testimony
by MAVI
From the album: Shadowbox
Track 13 of 14 on Shadowbox (2024).
Duration: 2:21
Lyrics for testimony
Yeah, uh Man, it's a honor, it's a weapon It's a honor, it's a privilege Yeah, uh Fucked up as a child, took my daddy hydros Ain't look in granny Bible, but I got high And tried to write it with my eyes closed, overdosed tryna micro Juugin' off the clock, and off the books, and off the tight rope Delicate balance, family wincin' unconvinced It's the best I can manage; I submit that there's no vet To set steps that I'm dancin', I'm unsettled, but chance it I think death was my last kiss, I'm a helpless romantic But I got wishes; wish my granddad was here, I'd tell him that I did it Wish that things were easier for me and my sister Wish that things were simpler 'tween me and my brothers I wish for peaceful sleep and the dreams of my mother I wish the threat of loss ain't come with all my luster And with my final wish, I'm wishing for another Or, or like, three more Until I slumber with my brothers on the sea floor, I'm a living dream Yeah, why it sound like I'm complaining, saying it ain't what it seem? Yeah, like yeah, I prayed for all this paper, wasn't thinking what it mean Yeah, through all my days, I just be grateful I don't look like what I seen Until I slumber with my brothers on the sea floor, I'm a living dream Yeah, like, why it sound like I'm complaining, saying it ain't what it seem? Yeah, like yeah, I prayed for all this paper, wasn't thinking what it mean Yeah, through all my days, I just be thankful I don't look like what I seen Uh, uh, I'm the plan for all my family while I'm living; they achieved I swear to God, like Just to be able to be here from working Travel and see the world and Experience the love of so much people And contribute something to the world That's all my family every wanted for me And all anybody who's ever loved me ever wanted for me And they wanted it for they self too, but Sometimes, like, you know what I'm saying Life is shorter than the imagination And I'm just glad I get to walk in all their paces It's a blessing It's a blessing, it's a blessing, it's a blessing Alright