[Verse 1: Daze]
They misusing cupid's arrow just to poke a nigga
Striking fear in my heart, my vanes open nigga
Saying Love's name in vain, they couldn't feel my pain
Reminiscing feeling like a slave, I can feel my chains
You see me walking down this dirt road, I'm escaping torture
My head spinning so my mind like the wheel of fortune
I'm rich and wise but not in pennies or the luxury
My past is the armory holding me from my misery
And even though it's killing me, I'm feeling myself
The wealth of wisdom is artillery; I ask if I remember me
I'm shooting blanks for every letter that's in hang man
I'm tryna hold it down, this a lifetime full of handstands
I know a couple things are hard to come by
And you feel like they running from you like a combine
But hold your head high and breathe above the water
How you drowning if we draining out the sink of all your sorrow, nigga?

[Hook: Erykah Badu]
Time to save the world, beating the world is all the time
So many things I still don't know, so many times I've changed my mind
Guess I was born to make mistakes, but I ain't scared to take the weight
So when I stumble off the path, I know my heart will guide me back

[Verse 2: Daze]
There was a point in time when I played the bad guy
Breaking every heart that couldn't even shape my blood type
The class clown nigga that fooled around for attention
Like the boy that cried wolf, so soon they wouldn't listen to me
I use joke about the rubies
Acting like I was from the hood saying, "It Was Gucci,"
So a nigga would salute me
But shoot me cause I rolling dice
Putting my life in a gamble, in the hands of Uncle Samuel
My niggas use to scramble like some eggs
They didn't want to share that bunk bed
Casket made for just one head
Plus it covers up your legs, why you running from the dead
I know some niggas that use to keep a pistol under their bed
While they use to sleep at night
Covers tucked; use to grip it tight
For any nightmare that came to sight
Now it's like,
They tryna put they life in a composition
No living legends; I hope you listen and get the message
So pay attention or pay it forward

[Outro: Erykah Badu]
Ooh, hey I'm trying to decide
Which way to go, think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere
Ooh, hey, I'm trying to decide
Which way to go, think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere