Concrete Pillow (feat. Alli Simpson)

[00:12.77] So build me up
[00:15.88] And take me home
[00:18.73] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
[00:23.03] Yeah I know it's hard to see the future and imagine it's bright
[00:26.18] I have dimmed my lights down I keep crashing at night
[00:29.06] With every foster home I'm roster in I'm highly distorted
[00:31.72] And the pain ain't going nowhere I don't try to avoid it
[00:34.87] Adapted to nightmares so it is hard to stay focus
[00:38.12] But homie I've been homeless I struggle to know what hope is
[00:40.66] Told my bro hold tight a cold night and I hate it
[00:43.60] Sleep through the horrors dawg not to know if I make up
[00:47.57] Used to scrunch up newspaper stuck it under my jacket
[00:49.53] Underneath the layers homie I was broken and damaged
[00:52.56] Often wondered what happened if I am loving and happily
[00:55.56] I ain't used to it dawg I am destruction and havoc
[00:58.01] Sometimes it's too much to bare can you carry my load
[01:01.09] I know the streets snatch you up so we rarely die old
[01:04.03] I used to sleep next to bakeries to gain some warm
[01:07.02] It's kind crazy how you save me in the heart of the storm
[01:11.27] So build me up
[01:14.32] And take me home
[01:17.23] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
[01:23.04] So build me up
[01:26.13] And take me home
[01:28.99] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
[01:33.39] My decisions are haunting me I am staring at fate
[01:36.29] And you ain't missing much then watching me deteriorate
[01:39.26] Like an undeveloped form which was born for life
[01:41.96] Instead tortured in darkness and torn from light
[01:45.03] And my burden is so heavy that my neck is weak
[01:48.04] Use concrete as a pillow yes I slept on streets
[01:50.94] And I don't understand why its rest in peace
[01:53.82] Even tho it ain't an option for most that left deceased
[01:56.87] I can greet you with a smile while I'm calling your name
[01:59.78] Underneath my grin homie there is torture and pain
[02:02.60] And the burden I'm carrying is now a ball and chain
[02:05.44] I often run in sunshine then I walk in rain
[02:08.50] It's the tune that sooths me it pours like medicine
[02:11.47] My music can tell my story more than I ever can
[02:14.36] I ain't tryna get sympathy or blow up my chest
[02:17.27] It's the only way homie I release all my stress
[02:21.57] So build me up
[02:24.63] And take me home
[02:27.50] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
[02:33.33] So build me up
[02:36.30] And take me home
[02:39.22] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
[02:44.73] It's a concrete pillow
[02:45.14] It's a concrete pillow
[02:47.14] Lost and lonely and I'm just a shadow
[02:49.71] Concrete pillow
[02:50.96] It's a concrete pillow
[02:52.78] Lost and lonely and I'm just a shadow
[02:56.66] So build me up
[02:59.79] And take me home
[03:02.67] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
[03:08.35] So build me up
[03:11.48] And take me home
[03:14.34] I'll leave behind this concrete pillow
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