[Verse 1]

Why they always act like I'm switching up?

Good things change, that's why y'all all the same

Still stuck in the present, tie the ribbon up

How can we move forward if we're dealing with the pain?

Kill-killers want the old me

I can't slow just 'cause hoes can't relate

And they wanna know the facts

And their bros wanna date

And they late for my trust

And I try to wait for 'em

[Refrain]

But really, I don't really know if I'll be patient again, uh

That shit never pay off for me

Used to have nobody, now they all for me

That lets me know they're not at all for me, ayy

Why they always tryna tell me what I gotta do?

They ain't never been here

I can tell by they walk, they ain't from around here

I can tell when they talk, they ain't looking in the mirror

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause they don't know who I am, they don't feel the pressure I've got

Old friends should stay old friends, man, they really shouldn't get involved with me

I been so high up, they never let me look down, it's disgusting

Every time my name come up in discussion, I just tell 'em

[Chorus]

Please keep it on the down low

I can't hear it anymore, please keep it on the down low

They don't need to know what's going on with me

Keep that on the down low

I've been tryna stay ghost, so keep me on the down low

[Verse 2]

Why do you act like I'm foreign to this?

Nothing's important like this to me

You just ignored it, I'm keeping it four quarters

You know accolades never meant shit to me

Somehow, that always stays in your periphery

You can't just ask how I'm doing, you're contradictory

If you can't treat me like I'm the future, then I'll treat you like history

Please just be less, don't ask about it, damn

Mind's been too crowded, it's loud and

How you gonna pretend like you know what this is?

My cell phone can't reach you in the distance

I wasn't ready to know what this takes

I mean, I wasn't ready to know that you a fake

I mean, I wasn't ready to grow up, so take it back

I mean, I wasn't ready to take out the trash, I'd wait

[Refrain]

But I don't know if I'll be patient again, uh

That shit never pay off for me

Used to have nobody, now they all for me

That lets me know they're not at all for me, ayy

Why they always tryna tell me what I gotta do?

They ain't never been here

I can tell by they walk, they ain't from around here

I can tell when they talk, they ain't looking in the mirror

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause they don't know who I am, they don't feel the pressure I've got

Old friends should stay old friends, man, they really shouldn't get involved with me

I been so high up, they never let me look down, it's disgusting

Every time my name come up in discussion, I just tell 'em

[Chorus]

Please keep it on the down low

I can't hear it anymore, please keep it on the down low

They don't need to know what's going on with me

Keep that on the down low

I've been tryna stay ghost, so keep me on the down low

(Please keep it on the down low

I can't hear it anymore, please keep it on the down low

They don't need to know what's going on with me

Keep that on the down low

I've been tryna stay ghost, so keep me on the down low)

[Outro]

Uh, I feel the distance, I wanna stay

I know I need them for who I used to be

We can't relate, we relative, pain's all relative

And they all late to this bus

I-I feel the distance, I wanna stay

I know I need them for who I used to be

We can't relate, we relative, pain's all relative

And they all late to this bus

I can't forget what you made me

I can't forget what you made me

I can't forget what you

So just keep it on the—