[Intro]

No wait, back up, let me start over there

For six months, I couldn't sleep

With insomnia, nothing's real

Everything's far away

Everything's a copy of a copy of a copy

When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep

And you're never really awake

[Chorus]

I be up all night

Tryna get things right, but this ain't quite how I envision this life

I envisioned this life, nah

I be up all night

This ain't life, man, this can't be right, I envision this life (I envision this life)

I envision this life (I envision this life), nah

I be up all night

Pounding the pavement

Let me take it back to the basics

Back to the basin

Right back to the basement

I be up all night

Pounding the pavement

Let me take it back to the basics

Back to the basin

Right back to the basement, yeah

[Verse 1]

I'm alive

I'll arrive for the ride

Decide what I do with my time when I die

Remind everybody left behind that I was living for the moment, so

Really, when you find the same grip that I did with mine

You realize it's not about no nine-to-five

You just passing time

Crashing, I fantasize, never living no passive life

You ain't got the answers, guy

Sway let 'em know I'm rap's new paradigm

On my parasol

Yeah, just tryna find paradise

Just tryna find paradise

Just tryna find paradise

[Chorus]

I be up all night

Tryna get things right, but this ain't quite how I envision this life (I envision this life)

I envision this life (I envision this life), nah

I be up all night (I be up all night)

This ain't life man, this can't be right, I envision this life (I envision this life)

I envision this life, nah

I be up all night

Pounding the pavement

Let me take it back to the basics

Back to the basin

Right back to the basement, nah

I be up all night

Pounding the pavement

Let me take it back to the basics

Back to the basin

Right back to the—, right back to the basement (Right back to the basement), yeah

[Bridge]

No, wait, back up

Let me start over

[Verse 2]

I'm alive

Right back to the basement

Fight back, life jack when you ain't shit

This lil' homie think a rack make the payments

But you gon' need a hundred stacks to replace this

Old life, you was living on the pavement

No shine when you with it underneath the basing

I still got a homie tripping 'bout the other day

Like you ain't never chilling, you ain't never come to stay

Sorry, I been drowning, I do not want to suffocate

In fact, I think I spoke to God just the other day

Time is of the essence, I be representing

What the resurrection mean, I ain't never gonna understate

Out of service (Out of service)

I ain't working (I ain't working)

But I be dealing with Trevor on every summer day

So anytime you hit me, understand I'm busy

Hit a quickie, then you know it be the face where I underlay

I see no fees, casino dreams, casino bling

See like the keynote speaks

The Preemo spot

That's what I aim for

Getting high like a novel king, why would I explain more?

I'm tryna stand on top the clouds like a plane's floor

And I ain't never coming down 'til the rain pour

Rhythm madness, video projected

My life's a film and the scenery's cinematic

[Outro]

I'm alive (Alive)

I'll arrive for the ride

And decide what I do with my time when I die

When I die

Remind everybody left behind

Everything's a copy of a copy of a copy

Everything's a copy of a copy of a copy

Everything's a copy of a copy of a copy

You're never really asleep

And you're never really awake