The Mirror

By Mike Devo

Released on May 15, 2019

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5 a.m. in the morning, came through high as fuck and my mama snoring

Tip toe across the floor so she's not knowing that her only son was smoking,

See

B, back in june i got cupaught blowing, cops pulled me over and surprisingly enough i was sober

So i said "Officer, what ya need?"

He said "your cough smells like weed", i said "woah what a coincidence"ar smells like weed", i said "word, what a coincidence"

5 years back then i couldn't picture this

I was thirteen years old living in that green house of us 3 mills road

But i couldn't call that fucking place home

There was no love in it, just anger and fear

There was nothing good here

This dude named jeff is the reason why my life is a battle

He used to grab me and my momma, hit me with the paddle

He would verbally abuse my brother

If i had a heater i would melt and like some butter

He was one of the reasons i was in pain

Four years later that pain stayed inside my brain

If i bottled it up, it would make me insane, or blowing on thirty different strains five a.m. in the morning

Five a.m. in the morning, came through high as fuck, my momma snoring

Tip toe, like a mouse

As i walk and stare at a set of stairs, my phone starts to blair

It's my father: "whats up paps?"

"are you high son?"

"na, paps. i smoked three hours ago. my high, high gone"

My high, say goodbye

But never said hello

Then he hung up the phone

I finally made it upstairs, cottonmouth taking place i was well aware

Mentally i had already lost it

I walked to the faucet, turned the water on and i started drinking

See, when i'm high that's when i do my deepest thinking

As the cold water started pouring, i heard my momma stopped snoring

Then i turn around

My momma was behind me not making a sound, she was shocked not moving around

She just looked at me inside with a frown. before she left a solid tear hit the ground

She left the room as i heard the tears

I put my fist right through my fucking mirror

Ironically after that i couldn't have seen clearer

I saw that, i was becoming something that i wanted nothing to do with

So i looked at my fucked up reflection, and started running

Away from myself