Say The Word

My mama made it work, she fed her baby birds,

papa fled and left the earth within his 88th,

tectonic plates shifting set aside my ways livin for the finer thangs,

struck n cut a a vein or nerve,

say the word the play up on the field was overturned,

smoke would cover up the pain I saw my father burn,

spliff after spliff in the crib I would watch and learn,

run the race you move impatient tryna make it first,

i grew complacent I was stationed where I caught the urge,

on the verge of breaking through, I tryna break curses,

I only got myself to blame it’s me against the person that I was before my hung face, brittle as a flake,

I’m pushing buttons, tryna see it twirl…

whispas in the dark, them teeth was sharp I got a lion heart, I’m tryna save the world,

who a save me? save me a seat,

stray from feeling that can’t breathe,

or I can’t be thoroughly me,

at 13, my egun in the sea,

all in between the coasts from Côte d’Ivoire to Benin,

unraveling at my seams, my heart was knotted beneath,

I don’t want to a burden, Todd said you are not to me,

A single tear up In my eyes,

my lotus flower blossoming,

I would smile like Siddartha,

pull the sword up out the stone with ease I’m Arthur,

when I feel alone I’m still a part of,

large love, loving me was always in the cards huh?

Say the word, it's amazing how I’m claiming what I’ve merely earned

They told me keep from by the edge when I was clearly perched,

Lookin for a push,

deep within it is where Navy learned