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Slow Down Lyrics by Upper West

West Side Stories

2012

[Verse 1]
Why we livin' in fast forward if all our time is limited?
You take for granted, I’m just grateful to be given it
Live fast, die young with your syndicate
'Till this life is done I’m just happy to be livin' it
I mean I take it slow, so we could soak it in
'Cause when I reach that door I know it will be opening
Then we goin' in, confidence my only friend
If you think I’m rushin' then you really just don’t know me then
Speaking of rushin', now I wanna slow it down
I live up In the moment so embolded by the sound
Of people talking nothing
I’m walkin', they pass me runnin'
Stay chillin lookin' for something I could use to kill discussion
Talkin' bout this and them, gossip never listening
My life is a melody, I block out all the dissonance
'Cause money's certain to equal time
So when life is going fast I vertical equal sign
Pause
[Hook]
If I could slow down time this life won’t pass me by
If I could click rewind I know I’d be just fine
My love, please believe me, hit delay and take it easy
I know I need to just slow down, down, down
Slow down
[Verse 2]
My whole life’s just been a couple minutes
Years gone in a second, then an hour it is finished
Doing what I can, tryna stop the room from spinnin’
Just because you finish first doesn’t always mean you winnin’
I looked around and I’m slippin’ in like banana peels
Runnin’ gets you nothing so I jump up off the hamster wheel
Got a plan to chill, yeah man, for real
Wish the hands on the clock started standing still
But while I see all my people celebrating
I try to make it count that’s why I’m deaccelerating
So I pumped the brakes and I upped the stakes
Personally, I don’t really wanna trust the race
'Cause you lose sight of all that’s important to you
People and places that matter start lookin foreign to you
And so I live tryna pacify
'Cause I don’t want this life to pass me by
[Hook]
If I could slow down time this life won’t pass me by
If I could click rewind I know I’d be just fine
My love, please believe me, hit delay and take it easy
I know I need to just slow down, down, down
Slow down
[Verse 3]
Every time I close my eyes the world spins ten times round
So I’m tryna answer why can’t I just slow time down?
Every single breath I take, man, I’m bout to suffocate
I've been so stressed of late I can’t even control my pace
So tell me where to go next
It doesn’t matter if you livin' by a Rolex
'Cause the hands in the middle still exist
The same as every other type of brand on a wrist
So I’m tryna manipulate the tempo
Then I stipulate to fast and slow
Yo, put me on delay
One day, eventually, I will find a way
[Hook]
If I could slow down time this life won’t pass me by
If I could click rewind I know I’d be just fine
My love, please believe me, hit delay and take it easy
I know I need to just slow down, down, down
Slow down
Credits
Upper West

Upper West

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"Slow Down" appears on "West Side Stories" in 2012.

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