Wave

By Adiga

On OK

Released on November 12, 2021

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[Intro]

Ok, yeah

Out of the loop. baby, yeah

I'm out of the loop, baby, yeah

Ok


[Verse 1]

It’s the kid from the middle east with the big dreams

Thinking 'bout MSG while I barely get streams

Getting over my fears

Going after my dreams

Expressing all my of feels

Rise above all of the screams

Don’t give a shit how it deals

Going big steps just like Neil's

Capture the moment like stills

Diving so deep I got fins

Saying it is how it is

Showing you it really means

Going on a journey, it’s all deeper than it seems

And you know why they say

Ay ay ay ay

If you want then you can

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

I wanna show you the way

Ay ay ay ay

To free yourself of your chains

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

To rise above of the chance

Ay ay ay ay

It’s all inside of your head

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You make your meaning so just never stop

Know yourself and enjoy the art

It's more than rap


[Chorus]

My life is like a wave

It goes up and it comes back down

I don't expect you to understand

But I just know I'll never drown

Never drown

Yeah, I'll never drown

Never drown


[Verse 2]

Sixteen, sixteen years I gave my everything and got blood and tears

And six scars on my shoulder

And some scars within

But somehow I still smile

Somehow I still dream

But some nights I go back in time

Remember the past like a bad broadcast

It’s always blurry

I remember being in a hurry to the spot waiting for my coach to pick me up

Go to the Tel Aviv gym

Getting to the Olympic games, that was my dream

But from a young age I knew the chances are slim

'Cause I’m not the most gifted on my team

All the other kids are beating me in everything

I was a fighter though

Not giving up, holding in the tears like an alcoholic hold a cup

I was addicted to the dream to win a cup

And while everybody else was gone I was still there after all those years holding on


[Chorus]

My life is like a wave

It goes up and it comes back down

I don't expect you to understand

But I just know I'll never drown

Never drown

Yeah, I'll never drown

Never drown


[Verse 3]

Warm summer days

Cold winter nights

Doesn’t matter the weather, I never feel alright

I’m way too hard on myself, the little voice in my head tells me that I’m a loser, that I got no real friends

That I don’t deserve love and affection

I let it play for a while but find the strength to take action

Lift myself up from the ashes, the fire doesn’t burn me anymore, now I control it

I’m tryna do big things but just being is the most beautiful thing

I meditate and I create, I see a song in every clean plate

I don’t carry weight from the past anymore, I remember who I do things for

It’s not a war, I’m just one book in a big book store

I open the door, now I go to the shore and watch my wave from the side

I let myself float and write this note then wave it goodbye

I'm not controlled anymore


[Bridge]

My life is like a wave

It goes up and it comes back down

I don't expect you to understand

But I just know I'll never drown

Never drown

Yeah, I'll never drown

Never drown


[Outro]

I was stuck in a loop, then I hit a wall

Opened two paths that I can take: can I rise, or do I fall?

But maybe, if you'll look at it from the right perspective, you'll see

That it's all just being human