Fractured

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Say it don't hurt 'cause pride is the family heirloom A spoiled child, what's regret, the rod spared to Already went a lot deeper than I cared to Repressed trauma, collecting dust in the spare room Baby pictures between the pictures of the King James Dogears on the dogma, what a keepsake Blood-stained fingertips, we gon' need rain Mama prayin' for her child, he gon' need faith Learnin' from my losses, trying to turn a profit Earnings from my pocket, not too concerned with who's watchin' Perpin' like you bosses who worship inverted crosses Sippin' bourbon and scotches drippin' turning the faucet Determined by my options in verses I soul search Can't be saved in your mosque, temple or church Out the mouth, the heart speaks, I know what the words worth Sticks and stones break bones, in your eye I throw dirt [Chorus] If I can change a thing, I'm saying that I wouldn't Life gave me game, before I understood it You are, who you are when ain't nobody lookin' So tell me, who is you? If I can change a thing, I'm saying that I wouldn't Life gave me game, before I understood it You are, who you are when ain't nobody lookin' So tell me, who is you? [Verse 2] You see I'm often at a loss, I thought I was going places Then never arrived or stopped at a destination Exhausted by the journey brought up as ostentatious Forever a foreigner that never caught all the phrases Once I was taught the language it was up to interpretation Distilled my lived experiences in verses of entertainment It's turf terminology I learned it on the pavement Then put it on the back burner, now can you discern the phrases Can't run from myself, pull the gun on myself Jump off something tall, get hung from a belt Looking in the mirror like, what I done to myself? Every day it's more pressure can't succumb to myself Can't hide from myself, so I ride with myself Sometimes to survive I got to lie to myself Can trust no one, I confide in myself Can trust no one, I'm gonna die by myself [Chorus] If I can change a thing, I'm saying that I wouldn't Life gave me game, before I understood it You are, who you are when ain't nobody lookin' So tell me, who is you? If I can change a thing, I'm saying that I wouldn't Life gave me game, before I understood it You are, who you are when ain't nobody lookin' So tell me, who is you?