[Intro: Ghais Guevara & James Baldwin]
(It seems to me the artist's struggle for his integrity)
And to my family, I promised caution with this pen, but it comes a time
In my defense, we wasn't supposed to make it past 25 (Is a kind of metaphor)
Before I even signed a contract, I was writing visible lies
Things I'd learn and things I couldn't hide
My melanin shielded me from that Ragnarök virus
Aerial swarms of your choosing, insectoid or evolutionary reptilian
I can show you an evolution that's one in a trillion, one that can attain billions
Through accumulation of dreams from women, weaker men, and eventually your childrеn
Sis was unfortunate enough to lure him undеr her ceiling (Yo)
[Refrain]
She had, uh, got 'em right
She had, uh, got 'em right
She had, uh, got 'em right
Ayy, look, a'ight
[Verse 1]
You came vulnerable with dysfunctional feelings
You came to me spillin', you came to me willin'
You saw the reflection was red pilled, unforgivin'
Saw our photos in your phone and told you, "Good luck with your sentence"
[Refrain]
Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana (She had, uh, got 'em right)
Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana (She had, uh, got 'em right)
Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana (She had, uh, got 'em right)
He got two lives, Hannah Montana (Ayy, look, a'ight)
He got two lives, Hannah Montana
He got two lives, Hannah Montana (She had, uh, got 'em right)
Uh, look (She had, uh, got 'em right)
Look (She had, uh, got 'em right)
[Verse 2]
I took that plane to my first sold out show, and now shit gets interestin'
Siren isn't the term, for I pantomimed through service
Travel miles, trial dumps, and partial earnest
Didn't know where it was headed with this person
I just know that the accessibility made it worth it
Oh, to f*ck again
Jouissance whispered unsolicited advice, "You only get one life, why spend it repressing desire?"
Travis Hunter, boy wonder
I was trickin' cause I had it
[Refrain]
Ketamine, ayy, molly, ketamine, ayy
Ketamine, ayy, molly, ketamine, ayy, huh
Ketamine, ayy, molly, ketamine, ayy, huh
Ayy, huh
Step, walk, huh
[Verse 3]
Them crackers 'round me was gassin' my batting average
From Liverpool, to Paris, to Paris, to scarcity
Back home, long distance, wishin' I was there with you, wishin' I was air for you
In these trenches, lugubrious, just the two of us, saxophone solo luminance
Lucrative, intimate dubiousness with the coolest kids
Reapin' the benefits of arrested development
Downstairs neighbor called the cops, and I still don't know how they didn't smell that 'piff
Hush now, you're asphyxiatin'
Came with a brand name and no basics
With an audience idea of you and no face
You're a LLC with wordplay
You're a hell of a fling I let stay
Who doesn't feel the burn 'til it sears?
Who doesn't sense danger 'til it's near?
He's a threat when he's around but still wants you here
Comprised of broken promises and morphed to what I feared
Hooves clamper on the carpet, dreadin' what he brought
A revolver fully loaded with his ruminatin' thoughts
Dance, baby, dance, answer to the call
You ain't meant for nothin' but his dreams, after all
[Bridge: Ghais Guevara & James Baldwin]
(What we might get at this evening, if we are lucky)
Ties severed, the phone rings
He finds ways, he knows people
He knows things I don't know
I'm his lover, his muse, and when he loses his opponent
And in the hallway mirror, he sculpts it
A mask to parade as a poet
(Is what the importance of this effort is)
Sentenced to a thousand apologies for his offenses that replay inside his head and won't traverse where it's meant to
[Instrumental Outro]