Tight Rope
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โฑ๏ธ 3:36 duration
๐ ID: 1655468
๐ Lyrics
Frigid frozen Minnesota
Chip on his shoulder
Sick sleeping on a pissy sofa
Unwanted visitor in a different culture
Missing home and he cant go their civil warin'
Listen solider forget getting over
Prison state around the corner homeless is even closer
Kids with similar skin color still don't even want ya
Spit and insult ya 'cause they have been here longer
He leave his crib he guaranteed the pigs approach ya
Where ya going where ya from any weapons on ya?
Your family is stressed out your getting older
You don't live the way they did back in Somalia
It's extra difficult to be a daughter
Trying to keep it modest with the sinners all around you
Wear the wrong garment your parents get an ulcer
If you wrap it up the other children picking on you
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Holidays and you know what the business is
You get two birthdays and two Christmases
Older you get you resent how sick it is
They're trying to cover their guilt with the gifts they give
Bounce from his house to her house
Too bad that marriage didn't work out
Now you don't have a your house
Daddy fighting mommy they both tell me they love me
If I get to close to one the other one start acting funny
Ma went and had a baby with a different dad
You act happy to please 'em but you really sad
Seeing first hand that family that you will never have
Plus you ain't no real brother, you're just a half
Got to pick up the pieces and move on
Bedtime stories and greet them on the phone
Live in two houses and neither one is home
Wishing you were grown have the freedom to get gone
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Daddy was a preacher
Mama was a Sunday school teacher
Big brother a football squad leader
Now far be it for you to disappoint or displease them
You're just being what you feel you see in
That mirror every time you peer in
Swallow the tears inside that empty feeling
Her boy terrified to let the world in
He has girlfriends but doesn't want a girlfriend
He retreats inside himself
Where he lives life itself in secret
Daddy says people go to hell for being
What he is and he certainly believes 'em
Cause there ain't no flame that can blaze enough
To trump being hated for the way you love
And cry yourself to sleep and hate waking up
Its a cold world y'all, shame on us
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Chip on his shoulder
Sick sleeping on a pissy sofa
Unwanted visitor in a different culture
Missing home and he cant go their civil warin'
Listen solider forget getting over
Prison state around the corner homeless is even closer
Kids with similar skin color still don't even want ya
Spit and insult ya 'cause they have been here longer
He leave his crib he guaranteed the pigs approach ya
Where ya going where ya from any weapons on ya?
Your family is stressed out your getting older
You don't live the way they did back in Somalia
It's extra difficult to be a daughter
Trying to keep it modest with the sinners all around you
Wear the wrong garment your parents get an ulcer
If you wrap it up the other children picking on you
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Holidays and you know what the business is
You get two birthdays and two Christmases
Older you get you resent how sick it is
They're trying to cover their guilt with the gifts they give
Bounce from his house to her house
Too bad that marriage didn't work out
Now you don't have a your house
Daddy fighting mommy they both tell me they love me
If I get to close to one the other one start acting funny
Ma went and had a baby with a different dad
You act happy to please 'em but you really sad
Seeing first hand that family that you will never have
Plus you ain't no real brother, you're just a half
Got to pick up the pieces and move on
Bedtime stories and greet them on the phone
Live in two houses and neither one is home
Wishing you were grown have the freedom to get gone
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Daddy was a preacher
Mama was a Sunday school teacher
Big brother a football squad leader
Now far be it for you to disappoint or displease them
You're just being what you feel you see in
That mirror every time you peer in
Swallow the tears inside that empty feeling
Her boy terrified to let the world in
He has girlfriends but doesn't want a girlfriend
He retreats inside himself
Where he lives life itself in secret
Daddy says people go to hell for being
What he is and he certainly believes 'em
Cause there ain't no flame that can blaze enough
To trump being hated for the way you love
And cry yourself to sleep and hate waking up
Its a cold world y'all, shame on us
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
Tip-toeing on a tight rope
Holding on for survival
Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:24.84] Frigid frozen Minnesota
[00:26.85] Chip on his shoulder
[00:28.17] Sick sleeping on a pissy sofa
[00:30.27] Unwanted visitor in a different culture
[00:32.84] Missing home and he cant go their civil warin'
[00:35.47] Listen solider forget getting over
[00:37.67] Prison state around the corner homeless is even closer
[00:40.69] Kids with similar skin color still don't even want ya
[00:43.33] Spit and insult ya 'cause they have been here longer
[00:46.03] He leave his crib he guaranteed the pigs approach ya
[00:48.58] Where ya going where ya from any weapons on ya?
