Balance - Cantrell

Follow your heart they said, drop out of school they said-

Don’t you worry everything will pop soon they said-

Follow the rules they said, buy you some jewels they said-

Compromise and all them dreams will come true they said- but look

When ya moment’s gone what they gonna say about you?

Will that money matter when you see that they forgot you-

But I got it promise, make it through for my mama, I mean just look where she

got us-

Practicing patience they say the real ones be focused-

Shaking a baking whipping cook minus the curry-

Know we from Georgia, season all, all on my noodles-

I was breakdancing windmilling while they was jerkin-

Always been ahead of the curve go down swinging-

If you ain’t gonna give it ya all then why you playing-

Friends’ll leave you scratching ya head with all the flaking-

Swagging and saucing send em prayers and post date em-

Ain’t nun personal… I’ll write ya name down give you credit for publishing on

a verse or 2-

That way boy I don’t owe nothing, can’t say that you ever made me,

I bruised these knuckles-

You wouldn’t fight for vision swimming you’d drown in puddles-

You couldn’t stand the rain am I the one to blame-

Too bad shit I told my ex the same thing-

… Luh you but I don’t need you

You’re bad for my health and I’m numb to all of the needles that fix it-

Hook

What is love?

What is love?

Peace signs and middle fingers this us, this is us-

Through the pain and the trust never lose who you was-

Who you is, who you be, what it do what it does, ya ya

I just wanna feel free, I just wanna feel free

I’m just tryna find the balance-

Tryna get a grip slipping climbing up this ladder

One day I’m like Martin, one day I’m like Malcolm-

One day I’m like talk to em, the next I’m blast em-

Already on it, they 100 yard dashing- It’s bout who can grab it last it and not

who the fastest-

We live in a world, Where booties be plastic-

With Instagram models, reality actors-

All for the status, lacking in passion-

The gift is below the surface it’s deeper than rapping-

Brown skin, white skin, dark skin, light skin-

Wars on the homeland, are way more frightening-

Lately I been on the move, lately I been cuttin the fool-

I can’t seem to worry or give a care about what’s on the news-

I’m feeling shameful… Vision getting blurry-

All I seem to notice shawty she’s a cute from every angle-

Vices we all got em-

I’m just tryna break the barrier instead of adding to the problem-

Hook

What is love?

What is love?

Peace signs and middle fingers this us, this is us-

Through the pain and the trust never lose who you was-

Who you is, who you be, what it do what it does, ya ya

I just wanna feel free, I just wanna feel free

I’m just tryna find the balance-

Tryna get a grip slipping climbing up this ladder