
Date of issue: 23.09.2019
Song language: English
Peace of Mind |
I haven’t seen that look in such a long time |
I’ve yet to feel what could be called peace of mind |
Uh. |
One, two, and uh. |
One, two, and uh. |
Yo. |
All those shorties around my way, |
I see y’all. |
Do y’all thang, do y’all thang, come on. |
Ah. |
Uh. |
Come on. |
Ah. |
Do y’all thang, do y’all thang, come on. |
Ah. |
Yeah. |
Let me run it down. |
Yo, yo |
Sitting on a stoop, watching chickens fly the coup |
People troop through the night in groups. |
I got dice to shoot |
Way too late to see this youth hanging on the ave |
Plus my little man’s mama just told me he skipped the class |
He on the corner smoking a stog', looking broke in the blow |
He opened his soul, said he came to a fork in the road. |
«Son |
I’ve never seen that look in your eye. |
What’s wrong, kid?» |
He replied |
«What they’re teaching me in school ain’t helping me to live |
It ain’t relevant to me. |
Word is bond, the class |
Is so overcrowded, they don’t even notice when I’m gone» |
«Hold on, shorty. |
You’re speeding. |
Take what they got you reading |
Apply it to your life and give it your own meaning |
There’s nothing out here for you, so stop running from school |
You’ll only defeat yourself—that's what they want you to do. |
It’s that |
Simple» is what I told him. |
«No one’ll hold your hand |
Count your blessings—not your problems—and stay focused, man» |
I haven’t seen that look in such a long time |
I’ve yet to feel what could be called peace of mind |
«What's up |
Keeba? |
I heard you’re moving down south to |
Atlanta to be with your family. |
That’s what it’s about, right? |
Selling your house and quitting your job, not |
Wishing on a star. |
Just getting with God. |
I’m missing |
You hard already (Word). |
You used to be hooking us up, cooking |
For us. |
It was love. |
You was Brooklyn to us |
I’ll remember the tragic loss of the baby’s father |
Being eight-months pregnant was hard—that made it crazy harder |
Plus I know he loved you, and you felt like you would lose it |
That’s why it’s good you start again and focus on your music |
I got your back on a plane that’s two hours away, and it’s like |
Going to Queens and taking the A. Today |
You sound stressed out. |
I know you’re ready to lead, ready |
To be free and keep a home steady for your seeds, but you’re |
There already. |
If you thought it, it could happen |
The hands God works with his hours. |
You took action» |
Holler. |
Yeah. |
I haven’t seen ya, haven’t seen ya. |
Uh. |
What? |
Come on. |
Come on and, come on and. |
Brooklyn, y’all. |
Yeah. |
Yeah, yeah. |
Yeah |
I haven’t seen that look in such a long time |
I’ve yet to feel what could be called peace of mind |
Stay focused, man. |
Stay focused, uh |
Stay focused, man. |
Stay focused, true |
Stay focused, man. |
Stay focused, uh |
Stay focused, man. |
Stay focused, uh |
Big Tobacco targets your children. |
Ghetto youth marked |
For killing, buildings fallings. |
We’re just starting the healing |
Light up the truth, make a spark in the dark that’s so appealing that it |
Gives sight to the blind and sound to the hard-of-hearing |
We’re all looking for the truth. |
Now look in your eyes for proof |
Or recognize no time to lie to the youth, so I slide |
In the booth and provide you the soup for your soul, food |
For your whole body when you feel you’re losing control |
To some corporation, TV station, or occupation, another |
Foreign value system that kill your sensation. |
Feel the |
Elation of knowing life—you got a lot to live |
Stay true and focus on the positive. |
Come on |
I haven’t seen that look in such a long time |
I’ve yet to feel what could be called peace of mind |
See, that’s what I’m talking about. |
I haven’t seen it. |
I haven’t seen it. |
Uh. |
Peace of mind. |
I haven’t seen it, I haven’t seen it. |
Peace of mind |
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