Devin The Dude - I Need A Song lyrics

I need a song That I can sing When I'm alone With my smoke, and my drank I need a place Where I could live With a piece of mind I need some time So I could chill Get in my zone I need a song To help me through my days, and help me with my nights I chant my words like prayers to help me deal with life In front of this mic I control the world I'm living in The stage is my pulpit while I preach to my citizens Don't care 'bout fitting in, just want who listening To know the words I quote are sincerely from deep within Whenever I grab my pen and share this part of me, I only speak the truth, respect my artistry The liquor gets me lifted and the coffee keeps me focused It helps me find a zone away from all the sh** thats bogus I'm tryna touch bases that writers often leave alone I'm letting my words fall on these papers when I write these songs I wanna feel as if I'm Marvin back in '74 And when my brother went to war and "what's going on" was a song I wrote I'm tuned in at what I know would make you feel me Go deep inside this music tryna show the world the real me I need a song That I can sing When I'm alone With my smoke, and my drank I need a place Where I could live With a piece of mind I need some time So I could chill Get in my zone I need a song When I'm feeling overwhelmed and stressed It's like I could hardly even tell that I'm blessed Having dealt with the mess so long being still again But I feel like I'm failing a test Tell with the rest that my soul needs ease How can he cheat when the block is knee deep But my kids need me so my mind needs free So I can still keep giving y'all a piece Johnny Hathaway had me find a path away To take my mind away from trouble What a hater got to say What bills be paid, chicks need laid, who stayed and got straight played How much who made, made time for the hood The bad, the good, misunderstood But it never crossed my mind, hold my grind, little time it would Sometimes I wish I could turn my cell and laptop off and ride on a plane until I get dropped off Bucket of Heineken with the top popped off, then I hopped off Don't nobody know I'm there Never heard my music and they really don't care Don't point, take pictures, don't stare Keep the mixture in the air, exotic textures everywhere Got me swinging off fixtures like yeah Feeling good like yessir I'm there But that's just a dream, reality is this tracks a holler Three minutes ago I needed a song and now I got one I need a song That I can sing When I'm alone With my smoke, and my drank I need a place Where I could live With a piece of mind I need some time So I could chill Get in my zone I need a song I need a song That I can sing When I'm alone With my smoke, and my drank I need a place Where I could live With a piece of mind I need some time So I could chill Get in my zone I need a song