Icarus (feat. Ari Lennox)

Since I've let go of you and I Lately I've been feeling too alive Flying too close to the sun, yeah Flying too close to the sun, yeah Oh yeah Trees that grew between us Tears that drip between us Years have blew between us just to throw away Might've lost our glory, but I love our story Yeah I lock the door just to store away They say love don't cost a thing Yeah right that's a underbid They say love don't cost a thing Oh yeah right that's a underbid That's a underbid That's a underbid They say love don't cost a thing And you know they be lying like Kellyanne Conway I just get my thoughts off, I just take the top off When the cauldron bubble, we come from the back block So they call us trouble, we can never slouch nor stop off Weekend on the couch with the socks off Nah, we can make it count, run the clock off We can count lives on the block lost Cautionary tape, that we can never block off All I see is hate, how many memories can a million make? Opinionated, young nigga seen the whole world with my own two What they gon' do with this young nigga? Whole squad workin' on the same page like we one nigga Like we one I can't get jiggy with you clowns I'm busy I've been giving New York City a whole new sound Who really gon' hold this down? Who? Me, funny I catch niggas gettin' sore when I do me I still wish them niggas more than they do me Gotta live up to the blessings of my Umi Bring myself, couple steps closer to my God above Never read the "Art of War" but it's hard to love Never know when you go rollercoaster All your highs got a low, rollercoaster Bring myself, couple steps closer to my God above Never read the "Art of War" but I could write the Art of Love Oh yeah Trees that grew between us Tears that drip between us Years have blew between us just throw away Might've lost our glory, but I love our story Yeah I lock the door just to store away The inner me is tellin' me, "I gotta pace it" The winner in me is tellin', "I got a bottle of Ace" Cole gave me at the Garden from the case Hov sent him Looked him in the face Told 'em I can't pop it til sell it on my own occassion, bold claim Told my momma I'd be back and I make it, both came true Thought I was escapin', just to find myself right back in the Matrix Both pills blue I thought I'd be fulfilled I came from not a dollar in my momma basement I came from baggin' product in my momma basement Almost caught some shells tryna bust a couple sales They went and caught a collar in my momma basement I've been tryna keep her proud since, nigga way back Got some niggas, keep me grounded, that's some way back But I gotta take flights sometimes These are fightin' times, I'm my only opponent Somedays I'm betrayin' my holiest moments I don't know who could control 'em I don't know who could control 'em I ain't living for me, I'm the youngest of five And if I don't survive, I don't know who could console 'em I don't know who could console 'em Since I've let go of you and I Lately I've been feeling too alive