
Date of issue: 24.09.2009
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Duck Down, Jamla
Song language: English
Maintain |
It’s the end of a day |
And I made it this far |
But what will tomorrow, bring for me-eeeee? |
Further than they ever thought |
I made it this far learnin what they never taught |
Fingers is permanently curved, they forever crossed |
The cloud said I’m not alone if I ever walk |
But it’s easy to fall victim, harder to brush it off |
When any dream you dreamed will probably run along |
Time flies when you starin at the stars |
But time dies when you clear away your heart |
And fuck seein facades, none of that is payin |
Neither is complainin, just thank God you made it |
But what if you didn’t make it? |
What if this whole time |
Everything that you made, was a product of closed eyes |
And by the time you wake, the time that you had prayed |
Will still be on your side, took the time to fly away |
And before you even get to reflect |
The minute hands is walkin and you missin your steps |
Huh, it’s ironic ain’t it? |
You could try to wait it |
But there ain’t enough colors for you to try to paint it |
So tryin to explain it to anyone’ll get 'em lost |
And points don’t exist if they don’t ever get across |
Mama said it’s up to me to keep the lights on |
I said «cool, long as God keep the mics on» |
I could speak the right song or sing the right poem |
And I could find a way to light home |
— 2X — w/ sample playing in background |
I maintain, I maintain, I maintain |
I just maintain |
I maintain, I maintain |
As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain |
The sacrificial lamb, the carrier of loads |
Who showed no pain 'til he was carryin 'em home |
Who showed no gain but if you added up his growth |
It would show, that it was off balance from the go |
And from the go, chance wasn’t nothin that he knew |
Nothin that he was given or nothin he could have blew |
And the road was too dark that he wanted to lead |
But he said he saw better when his son was asleep |
So he starts footsteppin and he saw another set |
On the right and then he saw another on the left |
And every night, he’s judgin off a coin toss |
Clearin the way so that nothin throw the coin off |
When a decision is decided, he’s either tryin to hide it |
Or lookin for somebody that he could ride with |
Slow breathin, goin for evens tryin to break the odds |
So close to a murder he could taste the charge |
But, people’s lives depended on what he scribes |
So now his pen move differently and in time |
The pad may fill but the pen’ll never drive |
So as long as there’s a wall, he could penmanship his mind |
It sort of like coppin |
You only get half of what you wanted when you asked but you can’t seem |
To stop it |
I told 'em it’s just the problems we face |
Sittin on a stoop, starin up at God everyday |
But I felt like I was talkin to someone who couldn’t hear me |
Until I looked up and I saw that the one near me |
Who was lookin for advice was in common |
I just wasn’t lookin at 'em right and his problems |
Was similar, too similar, way too familiar |
Lookin into his eyes, was lookin into a mirror |
Tryin not to break it, along with who I be |
Saw that the whole time I was arguin with me (*echo*) |
— 4X — w/ sample playing in background |
It’s the end of a day |
And I made it this far |
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