Man

How long will it take?

Outside for the night
I don't ever get no sleep
Just to make sure I can eat
I've been chasing after the heat

Outside for the night
Five stars but I feel free
Living in a fantasy
It's like I wake up in the morning
But I'm still stuck in a dream

I think it's toxic
The life that I've been living
Like I'm Michael in his office
I'm sticking out like I'm a
Bank robber making deposits
Truthfully I lost the options offered to me

Promised
That I could be a better man
Momma spent her effort and
Time to make a better plan
I know I'm gone have to make it right

On the other hand
I know she my mother and
Doesn't really mind
If I'm gone have to take some time

But imma do it quick
Cuz tomorrow ain't never promised
I gotta make it big
I'm hungry I ain't got an option
I'm only tryna live
I'm tryna show why I ain't talking
I got too many thoughts
My heads filling with all my losses

Outside for the night
I don't ever get no sleep
Outside for the night
Five stars but I feel free
Outside for the night
Just to make sure I can eat
Outside for the night
But I'm still stuck in a dream

No regrets
I'm never looking back
Kept moving and took it fast
I represent a life
Where everyday is something different
No resentment
What's the good in that
I hate to hate but looking at
Reality I see the red in everybody's vision

Why we mad and what's the anger for
Answering questions that don't have answers
With some fancy words
Think we know everything
But the plans to stack
And have an act prepared
For action at the door
I'm bout to dash I have to leave
I feel commands from afterwards

I swear it ain't right
What's a man if he ain't free
What's a man if he can't sleep
What's a man to do
When all he ever does is f*cking think

Who's a man if it ain't me
What's a man who ain't distinct
Why we gotta be like others
But still need to be unique

Why my brain want me to sink
Why I feel like everything I ever do is on the brink
Of collapse
I'll end up on a map
So I can pay her back
I'll make a promise that I gotta hold
I can promise you that

Yuh
Promise you that

How long will it take?