Healer
Healing Waters: Mick Jenkins and Jean Deaux's Poetic Journey of Self-Discovery
Lyrics
My piss ain't never been so clear, my pockets never been so empty
Expressing clarity in personal health but financial emptiness.
My heart ain't never been this full
Despite material lack, the speaker's heart is emotionally fulfilled.
But my stomach is not so my nigga don't tempt me
Hungry and tempted, but cautioning against it due to an empty stomach.
I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I'm tired, I'm smoking, it often seems
Listing physical and mental states, expressing life's challenges.
This life that we want is only lost in dreams
The desired life seems elusive, confined to dreams.
Am I getting lost in the thought of myself
Questioning self-absorption and potential detachment.
Trying wake niggas up like a coffee bean?
Attempting to wake others up, like a coffee bean.
She called my vices
Reference to vices acknowledged by someone.
We was at Starbucks getting lost in these caramel apple spices
Describing a moment at Starbucks, engaging in deep conversation.
Conversation all but priceless
Value placed on priceless conversation during the Starbucks encounter.
Topics ranged from the innermost thoughts to all the trifling shit on Worldstar
Topics ranging from deep thoughts to trivial matters on Worldstar.
And other solar systems, and other planets of people, and how close our worlds are
Expanding discussions to cosmic scales, pondering other worlds.
And how she don't ever really smoke but how nice my pearls are
Details about a person's relationship with smoking and admiration for pearls.
You feel like water baby
Expressing the soothing and healing qualities of a significant other.
You heal my body, baby
-You soothe my aching soul
-This feel like water baby
-This soothes my aching soul
-You feel like water baby
-You heal my body, baby
-You soothe my aching soul
-This feel like water baby
-This soothes my aching soul
Cause life got a nigga stressed out
Feeling stressed and acknowledging a shift from just rap in life.
It ain't all just about rap no more
Reflecting on the constant buzz in life and lack of response.
My name just like my phone and it buzz so much I don't even text back no more
No need to pack, simplifying life's possessions.
I done sold so many clothes I don't even gotta pack no more
Streamlining life, emphasizing simplicity and carefree attitude.
Just throw it all in one bag
Describing a carefree lifestyle, carelessly enjoying life.
Break it down and roll it all in one joint
-Take a puff and blow it all in one drag
-We gone with the wind, out in Montreal somewhere
Exploring a carefree existence in Montreal, finding inspiration.
Where your French don't gotta be excused
-French inhales with some friends with my quality of life on the fringe
-I just see it as a muse
-Everybody hurts, I just deal with the abuse
Dealing with abuse, potentially referencing life's challenges.
Passion of Christ with my pen to the pad
Connecting personal experiences with the Passion of Christ.
Your passion for life will exceed the paper
Linking passion for life to transcend the limitations of paper.
Just to sip of the holiest water he has
Referencing the holiness of water as a metaphor for purity.
You feel like water baby
Reiterating the soothing and healing qualities of a significant other.
You heal my body, baby
-You soothe my aching soul
-This feel like water baby
-This soothes my aching soul
-You feel like water baby
-You heal my body, baby
-You soothe my aching soul
-This feel like water baby
-This soothes my aching soul
-Call him Confucius, lucid inside my mind
Referencing Confucius, exploring deep connections and rejuvenation.
Truth is within his eyes never told me a lie
-But hold me up to the sky, and ring me out till I'm dry
-Never felt so alive, call you when I might dive
-Out the window floor 35, tell me you not surprised
-Can you sell your peace of mind, you're my shooter, you're my fuckin' savior
-Let me rejuvenate ya, open your mouth and let me fall into your solar plexus
-Don't be so disconnected
-I want to wash over your soul until you get the message
-I wanna follow you straight home so you can finish stressin'
-When you need fixing, give me 30 seconds
-I'll cleanse you out until you au corant
-Just give me bliss and if we kiss don't get too arrogant
-Cause I've been missing, busy tripping on how much it cost
-And I am gifted with my hands, that's why I'm never lost
-Cause when I stumble into you I knew that it was God
-I know that
Acknowledging a spiritual connection or realization.
You feel like water baby
Concluding the song with the repeated theme of a healing and soothing presence.
You heal my body, baby
-You soothe my aching soul
-This feel like water baby
-This soothes my aching soul
-You feel like water baby
-You heal my body, baby
-You soothe my aching soul
-This feel like water baby
-This soothes my aching soul
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