timE afteR timE
When you were 19
You wanted to die
Used to go to sleep
With tears in yours eyes
Down on your knees
Praying for a sign
And when you bounced back everybody was surprised
But why were they surprised?
‘Cause time after time
You did that shit time after time
Time after time
You did it time after time
Bounced back baby
Time after time
Time after time
Look
Your life ain’t no fairytale
L after L
Them niggas thought you would fail
All that weight on your shoulders was heavier than a whale
Depressed and stress out but still a nigga prevailed
Was trying to stay afloat while you’re slowly drowning in bills
Had nothing on the stove but your mind still on a mill
Nobody seeing your vision
You know I know how that feels
Unsure if you’ll be okay but was telling yourself you will
But we never let it shake us
We was dead broke but being broke couldn’t break us
Now I wake up every day and look inside the mirror at’cha and I say…
When you were 19
You wanted to die
Used to go to sleep
With tears in yours eyes
Down on your knees
Praying for a sign
And when you bounced back everybody was surprised
But why were they surprised?
‘Cause time after time
You did that shit time after time
Time after time
You did it time after time
Bounced back baby
Time after time
Time after time
Used to think that you would be better off dead
You were mislead by the drama inside your head
Could have gave up your hope but you chose to keep it instead
You knew that you were the one despite what them niggas said
I know what it’s like to wake up right out of your bed
And the first that’s on your mind is “how the fuck I’m gone get this bread?”
And everything is just going straight down hill like a sled
And your head hurting from thinking ‘bout how you going to get ahead but
But we never let it shake us
We was dead broke but being broke couldn’t break us
Now I wake up every day and look inside the mirror at’cha and I say…
When you were 19
You wanted to die
Used to go to sleep
With tears in yours eyes
Down on your knees
Praying for a sign
And when you bounced back everybody was surprised
But why were they surprised?
‘Cause time after time
You did that shit time after time
Time after time
You did it time after time
Bounced back baby
Time after time
Time after time