Progress

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My cursed brain makes me lose face, I need space The negative thoughts can often have me outpaced Touch base with the small victories please Remind me that I'm driving and these are my keys Make sure your daily standards are reasonable please Don't throw yourself against it, chip away with ease Meditate on your choices and make yourself understood And never take advice from anybody eating good They only wanna keep you down, keep your nose in it Spitting sweet nothings with privilege, they glow in it Wanna help you flower in the game I rose in it Lucky if the plan of one day has got goals in it Lucky if the plans of one week get finished Call me slow but I still feel pretty gifted Ecstatic getting out of bed at all, yeah Our notion of progress is so involved Your haters will always be the same and rude And don't quit your job because some EDM dude Said so, that it's the only way you're gonna know It's helping you eat, not keeping you from your goals [Chorus] You want to ball, it's only natural You're doing too much, but what's actual Your mind reels how do you get that deal Trying to be like the people who ain't even real Say I want to ball, it's only natural I'm doing too much, but what's actual My mind reels how do I get that deal Wanna be like the people who I know ain't real [Verse 2] If your skills slightly increase that's progress If you brush your teeth at least that's progress Approach an argument with tact that's progress You can say Mello's got your back that's progress I need a progress evaluation From all my people in all nations Who fascinate me with imagination You're so creative you deserve congratulation And relaxation to preserve your situation When I lose patience and start pacing My brain burns time, breaks down equations For why I'm not amazing, erasing my confidence Replace it with nonsense oh thanks that's just the opposite If this sounds like a common concept Then I guess we partners in how we break down our own progress I want you to take two deep breaths Then run over the steps of how you got here All of those years and the challenges they held All problems solved by nobody but yourself Lending help to your friends and fam, god damn You're making just as much progress as you can [Chorus] You want to ball, it's only natural You're doing too much, but what's actual Your mind reels how do you get that deal Trying to be like the people who ain't even real Say, I want to ball, it's only natural I'm doing too much, but what's actual My mind reels how do I get that deal Wanna be like the people who I know ain't real [Outro] And fuck all the people verified on Twitter saying you have to quit your job and make ten beats a day or you ain't shit And fuck the people who work you too hard at your job and say it's because you're passionate and they can't keep you away from your desk And fuck the people at your family reunion or barbershop or whatever who don't think you're a musician because you don't play a fucking instrument That was never the definition you shortsighted fucks Peace