NF - nate

[00:26.10] Yeah, sometimes I wanna disappear like I just don't exist

[00:29.60] I'll find a time machine and take me back when I was six

[00:32.56] Maybe younger, either way, I guess the point of it

[00:35.10] Would be to tell that little kid that he's gon' take a lot of hits

[00:38.06] Yeah, I'd probably grab your hand and tell you life is hard

[00:41.07] If you got questions or you need advice, then talk to God

[00:43.82] 'Cause He's the only one that listens even when you think He isn't

[00:46.31] Even good people are great at making bad decisions (yeah)

[00:49.81] They ain't gon' take it serious

[00:51.30] You find out pretty quick that life is more than just appearances

[00:54.06] I know some things we could avoid to save embarrassment

[00:56.82] But everything that breaks you down can also build your character

[00:59.81] 'Cause people love to see you fail, just be aware of it

[01:02.31] Don't let nobody tell you who to be or write your narrative

[01:05.56] Look, we're all products of the things that we experience

[01:08.11] But there's a big difference between confidence and arrogance

[01:11.06] You hearin' this?

[01:12.06] I know that you won't get it now, but you gon' get it later

[01:14.58] I know that you feel alone and no one loves you maybe

[01:17.80] And you gon' cover insecurities with lots of anger

[01:20.54] The weird thing is someday all of this will make you famous

[01:23.30] You start to write about your life and while they're all relatin'

[01:25.79] You'll make up a slogan, call it "Real, " but feel like you're the fakest

[01:29.10] Wish I could tell you that you're future's nothing but amazin'

[01:31.56] That's just not the case, and I guess I just don't know how to say this

[01:34.82] I don't know if you can hear me or not

[01:36.83] But if you can, I just want you to know

[01:39.34] You gon' make a lot of mistakes

[01:40.80] And they gon' laugh in our face

[01:42.55] That's part of life, that's just the way that it goes

[01:44.85] (That's just the way that it goes)

[01:46.06] And I don't know if you can hear me or not

[01:48.08] But if you can, I just need you to get it

[01:50.32] I know you been questionin' life

[01:52.31] Trust me, I know what it's like

[01:53.80] I'm here for you if you need someone to listen

[01:56.08] Do you need someone to listen?

[01:57.55] See, mom and dad are not together, they took different routes

[02:00.04] But you probably already knew, you gettin' older now

[02:02.80] Remember back when mom picked us up from grandma's house?

[02:05.53] And she hid her boyfriend in the trunk and drove a couple miles

[02:08.55] Down the street and she pulled over to let him out

[02:11.06] 'Cause she didn't want dad to know she had these type of dudes around

[02:14.06] 'Cause last time he found out, he had to take us from her

[02:16.80] You look uncomfortable, I'm sorry, let me change the subject

[02:19.80] You know how we've always struggled with abandonment? (Yeah)

[02:22.83] And when we feel like someone's leaving, we start panickin'? (Yeah)

[02:25.79] And yo, I wish I could say I've learned to manage it

[02:27.79] You think it's bad now, but you don't know the half of it

[02:30.83] Passionate, something we have never lacked

[02:33.08] We see it the most when we're writing raps

[02:35.30] They think it's funny now, let 'em laugh

[02:37.54] I know you think it's just an outlet when you're really mad

[02:39.78] But you don't know the platform you're about to have

[02:42.54] I know some things about the future you ain't ready for

[02:45.31] I know some things that you gon' cover up, but can't ignore

[02:48.05] And what hurts is they gon' surface at the worst moments

[02:50.85] And we gon' act like it don't hurt us, but it hurts, don't it?

[02:53.79] We walk around with the Devil talkin' on both shoulders

[02:56.32] Wish I could tell you that he disappears when we get older

[02:59.29] But that's just not the case, and I know you feel out of place

[03:02.04] And everything is not okay, and life can be a lot to take, but

[03:05.29] I don't know if you can hear me or not

[03:06.79] But if you can, I just want you to know

[03:09.55] You gon' make a lot of mistakes

[03:11.35] And they gon' laugh in our face

[03:13.04] That's part of life, that's just the way that it goes

[03:15.29] (That's just the way that it goes)

[03:16.56] And I don't know if you can hear me or not

[03:18.53] But if you can, I just need you to get it

[03:20.79] I know you been questionin' life

[03:23.04] Trust me, I know what it's like

[03:24.03] I'm here for you if you need someone to listen

[03:26.07] Do you need someone to listen?

[03:27.52] You know how intoxicated people make us nervous?

[03:30.29] To the point sometimes we shake and it feels so disturbin'

[03:33.28] Don't be scared, that's just trauma tryna reach the surface

[03:36.04] And tell us everyone we love is gonna try to hurt us

[03:38.80] Which isn't true, but it's a lie that both of us believe in

[03:41.54] Yeah, you might get a glimpse of happiness from your achievements

[03:44.54] But what you'll learn as you get older, every time you reach one

[03:47.53] Is you'll just make another goal that doesn't lead to freedom

[03:50.28] See, some things about to happen that you can't imagine

[03:53.02] At twenty-four, you'll drop an album, and you'll call it Mansion

[03:55.80] At twenty-five, you'll put out Therapy and gain some traction

[03:58.85] Skip to track number four, now that's a really sad one

[04:01.54] Yeah, Perception's coming next, we 'bout to reach the masses

[04:04.28] It sounds awesome, at the same time, it doesn't matter

[04:07.27] At twenty-seven, we'll make millions, but it's really sad 'cause

[04:10.04] You'll learn to realize that none of this will make you happy

[04:13.05] I wish that I could look at you with empathy

[04:15.78] Sometimes I feel like I've become what you were scared to be

[04:18.54] Which makes it really hard to look at you with sympathy

[04:21.02] 'Cause if I'm feeling bad for you, then I have to feel bad for me

[04:24.27] And that's just something I feel like we don't deserve

[04:27.02] That's why I'm always looking down on you, I know it hurts

[04:29.58] I'm sure you have a lot of questions

[04:32.06] I've been tryna search to find us both some answers

[04:33.03] I'll be here for you if things get worse