[Verse 1]

I’m a prisoner to the city

I was born with a chain on my neck

I used to think the bright lights were so pretty

But now they’re gone and I think I’m a wreck

We can’t dig holes in the pavement

But that’s okay, we lived in the sand

We’re sinking and need someone to save us

So hoist me up with your fragile hands

Locked up by taxis and transit

A silver cigarette tucked in your ear

Heat’s dropping and I can’t stand it

I’m still looking for what I wanna hear

[Chorus]

I get sucked into my own mind

Cast out from my own kind

I always say the wrong thing at the right time

Painting structures, bases punchline

Pretty faces, hotline

Changing paces combine

Give us more time

[Verse 2]

My rhymes are young but my reasons are ancient

And I forget what I do with my lungs

Petrified people from strange places

Tell me who I am, lead with your tongue

Give your wrist and I promise I’ll take it

Why don’t you follow me into the world?

Know your enemies: friends who can’t fake it

The paper crane, it tends to unfold

[Chorus]

I get sucked into my own mind

Cast out from my own kind

I always say the wrong thing at the right time

Painting structures, bases punchline

Pretty faces, hotline

Changing paces combine

Give us more time

[Bridge]

Break me out of here

Whispers ‘round my ear (Changing faces)

Break me out of here (Changing paces)

Whispers ‘round my ear (Changing faces)

Ah! (Changing paces)

[Outro]

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