The Healing Component - Mick Jenkins

You wanna know about The Healing Component

No, I know, listen

I mean it’s whatever.

All you’re doing is asking me about the healing component,

so whatever you wanna say.

Like I said I never explained it to you before

either

You actually did but okay let’s hear this

You don’t remember it?

Yes I do

Alright what’s it about?

Alright so uh, what is The Healing Component?

Aw, you tell me

Lately a nigga been meditating

Probably overly medicated

But it’s heaven sent, I’m not hesitating

No, I no longer have a problem with niggas who act like they’ve never hated

I mean at least you know now

And for those still looking at me sideways you gotta stop sleeping on the

profile

Jawline let 'em know that I can take a punch

Still gotta beat 'em to the punch though

Started drinking water at the party, I ain’t even gonna front

Seen him put something in the punch bowls

So many truths go untold

So much proof that something big’s about to unfold on our asses

This box is Supreme and so are the mathematics

You don’t have to add it, I’m a natural at it

Spread love, try to combat the sadness

Got loud to match this

Dose of reality, lit she hit like jabs from Cassius

These titans clashing

Baby you should grab some glasses

Check you a new perspective

Get a new directive

Fuck fucking up a check, it’s a new collective

And they got it for the free screaming

For your grace and mercy Father, we thank thee

For this T-H-C, T-H-C

For your grace and mercy Father, we thank thee

For this water (for this water), for this truth (for this truth)

Tryna put some love into everything I do

Thanking you for this T-H-C, T-H-C, T-H-C, T-H-C

I’m not always talking marijuana when I’m referencing these trees (trees)

Always talking water but that’s just the truth you gotta read between the lines

And got you sniffing coke off hundred dollar bills ('llar bills)

We sip the lean, we pop the pills (the pills)

Why everything that’s supposed to be bad gotta be such a thrill

Why is praising mediocrity such a skill

It bothers me

When rich niggas with minds below poverty lines

Get to play like they Socrates

I play like apostrophes

I mean I’m over the words unless they verbs

That’s when we see curves like sundresses in June

The politicians addressing the youth

Talking the loudest and smokin' the boof

Show me the proof

Who puffing the love?

Who rolled up the truths?

See, as well as figuratively we only smoke gas

Who rolled up the foots?

No oops, just smoke 'em out

Brought the water had these niggas drowning and choking out

Tryna spread The Healing Component

This love through the culture now like

For your grace and mercy Father, we thank thee

For this T-H-C, T-H-C

For your grace and mercy Father, we thank thee

For this water (for this water), for this truth (for this truth)

Tryna put some love into everything I do

Thanking you for this T-H-C, T-H-C, T-H-C, T-H-C

See this ain’t what you… smoking on a regular, no

Regular I, know that that is some good shit

And it’ll get you high (it'll get you high)

It’ll get you high it’ll take you higher

This ain’t what you smoking on a regular

Smoking on, smoking on a regular

This ain’t what you smoking on a regular

You see it’s really all love

And I never claimed all well my nigga we can put it in stone

And I ain’t ever claimed all guilt but I know if it was me in that garden

I probably woulda let all hell loose too

Who knew that a young black man might just swoop through with a new roots crew

Like the first time Mike moonwalked

When you know you got something foolproof

Free love is THC and all this tree get wrapped in truth

I know

This ain’t what you smoking on a regular

Smoking on a regular, smoking on a regular

This ain’t what you smoking on a regular

Mick — When people talk about love you really only think about the,

the pretty parts, the romantic parts of love people don’t think about things

like loving themselves and what that takes.

And that you have to know yourself

to love yourself and how difficult of a battle that may be.

Uh, I don’t think

everybody even agrees on what love is or what love looks like, whether it be in

the street or personally.

Um, and, that’s just a conversation that needs to be

had and that’s just what I wanna do, is start a conversation

I think it’s- it’s- it’s setting myself up to be able to have a lot to talk

about and different angles to come from.

Uh, musically and lyrically and,

and from a point of story telling and, and I think it’s just something that we

need a lot more of anyway.

Whether it be just a conversation or actual acts of

love you know what I’m saying?

Just starting a conversation about…