[Intro]
I remember from a while ago
I always never let it show
My dreams got silly, while you all were busy
And you were helpin settin up the show
I remember from a while ago
When I thought all that glitters is gold
The ice burns cold, like it's melting on the shoulder
Wherever I'm at, I'll be there there until it's over, so I
[Verse 1]
Waste away the day, that I coulda had a light shone on my face
But to darkness, I been more prone
To dodge bein, ever outside in the street
Concrete jungle but it's so unnatural to me
I take a seat, cause I know I wouldn't be quick on my feet
The runner turns obsolete
He watches the new kids compete to cross the line
And can't help but feel complete, he had a prime
Where he had the best times, the hottest flick of rhyme
The best chick at prom, had the world in his palm
Now he feels so wrong, cause he can never get it back
Repeatedly repents not takin care of his plaques
The only map he had was lookin at the stars
The dream died when he couldn't jump over the bars
He's never catchin his breath, and never checkin the time
This VN shit don't fit to the Nas state of mind
[Chorus]
Yeah
Write a milli words and always take pay
Never say that you won't do it today
Cause time won't wait up until it's over your grave
A-yo
See the future when you're in a hazed state
When you look up to the lives that you laid
There's time for you to be late when it's over your
When you're under your grave
[Verse 2]
Yeah, you know I wish I really knew at all what I was doin
Just like the homies, I been tryna keep the flow still movin
Pursuin the leader type, playin to my phenotype
Gettin dazed in a hype, choose a single job you like
But I don't even know how I'm fuckin gettin through school
So I just play it cool, sit and study my generals
Misdemeanors of youth give me something to prove
I could never be so sickly as and so shrewd as my previous self
It's not me, I never needed help with gettin over it
I did it all myself
I tore them hinges off and I put em on the fuckboy's shelf
Yeah, and guess who everybody used to doubt
It's me, my honesty's brutal
Do you understand that being against me is futile
As a feudal empire in the face of my desires
I'll fight until the day I'm more than sparks out of the lighter
[Chorus]
Write a milli words and always take pay
Never say that you won't do it today
Cause time won't wait up until it's over your grave
A-yo
See the future when you're in a hazed state
When you look up to the lives that you laid
There's time for you to be late when it's over your
When you're under your grave
[Verse 3]
Yeah
There's a time and place for everything
Do you believe in destiny, or do you think it's fate?
That we can perish as the human race
That we decay and get created in the same way
Is it just pure coincidence?
Or do we go past the limits and condone a sin?
We're all leavin someday, be the body or soul
We're shootin into space, either in parts or in whole
Showtime
[Chorus]
Write a milli words and always take pay
Never say that you won't do it today
Cause time won't wait up until it's over your grave
A-yo
See the future when you're in a hazed state
When you look up to the lives that you laid
There's time for you to be late when it's over your
When you're under your grave
When you're under your grave
[Outro]
Adjustin the exposure, to paint a perfect picture
Before it becomes too late, yeah
I just need some closure
Ain't no turnin back for me, I'm in it till it's over
In it till it's over my grave
