Chapter 2

It's not the place you came from It's where your heart is placed in Every rose that grew up never picked out their vases The past is just a string, I used to say, "Just let it go" 'Til you look inside the mirror and see everything you've sown These the pages of my past Pieces I made peace with You feel better forgetting You're better off if you keep them Trust me, I get it, "Why hold the things that have broke you?" When you don't learn from your past is when it starts to control you Start to feel like that it's you, but it isn't Turn up the volume Just listen, the past is blueprints of every decision Every mistake, every scar, every incision Don't you get it? Feelin' lost shouldn't be a tradition If you don't deal with the past, you'll just see it tomorrow Your heart is heavy 'cause you let your bags turn into cargo Drivin' through life wondering how far can your car go Tryna leave a place you'll end up seein' tomorrow I know, I get it They say history repeats itself You ever wonder why? Maybe the truth is in the past, I saw we're living in a lie Make the same mistakes, blame the man that's in the sky, nah Sell me what you want, I ain't taking no part in it More I see in the industry, less I wanna be part of it You'd be surprised what they lose to be a star When you lose your soul, tell me, is it really worth all of it? The brighter the lights, the darker it gets The world shows you happiness, yet they want you depressed That's why their music sells That's why they popping pills That's why they market this poison like it's been good for your health Am I the only one? Am I the only one to see it? Am I killing your buzz? Am I not cool for the weekend? Am I not cool for your club? 'Cause I don't talk about women See the fans, how we're winning, you can keep all your opinions You can keep all the millions of artists sounding the same This ain't an album of happiness, this a journal of pain This how to pick up the pieces to put your life in the frame This the remains of my past, how I grew from the change Maybe this isn't meant for me Tempting, should I let it be? Let me feel the souls of everybody who's empty Doesn't matter to me, if you hate me or love me All that matters to me is the kinda person I'm becoming It's okay to look back to find the pieces we're missing You're only stuck in the past if you're not growing within it 'Cause who we today is what we were last night You'll never see chapter two if you erase what you write, agh