Lyrics
My people say I'm getting better at painting a picture for the listener, I got special vision
Expressing improvement in storytelling for the audience, possessing a unique perspective.
Special like Grandma kisses
Comparing special vision to the warmth and significance of kisses from a grandmother.
Special like Papa last Christmas, with us
Highlighting the special memories of Papa during the last Christmas they spent together.
Every beautiful rose is gone wither
Reflecting on the transience of beauty, likening it to the withering of roses.
Bill Withers, just the two of us you can lean on me
Referencing Bill Withers and the song "Just the Two of Us," offering support to others in times of need.
Navy Blue the truest love
Declaring Navy Blue as the truest form of love.
Soon enough I'll be above
Anticipating a future elevation or improvement.
Grateful I'm Anedra son
Expressing gratitude for being the son of Anedra.
I got the same face as Jorge
Noting a physical resemblance to someone named Jorge.
Smoke dancing on my father lungs
Acknowledging the impact of smoking on the father's health.
Hurt me just to walk away we'll have to talk another day
Expressing pain in parting ways, promising to talk later.
And we did, spent the whole day praying for his kids
Reflecting on spending a day praying for someone's children.
My big sister don't have much to say
Observing that a big sister is not very talkative.
Nothing changes if nothing change
Emphasizing the need for change for things to improve.
We one and the same
Stating the commonality among individuals despite differences.
We all got names that we ashamed of
Addressing the shared experience of having names one is ashamed of.
No matter how you put it it's the same love
Affirming the universality of love, regardless of how it's expressed.
This is my reprise, prayers whispered off the same tongue
Presenting a reprise with prayers spoken in a shared language.
I took it to my knees, surrendered to the grief
Submitting to grief through prayer and humility.
All I keep gotta go one way or another
Contemplating the inevitability of moving forward in life.
Can't change all of a sudden
Acknowledging a lack of sudden and drastic change.
Nah I wasn't giving my all to the growth that I know
Admitting a failure to fully invest in personal growth.
Just a spoke on a wheel
Describing oneself as a small part of a larger system.
I appeal to what I wrote cause it's spoke to the feels
Advocating for the significance of personal expression through writing.
Just a lonesome scarecrow in the fields
Depicting a solitary figure in the vastness of life, possibly feeling disconnected.
Waiting, romanticisation of the gates
Waiting for an idealized version of events, romanticizing certain experiences.
When I was down and out in Ruby's arms time waits
Recalling a period of difficulty, finding solace in someone named Ruby.
Time waits, I made it through with God's grace
Surviving challenges with the assistance of grace from a higher power.
Self-will run rampant it's to blame
Acknowledging the role of self-will in personal actions and consequences.
Couldn't answer to my name didn't know who I was
Experiencing confusion and identity crisis, unable to recognize oneself.
Saw who I became, truancy was a must
Noting a transformation and the necessity of deviating from a destructive path.
Not for everybody, 'cause everybody different
Recognizing individual differences and the subjective nature of experience.
This is my view it's up to you if it's equivalent
Presenting a personal perspective, leaving interpretation to the listener.
Based on my ambivalence and my equilibrium I tried not to sin again
Struggling with conflicting emotions and attempting to avoid sin.
I fall to my oblivion, heavenly twin please guide me
Facing a descent into a state of forgetting or neglect, seeking guidance from a heavenly twin.
Please guide me
Repeating the plea for guidance.
Navy's Reprise
Labeling the section as Navy's Reprise, possibly signaling a conclusion or reflection.
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