Phoenix [Live]

Yeah, yeah, right, right

[Verse 1]

Wiser now, so I’m moving smarter now,
Look, me and idleness has a falling out
I’ll say it loud, a question of when and not how
Too insecure to be proud of me, so they start to whisper now

You’d think I was a curse, when really I’m a blessing
I’ve been schooling them for a minute, still haven’t learnt their lesson
Speak it all into existence like I’m casting spells
If you don’t believe me, just know that time will tell

Only time will heal my Achilles’ heal
Will eventually fade, like the smoke I exhale, uh
Onto better things, wish you could see it to believe it
But my future’s so bright, I can’t even see it

Never let the poison of nostalgia spread to my brain,
Could never happen, it freezes out with the ice inside my veins

If I cut ties, I cut ties,
Picture me going back to something I had to pray to get out of,
It’s all mine, it’s all mine,
Never had my hand out, still I’m building castles from the ground up

And I’m not talking sand,
Want money to come from working with my hands,
In other words, and I’ll let this one breathe,
I want money to grow on palm trees

Stay in the game until my soles disappear
Stay attached to the music until my soul’s out of here
Don’t need to say anything I can smell the fear

Never be Sisyphus on the crest,
Picture this one motherfucker selling for less
Pardon my French, got red wine on my breath

Got red wine on my breath,
I could care less whether or not you play this,
I make angels cry on a daily basis
Ask me to calm down, you must not know who made this

Like I could ever hold back, no
Block it all out, rap game Alonzo Mourning
All black fits like I’m in constant mourning
Hermès always sits in my clothing

I’m blessed, pretty always sells
Plus I’m woking on my dreams like a wishing well
I’m a straight-jacket, the way I hold you down
No amount of pressure could ever hold me down

I get energized when I’m deprived of rest
Only feel at ease when I’m under stress,
I could never choke, the umbilical cord was tied
Twice around my fucking neck,

I’m the fucking best, how else you want me to say it
Only want what I deserve, you can keep the rest
I’ll be golden, once I reverse all debts,
When I’ve given it all and there’s nothing left

When I’ve spilled my whole soul for the fortune, not the glam,
Really do this so I won’t know pain without cham, uh

[Hook]

Throw dirt and I burn it to ashes,
And I rise like a Phoenix
I’ve been running out of reasons
To reason with you

Hmm,
Why would I stop before I’m drenched in gold,
There’s money to make and stories to be told
Stories to be told

[Outro]

Want it to play out just how I planned it,
I love it all but something I can’t stand it, no
It’s never black or white like a protagonist bandit
Through all the smokescreens, I promise to stay candid, yeah