What This Means (feat. Ouse) - Powfu

I've built some dreams I've held them close Celebrated perfect days I lost the one I loved the most Now she's six feet of earth away I've cried 'til I thought I couldn't stop And I've laughed until it hurt And I've prayed in an empty parking lot And my friends were my church Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly Sometimes the pain will cut you so just like a knife There's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace I've seen it from both sides This is what it means to be alive, alive This is what it means to be alive I've seen the face of have to have Of a child without a home A casualty of circumstance Written off and all alone I've cried for the wars that they've been through And I've walked by their side I've watched what the power of love can do And how it changes lives Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly Sometimes the pain will cut you so just like a knife There's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace I've seen it from both sides This is what it means to be alive, alive This is what it means to be alive This is what it means, this is what it means This is what it means to be alive, alive This is what it means, yeah Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly Sometimes the pain will cut you so just like a knife There's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace I've seen it from both sides This is what it means to be alive

I finally see See what it all mean Yeah The feelin' of the first time seein' your name on a flyer It just was yesterday, picture that on the day you retire And they still shocked and amazed, I made it up higher 'Cause I came up with them hot heads that played with the fire Product of the '80s, Prada Milan store for the lady I'm a carnivore, constantly come with concepts to pay me I'm responsible for they most cockiest behavior My DNA in they G'd up ways, and they surveyin' us Showed 'em my scrotum is goldеn, rap game stomach was swollen I left thеse bastards on your doorsteps, behold 'em Ideas come and go away but I already thought 'em So years later, they still knew when I go record 'em I done hooked up with a beast, never stingy with the beats Experimental, accident records wind up killin' the streets "Black and Proud" shirts, white Jesus pieces on cuban links Civil war chick, yo, she black and white on Egyptian sheets And I can see the jealousy, I think they really scared of me Do what I do and let it be And that's the way I always been since I was seventeen I finally see what this all really means Did a double album when rap double albums was startin' They bootlegged I Am, an album I put my heart in Nipsey met me to do a doc about it 'fore he departed He talked to Stoute about it too 'cause he was 'part of that project, yeah Back then, we charted with the CDs and tapes And I still come out the field, you either scrape or get scraped You either in and out, you rollin' or you just in the way What this all really means, I had to reload the Drac' Eighty years old, I'm still gon' have a chain, a kilo it weigh Speedos on the beach, my belly out when I land in Capri Wearin' black owned designer (Uh) math on my mind (Okay) It's a while 'fore I get there, almost passed forty-nine I be on the block easy with a glass full of wine Red Chrome Heart lenses to see I'm in my third prime The Q-U double E-N-S Y'all gon' need some EMS when we drop this and that's a bet The feelin' of the first time seein' your name on a flyer It just was yesterday, picture that on the day you retire And they still shocked and amazed, I made it up higher 'Cause I came up with them hot heads that played with the fire And I can see the jealousy, I think they really scared of me Do what I do and let it be And that's the way I always been since I was seventeen I finally see what this all really means It's everything, from the hard times (I finally know what this all really means) The bad times (Anthony Saleh, we got a team) The better times All mixed in-between Sunshine and rain Yeah, yeah Tough people last, tough times don't, yeah Tough people last, tough times don't Now I see

Damn it, woman I can't ready your mind Listen, what she really mean when she says her head hurts? She tired from work, she just wanna take a bath and go to bed, oh, yeah What she really means when she says all that? She just ain't feeling the love, oh, Lord What she really means when she says pussy there And baby, come here, tonight can we do something special? What she really means when she says all that? Just get ready to put in some work She's never gonna give you the map to her heart She's never gonna show you the place where to start She's never gonna help you to figure out Forever be a mystery what love's all about You gotta read between the lines and see You gotta go where no man's gone before You gotta reach real deep inside her dreams And that's when you'll find out what she really means What she really means when she says she doesn't really need a gift? All she ever needed was your arms around her and your lips to kiss, yeah, yeah What she really means when she says all that? Don't you come home empty handed, she ain't gonna understand it And what she really means when she gets out of hand, in your face Calling you everything but your God given name And what she really means when she says all that? She wants to know that you're strong enough to put her back in her place She's never gonna give you the map to her heart Never gonna show you the place where to start She's never gonna help you to figure out Forever be a mystery what love's all about You gotta read between the lines and see You gotta go where no man's gone before You gotta reach real deep inside her dreams That's when you'll find out what she really means She wants you to work hard like you tryna solve a jigsaw puzzle Pick a lock, crack the code, she wants to know she's worth the trouble And she wants to be leaded and she wants to believe it When she stirs into your arms Never gonna give you the map to her heart Never gonna show you the place where to start Never ever gonna help you to figure out Forever be a mystery what love's all about You gotta read between the lines and see You gotta go where no man's gone before You gotta reach real deep inside her dreams And that's when you'll find out what she really means

Ayy, yeah, yeah Ayy, one sip and then I'll be done, yeah I don't wanna drink, but I have to, yeah I've been walking close to the sun, yeah Now these toxins are falling from my mind Sometimes I swear under my breath 'Cause I don't want anyone knowing I'm upset Sometimes I fall too deeply And this time I'm not sure if I'm making it out Snowfall covering the guns and trenches If we don't see the ruins, then I hope we'll forget it I can see you're hurt, you don't have to lie I'm seeing through those emerald eyes (yeah, yeah) I'm still playing Mario Kart But I'll admit, it's not entertaining I still fall asleep on my back (asleep on my back) But now I got nobody to wake me (got nobody here) I'm still playing Mario Kart (I'm still playing) I bet it's been a while since you played it (it's been a while) Pretend I needed something to buy So I can bump into you at your day shift At your day shift, at your day shift I'm just a cheeky boy, I'm just a cheeky boy I'm just a cheeky boy Waking up and I'm playing Get bored quick, wanna see your face Tell me how your day went She's still got your fragrance Your lemonade on my desk still And sweater on my carpet I know you'll come back soon, but I'll admit, I'm starvin' Open your wings and fly right beside me Flow with the wind and follow where he's guiding Is there something you don't trust? We can take our time, we don't have to rush Snowfall covering the guns and trenches If we don't see the ruins, then I hope we'll forget it I know you're sad, you don't have to lie I'm seeing through those emerald eyes (yeah, yeah) I'm still playing Mario Kart But I'll admit, it's not entertaining I still fall asleep on my back (asleep on my back) But now I got nobody to wake me (got nobody here) I'm still playing Mario Kart (I'm still playing) I bet it's been a while since you played it (it's been a while) Pretend I needed something to buy So I can bump into you at your day shift