Good morning, baby I thank God I'm alive to greet you with the sun She is but a flower, and I love her cause she-- And we both agree this rap shit is all me But the seed of this beautiful world is ours My black mind, dream big and follow through even bigger 15 years of slavery for you lady I put in work to be your nigga May the sun kiss you, unconditional I pray each and every lyric get to you On this third rendition For you and your ambition both, bloom Baby, let your hair down, let it loose There's no need to be scared now, cause I'm with you And there's no judgement here, love, you are free To be as wild and crazy as you wanna be So baby let me see you bloom for me To whom it may concern Let me thank your mom for the beauty you inherited Let me call her up and be like, "Excuse me Mrs. Um... You don't know me, but... Thank you for your flower, but I'm tryna be your sun" Now wait, wait, I know what you're 'bout to say Male entertainers entertain everything But that ain't the case, let me put it this way: If I'm tryna see you bloom, why would I do it with shade? Don't play, uh, nah I won't stay long The pollution that you use to I illuminate such Beautiful the evolution of your bud Remove your make-up I need that human nature Look, me and you just ain't enough We fruitful as youth let's accumulate some Tell me 'bout your roots, and how you've came up I call you my flower, cause you're my boo K? Good! (Be my flower, I'll be your sun) Let me see you bloom for me Just let me hold you in a dark place And when it's cold let me warm thee I know we both come from hard times Cause I'm aroused you a rose of the concrete Thorns on fleek Static (?) on three, I can hit quick or chill and give you energy Fresh out of college and they sweat you, now you got degrees Busy to follow me i'm tryna pollinate so won't you holla when it's gotta be Honey, sweet thing, let's get into it, we can do whatever Be it intellect or intimate, levitate your habitat, (?) who you dealin' with, this sort of photosynthesis don't show up with the filter in ya Love, me and you just ain't enough, we fruitful as youth let's accumulate some Tell me 'bout your roots, and how you've came up I call you my flower, cause you my boo, k? good! You don't have to worry about comfort, I'm the safest place that you wanna be No longer do you have to wonder, just open up and spread your wings Eh oh baby, won't you (bloom bloom) Eh baby, won't you (bloom, bloom, bloom, bloom) Eh baby, won't you (bloom bloom) Eh baby, won't you (bloom bloom) Eh baby, won't you (bloom bloom)

Your shoes are in the living room And the keys are in the cellar The note's right where you left it And I guess I don't care Your mother keeps on prying But I don't think that I'll tell her Besides, you lied, I don't even know where you are And I'm flying up and off the handle But flying all the same Flying up and off the handle But flying all the same, mmm I think about your empty house And I think about your girlhood I think about you thinking of me That watery stare Well I just think and I think, think, think And I wonder if it'll do good Miscommunicating into thin air And I'm flying up and off the handle But flying all the same Flying up and off the handle But flying all the same Ohhh I, I, I, I, I, I I gotta be, gotta be, gotta be crazy I, I, I, I, I, I Shoulda been holding my tongue I, I, I, I, I, I I gotta be, gotta be, gotta be crazy I, I, I, I, I, I Shoulda been holding my tongue Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh oh Well I dreamed, I dreamed, I dreamed, I dreamed I was choking on feathers Flowers of the bone Flowers of the bone And I swallowed 'em, swallowed 'em Down, down And my body got lighter And now I cannot sink, I cannot go home And I'm flying up and off the handle But flying all the same Flying up and off the handle But flying all the same Ohhh I, I, I, I, I, I I gotta be, gotta be, gotta be crazy I, I, I, I, I, I Shoulda been holding my tongue I, I, I, I, I, I I gotta be, gotta be, gotta be crazy I, I, I, I, I, I Shoulda been holding my tongue Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh ohhh

Some kind of lover Some kind of bug in my mind Chewing up my conscience Spit out the seed and swallowed my pride I'm trailing blood I'm trailing blood from my hands A lit firecracker Between my lips, I'm a modern man At the edge of the wheel That'll never stop turning Spun away from the middle I've come alive, come alive I'll forget this fever I'll forget crawling back to your palm To feed off of your meaning 'Cause I know, I know, I know that it's gone I'm at the edge of the wheel That'll never stop turning Spun away from the middle I've come alive, come alive Your lip's got a quiver Telling me there's something wrong Oh-ooo-oh, oh-ooo-oh, oh-ooo-oh And my brain just got a shiver You gotta tell me if there's something wrong Oh-ooo-oh, oh-ooo-oh, ohhh-ooo-oh-oh-oh Goddamn the youth And goddamn this good excuse To curse through my teeth and lie And let my tongue tie a noose I don't need your pity And I don't need your warning I don't care if you hear me I've come alive, come alive At the edge of the wheel That'll never stop turning Spun away from the middle I've come alive, come alive

