Nate

[00:24.19] Yeah, sometimes I wanna disappear like I just don't exist

[00:28.20] Or find a time machine and take me back when I was six

[00:30.95] Maybe younger, either way, I guess the point of it

[00:33.46] Would be to tell that little kid that he's gon' take a lotta hits

[00:36.47] Yeah, I'd probably grab your hand and tell you life is hard

[00:39.22] If you got questions or you need advice, then talk to God

[00:42.23] 'Cause He's the only one that listens even when you think He isn't

[00:44.99] Even good people are great at makin' bad decisions, yeah (Oh)

[00:47.99] They ain't gon' take it serious

[00:49.74] You find out pretty quick that life is more than just appearances

[00:52.50] I know some things we could avoid to save embarrassment

[00:55.26] But everything that breaks you down can also build your character

[00:58.26] 'Cause people love to see you fail, just be aware of it

[01:01.02] Don't let nobody tell you who to be or write your narrative

[01:03.77] Look, we're all products of the things that we experience

[01:06.52] But there's a big difference between confidence and arrogance

[01:09.53] You hearin' this?

[01:10.28] I know that you don't get it now, but you gon' get it later

[01:13.04] I know you feel like you're alone and no one loves you maybe

[01:16.04] And you gon' cover insecurities with lotsa anger

[01:18.79] The weird thing is someday all of this will make you famous (Oh)

[01:21.56] You start to write about your life and while they're all relatin'

[01:24.30] You'll make up a slogan, call it "Real," but feel like you're the fakest

[01:27.31] Wish I could tell you that your future's nothin' but amazin'

[01:29.82] That's just not the case, and I guess I just don't know how to say this

[01:33.08] I don't know if you can hear me or not

[01:35.09] But if you can, I just want you to know

[01:37.34] You gon' make a lotta mistakes

[01:39.34] And they gon' laugh in our faces

[01:40.85] That's part of life, that's just the way that it goes

[01:42.85] (That's just the way that it goes)

[01:44.35] And I don't know if you can hear me or not

[01:46.35] But if you can, I just need you to get it

[01:48.87] I know you been questionin' life

[01:50.62] Trust me, I know what it's like

[01:51.86] I'm here for you if you need someone to listen

[01:54.37] Do you need someone to listen?

[01:55.62] See, Mom and Dad are not together, they took different routes

[01:58.38] But you probably already knew, you gettin' older now

[02:01.13] Remember back when Mom picked us up from Grandma's house?

[02:03.89] And she hid her boyfriend in the trunk and drove a couple miles?

[02:06.90] Down the street, and then she pulled over to let him out

[02:09.40] 'Cause she ain't want Dad to know she had these type of dudes around

[02:12.66] 'Cause last time he found out, he had to take us from her

[02:15.41] You look uncomfortable, I'm sorry, let me change the subject (Hey)

[02:18.16] You know how we've always struggled with abandonment? (Yeah)

[02:20.92] And when we feel like someone's leaving, we start panickin'? (Oh) (Yeah)

[02:23.67] And yo, I wish I could say I've learned to manage it

[02:26.17] You think it's bad now, but you don't know the half of it

[02:29.18] Passion is somethin' we have never lacked

[02:31.18] We see it the most when we're writin' raps

[02:33.68] They think it's funny now, let 'em laugh

[02:35.68] I know you think it's just an outlet when you're really mad

[02:38.43] But you don't know the platform you're about to have (Oh)

[02:40.69] I know some things about the future you ain't ready for

[02:43.45] I know some things that you gon' cover up, but can't ignore

[02:46.21] And what hurts is they gon' surface at the worst moments

[02:49.21] And we gon' act like it don't hurt us, but it hurts, don't it?

[02:51.96] We walk around with the devil talkin' on both shoulders

[02:54.72] Wish I could tell you that he disappears when we get older

[02:57.73] But that's just not the case, and I know you feel out of place

[03:00.23] And everything is not okay, and life can be a lot to take, but…

[03:03.49] I don't know if you can hear me or not

[03:05.49] But if you can, I just want you to know

[03:07.75] You gon' make a lotta mistakes

[03:09.50] And they gon' laugh in our faces

[03:11.01] That's part of life, that's just the way that it goes

[03:13.26] (That's just the way that it goes)

[03:14.77] And I don't know if you can hear me or not

[03:16.76] But if you can, I just need you to get it

[03:19.02] I know you been questionin' life

[03:21.04] Trust me, I know what it's like

[03:22.28] I'm here for you if you need someone to listen

[03:24.78] Do you need someone to listen?

[03:26.04] You know how intoxicated people make us nervous?

[03:28.80] To the point sometimes we shake and it feels so disturbin'

[03:31.55] Don't be scared, that's just trauma tryna reach the surface

[03:34.31] And tell us everyone we love is gonna try to hurt us

[03:37.06] Which isn't true, but it's a lie that both of us believe in

[03:39.82] Yeah, you might get a glimpse of happiness from your achievements

[03:42.82] But what you'll learn as you get older, every time you reach one

[03:45.57] Is you'll just make another goal that doesn't lead to freedom

[03:48.57] See, some things about to happen that you can't imagine

[03:51.32] At 24, you'll drop an album, and you'll call it Mansion

[03:54.08] At 25, you'll put out Therapy and gain some traction

[03:57.09] Skip to track number four, now that's a really sad one

[03:59.84] Yeah, Perception's coming next, we 'bout to reach the masses

[04:02.60] It sounds awesome; at the same time, it doesn't matter

[04:05.35] At 27, we'll make millions, but it's really sad 'cause

[04:08.36] You learn to realize that none of this will make you happy

[04:11.37] I wish that I could look at you with empathy

[04:13.87] Sometimes I feel like I've become what you were scared to be

[04:16.88] Which makes it really hard to look at you with sympathy

[04:19.38] 'Cause if I'm feeling bad for you, then I have to feel bad for me

[04:22.39] And that's just something I feel like we don't deserve

[04:25.41] That's why I'm always looking down on you, I know it hurts

[04:28.16] I'm sure you have a lot of questions

[04:29.66] I've been tryna search to find us both some answers

[04:31.92] I'll be here for you if things get worse