Mirage

Lyrics for Mirage

Stepped out like Scooby-Doo and the gang With a sack of trees as the case completes, the villains knew the name We was stuck in chillums with that lame Back when dime sacks was a thing Now we glide 'cross skies like Liu Kang, no shame We carry the state on our back like new quarter change Rats was at him like Elmira to Maximillian I was focused on the craft, I knew racks was in the cards (I knew it) Sorta mutant, I seemed to see through the ceiling Some homies hid under tables, my head was Up in the stars (Up in the stars, nigga) That's real large I know niggas that caved in but still Gods Some said it's preprogrammed, some state it's up to Allah You ask me, it's all part the mirage Ahaha (Don't think it wasn't when he walk) Who's that? It's Chris and Q in the Subaru (Don't think it wasn't when he walk) (Yeah, yeah) Mirage (Yeah, yeah) I thought I saw a fountain I thought I saw me on the other side of the seesaw mounted Bouncing on the up and up, counting downers The rate flounder flat to bring you ' Round the bend and back, but now what? The hour's nigh, the alibi doesn't add up, you out of time, fried Like halibut with two sides, smizin' for the camera I surmise the lie what did the damage Had to leave you where the treatise was signed And switch the plan up, boundaries get redefined I read the vines, it's a madness, we hackin' limes Sink my teeth way past the meat into the rind when I grab it The bittersweetness of times I wish to capture Abandon reason for the slime of greener pastures They tried to leave me, couldn't find me when I finally answered Tiny dancer, hold me close and don't be sliding backwards Forward further like Akai told me on the toehead The soul's planted, the hands scrape the sky When the chances that the medevacs left was hella high We hit the tavern for some gin and rye Whiskey gingerly applied The image shifted side to side in the distance You trippin' over lines, slippin', we bent 'em (Don't think it wasn't when he walk) Mirage (Yeah, yeah) Lost friends in the darkness Mirage (We all walkin') (Yeah, yeah) Oh yeah, hit me in the heart one day, it's just words A string of letters I smashed together Some random sequence called sarcastic weather Inshallah could last forever I don't have to be here, but I made it through, through a maelstrom The director's cut might not even make the album cut That's where the melanated melancholy styles from Fly birdy, fly, be as wise as the owl Keep the eye of a falcon that's eyein' the sparrow I know my daughter's watchin', I know you watch me I know the time's rocky, I know it's hard to remember it blurred December was brr, my ten toes dig in the dirt Feelin' the Earth, I'm willin' to merge Fourth-quarter final moxie, it was Dark like the life of Gomme, oh Lord Then a spark, then the scent of sinch rosemary When reality bit, it pierced my heart We're lifted, hardships my soul carried A voice close near me said, "Don't be so scary, enjoy your thirties" Listen, I'm still looking for father figures around me And even niggas who clown me The last laugh is a nectar, but the sweetest get back Is being completely free, completely me The smell of burnt sage let the seasons reap Don't overthink it, we leave frequently (Don't think it wasn't when he walk) Mirage (Yeah, yeah) Mirage (Yeah, yeah) Mirage Yeah, it feels good to be back I spend most of my days now in my garden Growing food and medicinal plants And shit that we smoking on now type of thing And pondering the next moves, you know what I'm saying? Like, what the fuck is going on out here? We all know something is, you know, around the corner And we feel it in our souls, it's manifesting itself in our art, even The movies we make is largely dystopian and post-apocalyptic I think we are just tryna make sense of it somehow And that's cool Sometimes it just be them seasons Predatory capitalism and all the -isms, you know what I'm saying? And everybody's fed up and people don't know what to do So we make our art, and art is beautiful But art is also the truth So we know you know, come on, you know You know you know you know So what is you doing about it? Most people just waiting for something to happen without Even preparing for anything, you know what I'm saying? Right now, Ukraine power off Venezuela, they shut the power off Just this week, forty-four million people, South America, power off That's how we start modern warfare nowadays You just cut the power and the internet off Get out one week without your little faucet running And your little water coming out Your refrigerator not being on and shit Your diabetes medication not being cold And you assed out Make your actions match your ambitions to survive You need to get ready like we are That means being in shape That means being in touch with your Ancestors and your spirituality, you feel me? What's gon' come to pass is what's gon' come to pass All that voting and all that shit, you can do That, that's cool, but that ain't gon' stop it It's just already on the way, you know what I'm saying? So just buckle up, have a good time, you know Security is largely a superstition It does not exist in nature Life is either a grand adventure or nothing, baby Go have your adventure 'cause I'm having mine Big Sin, peace out, one love