Wake Up - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

The chance that he ever reaches any place suitable to support life in his lifetime's pretty low (Get low)

Pretty low (Get low), pretty low (Get low), pretty low (Get low)

And the chances of him of ever seeing anybody that he knows are even lower

So he's making up his mind to just go (Let go)

Just go (Let go), just go (Let go), just go (Let go)

So it's one shot in the arm (One shot in the arm)

Hazy in the head (Hazy in the head)

Set the timer once (Set the timer once)

Lay down in the bed (Lay down and)

Close the hatch, trying to clear your mind

Cause nightmares and alarms blowing, kill the time

If you have a God, say something sublime

Deep breath and leave it behind; you ready to—

(Jump) Be right here when you wake up

(Jump) There'll be no here when you wake up

Slow blood

Somewhere, in sleep is a brainstorm and the EKG spikes

And the nerves fire like flies lightly, then die slightly each night

Alright, alright, alright

It's an artifact apparently, similar to a muscle memory

And he grabs her ropes and chokes back songs

Like tears, like stars, like gears

And moving pictures, picture-perfect, paint a perfect picture

Perforate it, rip it up into a thousand jagged edges

He's embarrassed of the love he has for things you never knew—didn't you know?

Happiness is waiting at your door

In a sleek, black dress and a kiss that says, "Hello"

And a thick, black mess and a mom that says, "Don't go"

And a cul-de-sac so cold, it'll hold you close

When the stores all close and the clothes so thin to begin with

When the wind rips, they blow

Pretty low (Get low), pretty low (Get low)

Just go (Let go), just go, (Let go)

Just go (Let go), just go (Let go)

[Chorus: Daveed Diggs & Paul Outlaw]

Slow blood

I follow the stars when the sun goes to bed

Slow blood

Everything I've ever known is long dead

Slow blood

I can't go back home 'cause I wanna be free

Slow blood

Someone tell the others what's become of me