I've been here before I've been here before I've been here before I've been here before I've been here before I've been here before I've been here before I've been here before Late for everything, my face to the cement That's how I always seen it I spent days faded and anemic You could see it in my face, I ain't been eatin' I'm just wastin' away Look like the way that River Phoenix went gon' end up my fate And when they drag me out the gutter, mail the ashes to my mother Twist a spliff if I don't finish my plate Slip a fist up for my niggas in chains, my mental was caged See, I ain't been to prison but the feeling's the same Shared sentiment, when and if the pen hit the page As of late, I've been watchin' every bitch in my space Shit just lookin' different with age Try to make some sense of all this shit in my brain One foot stuck in a tar pit of my ways And if it's like that the whole time If it's like that the whole time, we'll be alright And if it's like that the whole time, we'll be alright Stayin' up all night, but it's alright And I been stayin' up the whole night, but it's alright It's me and my nibblin' conscience Nigga, I'm fixin' to give up I've been alone for the longest It's trouble, the way that we joggin' Nothin' gon' save us or stop us Me and my nibbling conscience Nigga, I'm fixin' to give up I've been alone for the longest This spliff, I ain't splittin' no time soon My brain split in two, it's rainin' a bit I hope it's a monsoon, my face in the sink I'm seein' my mom soon, I'm faded, I stink Stay gettin' in, alright... (Faded, I stink) I got my grandmama hands, I start to cry when I see 'em 'Cause they remind me of seein' her These the times that I need her the most 'cause I feel defeated And not by nothin', by myself, my second thoughts, my sec... (And not by nothin' but myself...) My hands, I start to cry when I see 'em 'Cause they remind me of seein' her These the times that I need her the most 'cause I feel defeated And not by nothin' but myself, my second thoughts My hectic process of thinkin' and all my doubts, and I think I know Nak in there sleepin', he on the couch, that's my brother Give me a boost when my confidence need it, so I love him To tell the truth, I got a problem with eatin', I be druggin' To tell the truth, I'm not supposed to be off in here I'm supposed to be sleepin', but I be turnin' and tossin' To tell the truth, I miss my partna dem To tell the truth, you can't be loud when you the wrongest, fam To tell the truth, I'm at a loss of friends But time waits for no man and death waits with cold hands I'm the youngest old man that ya know If ya soul intact, let me know