high (What)
Hands up high (What)
Hands up high

[Verse 1]
Homies since elementary, bitter enemies, how?
You ain't who you pretend to be, dismissive of my every single amenity now
But I know the real you
You used to say what keeps you alive can also kill you, and running away won't heal you
Your own advice you oughta take
You seem to forget it was me that had coldest system on the block, was making houses shake
Imagine turning your back on the hood that created you
Swimming in this flask for good measure, we celebrated you
First of us to make it to college, but should've known you'd turn into a snake
On a high horse, disguising ego as knowledge
You was my mans, I'm trying to make you understand
I know you met your girl in college, but I done got you out of jams
So I'm confused on why you're trying to dip
You're talking bout a better life like you can't find it here
As if we're less than you or something
Clear as day that people change, but you, I can't believe
I never thought my bro would stay alive yet be dead to me

[Pre-Hook]
More parents crying, and I'm saying no way
Another brother, sister dying, so I'm saying no way
They left them face down, and I'm saying no way
Lighters high for the memories made

[Hook]
When it's down then it's down, don't you call on me
When I'm lost, you ain't found, so it's all on me
Cause you done brought your baggage round, and it falls on me
Don't even bother trying to crawl home, please
Uh-uh

[Refrain]
Now everybody get your hands up high
If you don't give a *beep*, put your hands up high
If you're looking for love, put your hands up high (What)
Hands up high (What)
Hands up high

[Verse 2]
Trusting the tongue of people with bitter hearts is a cold game
Ran my lil' name through the swamp cause I wanted better
But all of your changes are on the front page, showing what the streets did to you
You're burning sage, knowing deep down that it won't get rid of you
Hard to forgive yourself for being your child's first heartbreak due to addiction
But hushing until you heal just might help
You're burning bridges fore you cross them
Deal with losses by making more filled coffins
Same system you flaunting, what did it cost you?
A chance to leave the hood, but oh, you live and breathe the hood
Bro, that's exhausting
Are the corpses in your wallet worth the skeletons in your closet?
Keeping the grass cut won't make your vision clearer
Cause if you're watching for a snake, then look no further than the mirror
You were my dawg, but if I'm dead to you for wanting better for me
Like I ain't raise the money for lawyers to keep you free, you've must've lost it
Trying to twist the story to fit your POV is wild, we're grown men
I grew up, you got older, but maturity, you fought it
Uh huh

[Pre-Hook]
Another body found, and I'm saying no way
You just left your crown behind, and I'm saying no way
You brought yourself down, and I'm saying no way
Lighters high for the memories made

[Hook]
When it's down then it's down, don't you call on me
When I'm lost, you ain't found, so it's all on me
Cause you done brought your baggage round, and it falls on me
Don't even bother trying to crawl home, please
Uh-uh

[Refrain]
Now everybody get your hands up high
If you don't give a *beep*, put your hands up high
If you're looking for love, put your hands up high (What)
Hands up high (What)
Hands up high

[Outro]
Mad love, but I can't save everybody
Embracing positive changes but can't make everybody
Odyssey I'm on, guess I can't take everybody
Lighters high because losses ain't break everybody

Mad love, but I can't save everybody
Embracing positive changes but can't make everybody
Odyssey I'm on, guess I can't take everybody
Lighters high because losses ain't break everybody
I'm praying for you