Outside the Lines

By Don Trip

On GLADIATOR

Released on September 29, 2023

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[Intro]

Yeah

(DTdaKidd)

(Beat those drums)


[Verse 1]

Sometimes I color outside the lines

Yeah, start trippin' and get lost in this mind of mine

Yeah, fuck it, sometimes I can't stay inside the lines

No matter what I go through, I find time to grind

'Cause if I take a day off, then we fall behind

And if the bills late, it's nobody's fault but mine

All this weight I carry, I find it hard to smile

And when they turn they backs, I ain't at all surprised

I knew they wasn't who they claim, I saw all the signs

I still see the picture clear through my watery eyеs

The more I try to hold it in, the hardеr I cry

I keep makin' new mistakes the harder I try

I would probably choke to death if I swallowed my pride

No matter what I endure, I gotta survive

'Cause when the blood's in the water, the sharks'll arrive, yeah


[Interlude]

Yeah, start trippin' and get lost in this mind of mine, yeah

Yeah


[Verse 2]

Sometimes I color outside the lines

I get impatient as I wait for the stars to align

Sometimes I lose myself if they become harder to find

And I get lost and think whatever I find is mine

And when I'm hurt, I think whoever I find's a diamond

Forgettin' who they really are until time reminds me

Where I make the decision to leave 'em all behind me

If life's a movie, gotta stop tryna pause and rewind it

'Cause this might be the kind of movie the stars can die in


[Interlude]

Yeah, start trippin' and get lost in this mind of mine (Yeah)

Yeah, yeah


[Verse 3]

Sometimes I color outside the lines

All my pictures ain't picture perfect

At times, I poured my love into people who didn't deserve it

I gave my time time after time and it wasn't worth it

I gave you my all so you can make me feel worthless

But joke's on you, joke's on you

You built a wall in my path and then I broke on through

And now you wanna rekindle shit, I'm like, "No can do"

No, I can't chop it up with you, no, I don't know kung fu

Felt like your soul was a part of me like an arm or a leg

I had to cut that shit off so that the disease won't spread

I still feel it sometimes, they call that phantom limb

But no matter what, you'll never connect it again

I'm on a long journey as I navigate without a map

Had to mark the trees along the way so I don't circle back

My daughter drew a picture for me, she not even five

She said, "It's so hard to stay inside the lines"

I said, "Baby, that's fine"


[Outro]

All you can do is try

When you do what's in your heart

It come out perfect every time

Long live Pif

(DTdaKidd)

(Beat those drums)