Lyrics Heart and Flame - Bryl

I put my heart in this the longest
(I put my heart in this the longest)
I put it all on the line
(I put it all on the line, yeah)
I kept this flame alive the longest
(I kept this flame alive the longest)
I hope it don't burn out tonight
(I hope it don't burn down tonight)

Headphones in my ears playing some of rap's greatest
While I'm worrying to myself about myself
That I probably don't know the faintest
About what it takes to be one of the greatest
That it'll take more than what I got on my LinkedIn status
And I'm thinking of the next line as I'm beating myself up
Motombo-type thoughts can't even give myself a lay up
Vacation days piling up cos they never take no day-off
My mind and my thoughts are the major perpetrators - codebators
Then they let me go for a bit they'll be back like Terminators
Gotta get my change from this conductor
Cos no matter how the matter be
I go drop for my bus stop of course
I got to keep on believing and putting the work in
I still gotta keep me on course
I'm never stopping see I keep on dashing from point to point
I'm out here moving like Morse
Now I'm thinking "what could be worse?"
I'm praying that while I be haying
The sun don't go down with my body in a hearse
And it's rhyme after rhyme after line every time when I pick the pen
I put my heart in a verse
I'm in my head all day, everyday and
I realize that that is a blessing and curse
Thinking this r-a-p business gon' leave me r-i-p
I get so m-a-d when I think I just might be m-i-d
Cos I just want "out of this world" -
To be chased down by the MIB
Then I go "see na man you be"
Keep working for that trophy no be man u you be
I know sey e get as e be
But you gotta really want it
So screw "que sera"
Cos it'll be what I want it to be
I said screw "que sera"
It'll be what I want it to be

I put my heart in this the longest
(I put my heart in this the longest)
I put it all on the line
(I put it all on the line, yeah)
I kept this flame alive the longest
(I kept this flame alive the longest)
I hope it don't burn out tonight
(I hope it don't burn down tonight)

Lugging myself off this 9-5
Thinking of these rhymes is the only thing that gets me to 5 alive
See, trust (citrus) me my creative juices bursting all on the inside
Watching me fight for control like I'm seating at ringside
Fighting out these corners, I'm familiar with the ring's sides
I didn't come with a towel though
So I don't know what quitting is
And the only thing I'm throwing is
These punches as I line em up
Never flat footed always on my toes till my time is up
Patiently punching, parrying, plotting, paying the piper up
I knew I'll pay the piper up
But the rap game done did me dirty
Now I'm trynna get me laundered up
Cos the first time I wrote me a stanza
Was the first question that came with answer
That was the birth of the man in the mirror
The Man of Prophecy had come in the game and
Knew it was a gift but I knew that it came with a Clause
As a kid, I never trusted Santa
And I knew that it sparked up a flame
But I channelled my talent impressing a Dame
Wait, don't get me wrong, what I'm saying is
I'd probably do it again
Cos it started my journey in the game
To picking my name
Now I got Bucket List coming and every song on it
Is basically me spitting flames
I put my heart in this
Trained to bear with it like Paddington
Just so the stats can say I dint pad a thing
And leave 'em blue in the face like it's Radisson
And I felt every pinch with every mile I walked in this boot
Learning through paper cuts I keep getting from reading this book
Wondering if turning new leaves would ever come with any fruit
Because my eye dey chook
Trynna be where I don't need schedules to know I'm fully booked
Fetra hit me with that beat one time and I was fully hooked

I put my heart in this the longest
(I put my heart in this the longest)
I put it all on the line
(I put it all on the line, yeah)
I kept this flame alive the longest
(I kept this flame alive the longest)
I hope it don't burn down tonight
(I hope it don't burn down tonight)