[Intro]

Time-tested, I could never trust my methods

Always undermine my efforts

On the outside, looking quite mild-tempered

On the inside, I fester (Three, two, one)

Wait (Ha ha ha)

[Verse 1]

What's my allegiance?

Why am I defeatist?

Hues behind my eyes are precisely the skies of Egypt

Alright, alright, alright

I don't like it, we try delete it

Deciding on not proceeding

Fuck tryna define an Eden

I think I need a brеak

Sick of the forest, sick of the pain

Don't bе alarmed, do me a favor

Take me apart and put me away

And set me free

Let me pause for the day

Count the scars in my brain

And the cards in my hands

I'm reassessing, I need a blessing

I need attention, depleted essence

I see no exit

I see you when you see I'm jealous

I seek for this needy depression to now cease

Beating my psyche with the frequent questions

You seem so comfortable in your skin

While mine never seems to fit

If I keep stretching, it’ll rip

And now I'm almost at the point

Where it seems sensible to quit

But maybe I could still learn something

I'll eventually forget, so

[Chorus]

You do you, but homie tell me, what am I?

Quick before I'm out of time

'Cause time is what I need

See the truth is the clock will go on

Despite how I feel, it'll stop for no-one

You do you, but homie tell me, what am I?

Quick before I'm out of time

'Cause time is what I need

See the truth is the clock will go on

Despite how I feel and it'll stop for no-one

[Bridge]

Time's bested me, through high pressure

Always dashed in on disasters, trimesters

When I found the job, but climbed to find vengeance

And all I've found is that I'm injured

Wait (Ha ha ha)

[Verse 2]

Why would I need it?

Who am I defeating?

Fuck a corporate ladder and boring pattern repeating

I ain't sort of average

I'm door-slamming, I'm leaving

I'm no longer embarrassed

No more rapping in secret

My mom, now says she's proud

My mom, now says she's sorry

My girl, says she's still proud

My mind, still aims to harm me

Success, doesn't disarm me

Still stressed, still don't belong here

I'm threatened by the calm

'Cause I'm blessed, but not accomplishing so

My circumstances different

But my thinking ain't

Every time I throw out anger

It just ricochets

Sometimes the blues can dull

But the pinks they fade

And so it's rare for me to sing my praise

For too long

'Cause I do wrong, and then I cave

Always felt like nothing ever gon' end my pain

Try to remember every step I've made

In the right direction

Try, accept the flesh I'm in (Yeah)

[Chorus]

You do you, but homie tell me, what am I?

Quick before I'm out of time

'Cause time is what I need

See the truth is the clock will go on

Despite how I feel, it'll stop for no-one

You do you, but homie tell me, what am I?

Quick before I'm out of time

'Cause time is what I need

See the truth is the clock will go on

Despite how I feel and it'll stop for no-one