Marathons - SOL

All I see are lights

All I see is hype

All I sing is songs

In the key of life

All they see are timelines

They don’t see the grind

They don’t wanna see you speak your mind

They just wanna sing along

Spent 27 years tryna share my voice

Funny, after 27 years I can’t hear my voice

Got a lot of things I don’t know

Like why should I be on the microphone

Why am I in a condo

When my family in Haiti just lost their home

All my life I made art

All my life I sang songs

Twice I almost lost my mom

All my life she stayed strong

These days i don’t call much

When I lose her I’m gone hate myself

Birth name, stage name, same thing

Either way I play myself

Get messages every day

Tellin' me my messages make a change

Tellin' me to never quit, never break

Almost like you knew I was feelin' pain

And you feel the same

So when it’s hard I just wanna say

It’s not a race

Run your life like a marathon

Day by Day

Runaway, Aye

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m killin' every song

Now I’m killin' every song

Now I’m feelin' very on

Now I’m feelin' very on

Been doin' it ever since 10 (yeah)

Almost 20 years in love with the pen (yeah)

Never day dreamed bout anything

Cause chasing dreams how I live (yeah)

Smokin' weed how I live (yeah)

You wanna live how I live (yeah)

They don’t wanna see you on the stage

In that married life with some kids (nah)

So I thought

So I stunt

So I stunted my growth

So I fuck with these hoes

So I might be alone

Alright, completely alone (yeah)

Just me and the music

Ridin' away (way)

Ridin' away (way)

But what is the gain (gain)

Gotta get paid

Gotta get fame

Fuck that

Came in the game with a bus pass

Imma be the same when they bump that

When you give me love I give you love back

When somebody change don’t trust that

Watch for the snakes gotta cut grass

That’s real life you can trust that

Running this race, got lost sometimes

But there’s never been a day

I don’t come back

Like marathons (yeah yeah)

Like marathons I’m going strong on everything (yeah yeah)

I go for broke and bet it all

But not for me and not for y’all

This rappin' shit ain’t all I got

Gotta cop a crib for my momma once

And my godson need a college fund

That’s marathons

Real life, that’s marathons

One time, that’s marathons

Life goals, that’s marathons, yeah (yeah yeah yeah)

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m killin' every song

Now I’m killin' every song

Now I’m feelin' very on

Now I’m feelin' very on

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m thinking marathons

Now I’m killin' every song

Now I’m killin' every song

Now I’m feelin' very on

Now I’m feelin' very on