[00:51.16] Your family is stressed out your getting older
[00:53.82] You don't live the way they did back in Somalia
[00:56.87] It's extra difficult to be a daughter
[00:58.72] Trying to keep it modest with the sinners all around you
[01:01.26] Wear the wrong garment your parents get an ulcer
[01:03.80] If you wrap it up the other children picking on you
[01:07.28] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[01:10.03] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[01:12.76] Holding on for survival
[01:15.16] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[01:17.31] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[01:20.80] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[01:23.23] Holding on for survival
[01:25.72] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[01:28.27] Holidays and you know what the business is
[01:30.72] You get two birthdays and two Christmases
[01:33.43] Older you get you resent how sick it is
[01:35.94] They're trying to cover their guilt with the gifts they give
[01:38.63] Bounce from his house to her house
[01:40.49] Too bad that marriage didn't work out
[01:42.19] Now you don't have a your house
[01:43.69] Daddy fighting mommy they both tell me they love me
[01:46.26] If I get to close to one the other one start acting funny
[01:49.16] Ma went and had a baby with a different dad
[01:51.93] You act happy to please 'em but you really sad
[01:54.24] Seeing first hand that family that you will never have
[01:57.14] Plus you ain't no real brother, you're just a half
[01:59.72] Got to pick up the pieces and move on
[02:02.27] Bedtime stories and greet them on the phone
[02:04.68] Live in two houses and neither one is home
[02:07.30] Wishing you were grown have the freedom to get gone
[02:10.35] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[02:13.30] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[02:16.07] Holding on for survival
[02:18.56] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[02:20.87] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[02:23.77] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[02:26.53] Holding on for survival
[02:29.00] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[02:31.34] Daddy was a preacher
[02:32.41] Mama was a Sunday school teacher
[02:34.52] Big brother a football squad leader
[02:36.64] Now far be it for you to disappoint or displease them
[02:39.44] You're just being what you feel you see in
[02:42.24] That mirror every time you peer in
[02:44.31] Swallow the tears inside that empty feeling
[02:47.26] Her boy terrified to let the world in
[02:49.68] He has girlfriends but doesn't want a girlfriend
[02:52.46] He retreats inside himself
[02:54.79] Where he lives life itself in secret
[02:57.87] Daddy says people go to hell for being
[03:00.15] What he is and he certainly believes 'em
[03:03.18] Cause there ain't no flame that can blaze enough
[03:05.94] To trump being hated for the way you love
[03:08.52] And cry yourself to sleep and hate waking up
[03:11.12] Its a cold world y'all, shame on us
[03:13.78] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[03:16.87] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[03:19.34] Holding on for survival
[03:21.76] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[03:24.25] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[03:27.34] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[03:29.80] Holding on for survival
[03:32.46] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[03:34.81]
[00:26.85] Chip on his shoulder
[00:28.17] Sick sleeping on a pissy sofa
[00:30.27] Unwanted visitor in a different culture
[00:32.84] Missing home and he cant go their civil warin'
[00:35.47] Listen solider forget getting over
[00:37.67] Prison state around the corner homeless is even closer
[00:40.69] Kids with similar skin color still don't even want ya
[00:43.33] Spit and insult ya 'cause they have been here longer
[00:46.03] He leave his crib he guaranteed the pigs approach ya
[00:48.58] Where ya going where ya from any weapons on ya?
[00:51.16] Your family is stressed out your getting older
[00:53.82] You don't live the way they did back in Somalia
[00:56.87] It's extra difficult to be a daughter
[00:58.72] Trying to keep it modest with the sinners all around you
[01:01.26] Wear the wrong garment your parents get an ulcer
[01:03.80] If you wrap it up the other children picking on you
[01:07.28] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[01:10.03] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[01:12.76] Holding on for survival
[01:15.16] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[01:17.31] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[01:20.80] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[01:23.23] Holding on for survival
[01:25.72] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[01:28.27] Holidays and you know what the business is
[01:30.72] You get two birthdays and two Christmases
[01:33.43] Older you get you resent how sick it is
[01:35.94] They're trying to cover their guilt with the gifts they give
[01:38.63] Bounce from his house to her house
[01:40.49] Too bad that marriage didn't work out
[01:42.19] Now you don't have a your house
[01:43.69] Daddy fighting mommy they both tell me they love me
[01:46.26] If I get to close to one the other one start acting funny
[01:49.16] Ma went and had a baby with a different dad
[01:51.93] You act happy to please 'em but you really sad
[01:54.24] Seeing first hand that family that you will never have
[01:57.14] Plus you ain't no real brother, you're just a half
[01:59.72] Got to pick up the pieces and move on
[02:02.27] Bedtime stories and greet them on the phone
[02:04.68] Live in two houses and neither one is home
[02:07.30] Wishing you were grown have the freedom to get gone
[02:10.35] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[02:13.30] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[02:16.07] Holding on for survival
[02:18.56] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[02:20.87] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[02:23.77] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[02:26.53] Holding on for survival
[02:29.00] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[02:31.34] Daddy was a preacher
[02:32.41] Mama was a Sunday school teacher
[02:34.52] Big brother a football squad leader
[02:36.64] Now far be it for you to disappoint or displease them
[02:39.44] You're just being what you feel you see in
[02:42.24] That mirror every time you peer in
[02:44.31] Swallow the tears inside that empty feeling
[02:47.26] Her boy terrified to let the world in
[02:49.68] He has girlfriends but doesn't want a girlfriend
[02:52.46] He retreats inside himself
[02:54.79] Where he lives life itself in secret
[02:57.87] Daddy says people go to hell for being
[03:00.15] What he is and he certainly believes 'em
[03:03.18] Cause there ain't no flame that can blaze enough
[03:05.94] To trump being hated for the way you love
[03:08.52] And cry yourself to sleep and hate waking up
[03:11.12] Its a cold world y'all, shame on us
[03:13.78] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[03:16.87] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[03:19.34] Holding on for survival
[03:21.76] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[03:24.25] Live in two worlds with your eyes closed
[03:27.34] Tip-toeing on a tight rope
[03:29.80] Holding on for survival
[03:32.46] Nobody to blame this is just how it goes
[03:34.81]