[Chorus]

Darkness, hold me

My nightmares, won't go to sleep

I dive in, to the cold sea

I tried swim, but don't breathe

Darkness, hold me

My nightmares, won't go sleep

I dive in, to the cold sea

I tried swim, but I don't breathe

[Verse 1]

Yo, if only I could meet the old me

I'd say little bro there's so much that you don't see

So many people around that you don't need

I'd reach out and tell him what they never told me

The people that you roll with ain't even your broskis

Just a bunch of leeches they eat off you slowly

And no I won't preach proceed to roll deep

I know you keep your friends close 'cus your family don't speak

But in reality them man are just coke fiends

That gradually grow weak and have casual nose bleeds

But hang with that whole team, 'cus yea they're scumbags

But in that bag of man there's a handful of OG's

And meeting them will teach you to stand on your own feet

'Cus you're the one person in life that won't leave (uh)

You're the one person in life that won't know

I know you're so broke, some evenings you don't eat

Not even some cold meat, it's scary with no heating

Keeping you cozy, no parents is so peak

I tell 'em keep scheming and dreaming with no sleep

And just be prepared to tear up the whole scene

And don't worry when there isn't no P

Believe it or not right now i'm wearing a Roly (ay)

And young G no need to smoke weed

You'll take your first toke, your face'll go green

Swear I know you better than I could ever know me

I roll a zoot better than you could ever roll G

Don't even try it every week I be buying a oz

Supplying the whole street

You're righteous then don't be

So naive, so sweet and so innocent

From someone that came from a bloodline so militant

Siblings don't give a shit, they own their own businesses

Nobody wants to get old and told that they show ignorance

So, say no thanks and yes please

Tell him life's a game you're only the chess piece

Hold up your head bro you know that it gets peak

When it does pick up the pen and flow like an MC

[Chorus]

Darkness, hold me

My nightmares, won't go sleep

I dive in, to the cold sea

I tried swim, but I don't breathe

[Verse 2]

'Cus you're the boy and i'm the man

And that hairline don't hold up, enjoy it while you can

I know you think about the future and go guarentee

Nothing's guarenteed

A wise man won't worry over the choice he doesn't have

And that's the only thing we can accept

None of us are getting our money back when we're dead

Just be the best you for when you have a family

I know you're scared of having kids 'cus all the shit you had to see

It just had to be to invent the man you see

And be a better man than your daddy could ever be

And then you'll understand why your dad he had to leave

'Cus when plan A fails man go back to B

Back to the agony the savages the pain

Hand on the kitchen knife to stop him slashing up his veins

Break the shackles and the chains, carry on the same

For the child she's carrying so we can carry on your name

I know you want a family, but you're married to the game

Couple women in your way, that you cannot save

And when that train passes, give that hand a wave

No nothing matters when you're hanging 'round the endz

Banging with your mandem, hanging 'round your friends

But your sister got with Woody boy

And found him hanging now he's dead

Now he's just ashes and you got him hanging 'round your neck

Yeah, and he'll never be forgotten

Heart as heavy as the coffin

If I could meet the old me would I even get the acknowledgement

When he's the one responsible for the knowledge I wanna give

I'd probably wanna kiss ya

Give a little smile, say sorry I wasn't with ya

You survived the suicide and broke the cycle for your sister

Now roll a spliff and put in all the pressure that you pent up in a rizla

And then blow it out the window like a winner

Time is something that you cannot redeem

So go and be with your family G

Even if you're having beef and can't live amicably

Yea your family's mean but they don't know what family means

But we can't even have a gathering most our family beef

No family meals where the whole family eats

So if you have a plan to get this family back on its feet

It's through them bars that you drop

That fire that is fed from the scars that you got

Be the star on the top of your family tree

That anger inside of you is bad for the chi

I know you'll handle your shit because it happened to me

[Chorus]

Darkness, hold me

My nightmares, won't go sleep

I dive in, to the cold sea

I tried swim, but I don't breathe

I'm dying, hold me

I'm riding, don't leave

I'm dying, hold me

I'm flying, don't leave

Darkness, hold me

My nightmares, won't go to sleep

I dive in, to the cold sea

I tried swim, but don't breathe