Lyrics Trust the Process - ZV_K

Tell me the odds of a hopeless musician
As talented as can be, just hoping they listen
Speaking on a generation that's lacking the wisdom
No typical rapper story, no fam in a prison
But I'm institutionalised by the skin that I live in
It's either that or the fact they try condition me
I'm hindered by the lack of funds
Unlimited vision

All this insecurity gon' need a big mirror
My visual acuity was where I excelled
Now letters on the bottom row ain't ever been clearer
I never needed spectacles and that's a guarantee
Still a sight that might get blurry if you see the pen
I stay independent, these labels don't want this gasoline
You gon' see it from the moon if I give 'em smoke
See you listen but you don't hear me, I had

Visions and dreams of living life with no stress
Yes, my uncles told me trust the process
You gotta break muscle just to gain muscle
In other words pain is needed to grow best
Meanwhile we in the city tryna protest
They tell us keep the peace but these lack of rights
Make it go left
I can't lie I've got pain that I need to process
But if I educate with a passion
I might just pose threats

It's crazy being black
It's a gift and a curse
If you open this box of melanin you might regret it
We ain't ever been the type to imitate, only innovate
They appropriate and never give us credit
Listen, nothing more precious than a black woman's heart
And yet the black woman's still unprotected
And neglected like these ancestral wounds
That haven't healed but are more infected
Oh you thought that I'd just forget it

We gotta work two times harder
To get the basics
Run three times farther
But I embrace it
I do double the work to these people who ain't even in my league
That's on a daily basis
But they get the standing ovation okay
Well there's more to this story
And I'll explain it
In the meantime hope you put me in all your playlists
And I, read Jeremiah 29 and I claim it
I trust the process and I promise you
That I'll make it

And I've never made a promise that I couldn't keep
Had post-graduation anxiety, I couldn't sleep
It's probably cos in 2021, I was 22 and unemployed
Struggling to find something to fill this void
I'm struggling to even find a voice so I can speak
Cos I've got thoughts that make the strongest of hearts weak
This a message that I wrote addressed
To Me, From Me
Tell 'em I'm back, until my next album
I'm doing me
I'm out

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