Skyscrapers - Katarina

Skyscrapers please forgive me I didn't mean a word I said Skyscrapers I was just tangled up in my own head And somehow in all the madness I thought that I was seeing straight It ain't always pretty but it seemed there was no other way And I guess all I ever loved was standing right before my eyes And I, oh I, I was blind So skyscrapers please forgive me I'm standing here repentative man Oh skyscrapers I'll never look down again, again Oh 'cause I guess all I ever loved was standing right before my eyes Oh yeah, I guess all I've ever known was standing, Was standing, was standing here all the time And I, yeah I, I was blind I was blind I was blind You were right here all the time You were right here all the time I was blind I was blind I was blind

Ah (right), ah It's time for us to reach for the stars (grr) Talk to 'em I've seen coal turned to diamonds And blind man's visions become skyscrapers What begun as a scene is no longer a dream Let's become skyscrapers Skyscrapers Whenever I went through something It brought me closer to God (come on) And I stayed in something so now I'm closer to God (come on) But closer is hard, the attacks get stronger (uh-huh) Become much harder to fight and they last longer (yeah) That's what it's always been, joy with the pain (uh-huh, ooo) Dark with the light, sun with the rain (oh) But with the right perspective there's something to gain (what) Look for the good in the bad, not the sun when it rains I've seen coal turned to diamonds And blind man's visions become skyscrapers What begun as a scene is no longer a dream Let's become skyscrapers Skyscrapers I don't like better, better gets you comfortable (uh-huh) Comfort puts you to sleep Need to know what's up with you (what) Hate and love relationship with what I love (yeah) Hate it because it kills me, love it for what it does (why) Every day I live, every day I die (ugh, ugh) Don't always laugh but every day I cry (ugh, cry) Used to wonder why, now I enjoy the rain Stronger with the struggle, can't live without the pain (what) I just wanna be heard, fuck the fame (yeah) My words will live forever, fuck my name (come on) Father God, please give me the strength I need I was born in the dirt, so it's like you planted the seed Let me grow I've seen coal turned to diamonds And blind man's visions become skyscrapers What begun as a scene is no longer a dream Let's become skyscrapers Put your hands high and touch the sky Put your hands high and touch the skyscrapers Put your hands high and touch the sky Put your hands high and touch the skyscrapers Breezes in the summer comet sky And jungle city lights go flashing by Feel full of, feel full, full Reach for the sky, ooh, yeah Reach for the sky Reach for the sky, ooh, yeah Reach for the sky Reach for the sky The sky ain't gon' hold you The sky is not gon' hold you

Sean, it's good to be home, isn't it? Uh-huh I see the skyscrapers in the back, this shit is official Skyscrapers, straight up I got a lot on my mind, I got more in my face If I ain't going to get it, that day is going to waste I'm tryna move in my safe like the safe was a safehouse I ain't going out to eat but these hoes stay on the stakeout And you know it's official when I go bringing that BAPE out I'm thumbing through the magazines like, "This the girl I'ma take out" Imagine stuck in the D and you tryna find a way, way out And yeah, your music been bumping and you just waiting to break out And I've been waiting all god damn year, all year I can tell that it's near, but near ain't here Man, them bills is here right now I guess you shine brightest when the lights down, like now And then they say it happened for me overnight, shit, yeah I guess I guess it took ten years for me to be an overnight success What you know 'bout living check to check To living check to check to check to check? First place, no neck and neck Two girls is breast to breast to breast to breast Blowing smoke but I'm a breath of fresh air Yeah, saying I'm doing extra numbers like I'm Chinese Taking double shots like Siamese I'm from where crime breeds, her titties out like, "Sign these" I knew I lived this life back when I was young and used to climb trees I should've known back then I wasn't gonna stop 'Cause even then I was infatuated with just sitting at the top I said, I should've known back then, man, that I wasn't gonna stop 'Cause even then I was infatuated with just sitting at the top And I don't owe nobody in the world no favors I started from the basement, made it to the skyscrapers I'm a successful nigga, I got shit going on I'm a successful Don, I got shit going on I said, I don't owe nobody in the world no favors I started from the basement, made it to the skyscrapers I'm a successful nigga, I got shit going on (oh yeah) I'm a successful Don, I got shit going on (ooh) Bitch, watch how you speak to me I've been working all week and I know I need Z-Z-Z-Z's Tryna get paid repeatedly Jamaica or Cancun, oh now that's where I need to be Credit card used to be EBT, in the D though that's D-EBT I been thinking about becoming a cop So I can murk some niggas one-by-one off legally I talk that real shit, but that's why they loving it One time for the city, treating it like it's the mothership Was talking to my dad, though, on some other shit He like, "Man, slow down with the girls you're fucking with" "If they ain't a quarterback, there's no point of rushing it" "Don't make the same mistakes I made with your mother" But that's on some other shit, look I'm into risk and taking it I'm into making it, then back, then make it, like I ain't made it yet This the rehab for a workaholic, I been thinking 'bout shaking it I done had a Rolex longer than I had relationships I'm embarrassed to say that shit but I've been working on myself And that's the most important work, even if you don't get paid for it Shit, call me the greatest Don't call up no favors, I call up my savior Like thank you God, look at all we created I started rapping Biggie Smalls in the basement And now we headed to the tallest skyscrapers (skyscrapers)

Skyscrapers Memories of you Piling in my head Piling in my head I see buildings around sparkling in the dark so bright, ahh Blinding through my hair Blinding through my hair I keep driving away, but I don't know where, please help, ahh Drive away from you Far away from you Cry out of pleasure. I can't stand the pressure 'Cause I can't stand the pressure Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh Cry out of pleasure. I can't stand the pressure 'Cause I can't stand the pressure Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh Cry out of pleasure I can't stand the pressure 'Cause I can't stand the pressure Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh I keep driving away, but I don't know where Please help, ahh Drive away from you Far away from you Cry out of pleasure. I can't stand the pressure 'Cause I can't stand the pressure Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh Cry out of pleasure. I can't stand the pressure 'Cause I can't stand the pressure Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh Cry out of pleasure. I can't stand the pressure 'Cause I can't stand the pressure Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh Stay away from you, far away from you, ahh-ahh