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Expectations Lyrics by JL

Brain Scatter 2

2014

[Verse 1: JL]
Yo, I've been a starving artist for years
The arguments we've had have over it have brought me to tears
I know part of it is I could of had a hundred careers
Put the same amount of time in and then made us all millionaires
Know it scares my momma that Imma fail
Tell her my talents are rare and I done plotted a trail
Want me to have kids but I won't be in JL
And the face disappears up under the wedding veil
No trace of faith at the crossroads
Complaints from a blank face that I'm not so hot so I'm hostile
In any case I'm a lost soul, chasing the dream in tears and runny nostril
Basically I'm weird look what me got though
Skills but if that pay bills be in a yacht float-
-ing off the coast how I feel riddle me not
Everything stop you give me another shot

[Chorus: Bre The 1st Lady]
[?]
You're just a little bit too good for me
And I can't live up to these expectations for me

[Verse 2: JL]
All ya'll come to me to be the strong one
Imma say this past year done been a long one
I done stayed on my path another song sung
Gotta pray all I ask forgive the wrong done
The outcome has all got to fall apart
I'm out, done, I fall with a broken heart
Like how come it's always cold and dark
I done sacrificed it all for this spoken art
Everybody telling me it's coming though
My reality has been telling me I should let it go
Is there hell at the dead end I'm heading fo'
Hell I wouldn't be surprised if my head explode
Attempt to write up another classic
Like a pimp telling me do it or get my ass kicked
I'm convinced failing is truly a lack of passion
And I'll admit I was distracted in the traffic

[Chorus: Bre The 1st Lady]
[?]
You're just a little bit too good for me
And I can't live up to these expectations for me

[Verse 3: JL]
Feeling like I can hang with the best of them
I spit it you ain't feel it shit it was like the death of them
Knocked off of the high horse got to confess I'm in
A downward spiral misfortunate estimate
Stress weighing heavy upon my chest
I'm praying, no playing shit is a mess
I was hiding out at the pain get this address
I ain't lying tried that opportunity missed
Getting fucked up so many reasons that I'm blessed
Knowing that you only collaborate with the best
Won't elaborate but I thought I had it I guess
That I ain't as good in comparison to the rest
I'm sinking, who do I gotta kill
Got me thinking maybe I wasn't ready keeping it real
Maybe I don't have what it takes to get a deal
Mistakes got me ill
I gotta chill

[Chorus: Bre The 1st Lady]
[?]
You're just a little bit too good for me
And I can't live up to these expectations for me
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JL

JL

About “Expectations” by JL

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"Expectations" is credited to JL. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Expectations" appears on "Brain Scatter 2" in 2014.

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