We drove there on the thirty-first And waited for the worst From underneath the bridge Crybaby bridge, crybaby bridge I was looking at her But she was looking away And her eyes swept the shadows From sea to shining sea We turned our engines off and stared In silence and in darkness On the bridge, crybaby bridge And did I hear a cry below? No one will wonder, and no one will know Did you crawl out the window? Well isn't that the saddest way to go? The river spoke quietly And wandered towards the sea And left the bridge to rust With tiny handprints in the dust I was looking at her But there was nothing to say And our hearts kept beating We knew we'd find an end But still it felt like forever Waiting there together on the bridge Crybaby bridge And did I hear a cry below? No one will wonder, and no one will know Did you crawl out the window? Well isn't that the saddest way to go? Ooh, oo-ooh, oooh Ooh, oo-ooh Ooh, oo-ooh, oooh Ooh, oo-ooh Mothers, we're coming home We're coming home to find you Fathers, don't turn your eyes away There's a new fire burning There's help on the way There's a face in the water: Do you recognize your son? Do you recognize your daughter? And do you hear a cry below? No one will wonder, and no one will know Did you crawl out the window? Isn't that the saddest way to go? Isn't that the saddest way to go? Isn't that the saddest way to go? Ooh, oo-ooh, oooh Ooh, oo-ooh Ooh, oo-ooh, oooh Ooh, oo-ooh, ooh

You say you found some You say you found someone, ok. And he's a doctor And he's a doctor, my lord good day Heavy and empty Heavy and empty Heavy and empty Hearts on fire and heads to sleep And lovers on their hands and knees Be careful love can Be careful love can come And love can go to hell And it's a problem And it's a problem, oh well Heavy and empty Heavy and empty Heavy and empty Hearts on fire and heads to sleep And lovers on their hands and knees And now you and I And now you and I are out of love And I am born again Tonight I'm born again Heavy and empty Heavy and empty Heavy and empty Hearts on fire and heads to sleep And lovers on their hands and knees Hearts on fire and heads to sleep And lovers on their hands and knees

These eleven days of summer I have called you You always come when I call you But I don't hear your feet We swallowed up the river But still we never found you The season came and it drowned you In sorrow and in heat Oh, what's happening? Call it the nation's Call it the nation's war Oh, it's happening This morning we woke up This morning we woke up old Mmmhmmm I could feel your breathing Your healing heart was beating But now my head is beating Like the clapper of a bell The fireworks are funny The duds fall in the water Fizzling like futures The hissing sound of hell Oh, what's happening? Call it the nation's Call it the nation's war Oh, it's happening This morning we woke up This morning we woke up old Mmmhmmm From here the days get shorter Tireless, but older Come on, let's get older And keep our hands held down From here the days get shorter Tireless, but older Come on, let's get older And keep our hands held down From here the days get shorter Tireless, but older Come on, let's get older And keep our hands held down Oh, what's happening? Call it the nation's Call it the nation's war Oh, it's happening This morning we woke up This morning we woke up old Mmmhmmm

Take my body 'cross the ocean Let the world turn below Take me only where I'm going Don't you worry about my soul Just get me there is all I'm asking Back to the place where I was born Where all we learned about compassion We had to make up all on our own Is this a lifetime? No less, no less, no more Between the bright lines Oh no, oh no Is this a lifetime? Say yes, say yes or no Between the bright lines What am I fighting for? Who owns the land that holds my headstone? Who is the girl that loves him so? Who holds the hand that holds the weapon We should have buried long ago? Is this a lifetime? No less, no less, no more Between the bright lines Oh no, oh no Is this a lifetime? Say yes, say yes or no Between the bright lines What am I fighting for? Is this a lifetime Between the bright lines? Is this a lifetime Between the bright lines? What am I fighting for? Is this a lifetime Between the bright lines? Is this a lifetime Between the bright lines? What am I fighting for?