Closer (feat. Stevie Nader)

Lately, I've been afraid of changin' I'm having some trouble facin' The fact that I'm growing older Been totaling up the days And it's probably just a phase But it's terrifying I swear the time is tearing by I'm wary, I'm falling off of the pace And I'll never be quite as young As I am at this very moment Scary to think that I could be Buried before I know it Yo, what happened to my future So bright and full of promise? Or my youth, or all the dreams That I no longer acknowledge There are so many things I have yet to accomplish Thought I'd be done by thirty-one Long as I'm being honest But I've got a long list of Fumbles and trips Stumbles and slips Up in the mirror, wondering Who the fuck is this? That can't be my reflection I'm only like twenty-six Five years passed in a flash Just a couple of ticks And there's no forever young 'Cause it doesn't fucking exist I'm gonna die Better live while there's time 'Cause this is it I'm getting higher and higher, closer to my dreams And my desire is higher, closer than you think I'm getting higher and higher, closer to my dreams And my desire is higher, closer than you think As I sit and I drift As my eyes flick to the sky Reminisce on the prime of my life was twenty-five Right before my uncle died And my nigga chose suicide I was half-assin' as time passes Chasin' a high What if I put the time in my talent as I did socially? When I say I'll make it It wouldn't be said with hopefully Learnin' from mistakes As I wake up and say a prayer For my dreams Told my family my music will take us there But hard work ain't workin' And, personally, it ain't fair How they overlooked our circle As if our album was square But God has a plan And I'm hopin' it's for my jams That they reach the pinnacle they supposed to And triple fans For the ones that said I couldn't And treated my art as spam Get the four fingers down With the middle one left to stand For the ones that said I couldn't And treated my art as spam Get the four fingers down With the middle one left to stand I'm getting higher and higher, closer to my dreams And my desire is higher, closer than you think I'm getting higher and higher, closer to my dreams And my desire is higher, closer than you think Rewind time a bit, you will find a kid Naive to other people's intentions I was blind as shit, like Rockin' for free, doing an album overseas Going to Tahiti a second time To split two G's Shit, I coulda went back by myself But I thought about my crew And I figured I'd spread the wealth With no help from an agent or a manager Just a couple of Frenchmen Willing to take a chance on some amateurs To be honest, my layoff seems like an eternity Finally finding my hunger It seems the scene has yearned for me But it's still hurtin' me This dead-end job is workin' me Towards insanity Family comes first, so fuck my sanity My bennies suck, my pay is wack And fuck a 401k I need cheese to physically stack 'Cause this economy's fucked Like streaking in sweater weather I'm on my hands and knees Praying things will get better I'm getting higher and higher, closer to my dreams And my desire is higher, closer than you think I'm getting higher and higher, closer to my dreams And my desire is higher, closer than you think And it's coming closer And it's coming closer And it's coming closer