Smoke - Moors

I remember thinkin'

we just gotta make a change

somethin' little different from the same lame monday bus lane

mama had money for some drink

no amount of dollas could amount to all the drama that we sustained

and daddy was nonexistent

created an imaginary place that I can happily exist in

the new nigga she was with was as hollow as a sea shell

didn’t even follow with a (?) hell

if he was really was (?)

that would mean that I put my hands on a female

the reason many nights

I didn’t sleep well

butcher knife under the pillow

and if she yell

I’m coming at this bully with everything that I got

nosy neighbors too black to call the cops

piss stains on the bed

ring worms on my head from the mattresses we flipped

aw

really wanted to escape so I dreamed of a place I could go cus it’s really all

I had

Mama got a little raise now we can save

it was coo, it was all glad

every silver lining has a black cloud

I could see it (?)

it’s smoke we’re breathing, breathing

every corner street light got shot out

woke up from our sleeping

let the darkness seep in, seep in

I faded awful (?)

something came over me

moved to victorville where the breeze carried every tumble weed

everything all good

moved away from the costant struggle and the pain of the hood

that’s when I smiled the best

like, «nigga, you wouldn’t believe my house got spiral steps.»

the bullshit ain’t in society, yet

brain still full of problem in this bitch

and we dying of stress

something told me that the game don’t change

went from stacking up checks to the same ol' same ol' same

man, everything started changin'

white peeps moved in, light speeds so the games couldn’t place em

I was confused said fuck all the rules

started skipping out on school and hanging with the goons

but I ain’t really like that life

they was (?) down in the ground

I had my mind on heights

they said nigga was a weirdo

couldn’t see how I had my vision so clear, though

spendin' whole lotta years feeling hella lonely

I’m thankin all the hard times cus they really showed me

(yea)

no matter how much hell, not a damn thing changed 'less I change myself

I ain’t asking for nobody help

gotta leave my fears with that empty bottle on the shelf

every silver lining has a black cloud

I could see it soothing

it’s smoke we’re breathing, breathing

every corner street light got shot out

woke us from our sleeping

let the darkness seep in, seep in