Grae - Joyful Stranger lyrics

Hook: (Low) Locked in the prison of my skin But this body is not me, I am what's within (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful... Verse 1 (Low): Stranger to this world, in it but not of it It's a clam and I'm a pearl, consider myself above it Unstoppable at heart cause I stopped stoppin' my mind I floored it from the start and ran nine stop signs My directive is subjective, perspective never objective Work and play are one in the same No longer do I differentiate I just pave New exits, and drive 'til I've arrived at the buffet of my message Come back for seconds, thirds, fourths and fifths Come forth to get, forget forks, fill your fists Folks feast on fallacies, they're fat with false Trix Guess they're not just for kids I stay the same even if they try to read me backwards Racecar, remain faster No matter the factors, I master the manacles Maniacally mechanical, so radical I never take sabbaticals Hook: (Low) Locked in the prison of my skin But this body is not me, I am what's within (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful stranger (Low) Smoke and mirrors, there is nothing to be fearing Cause my love for life is life itself and that is what is steering me (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful... Verse 2 (Low): Stranger to d**h, cause my life is not physical Stranger to stress, cause I stay out of what's political And literal, cause figuratively I'm critical Want to be a figure of speech, at the pinnacle They're cynical, suspicious, strangers to my strangeness I savvy stayin' as the strangest Instead of just sufficing with submissiveness to sameness I fight it with a David Bowie knife and bring Changes Some may say I'm full of pride as if I ate a lie Of self-proclaimed greatness like my last name is spelled A-L-I Apologies, it's L-I-N, add a “Chamber” Standing on the stilts of Wilt and other greats whose nature Defied the odds and aligned with God They took time to prod their True Self, no fraud Get out the orange cones, it's a work zone, but I'm Homeward Bound Retrieving what is golden, not a Shadow of a doubt around Hook: (Low) Locked in the prison of my skin But this body is not me, I am what's within (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful stranger (Low) Smoke and mirrors, there is nothing to be fearing Cause my love for life is life itself and that is what is steering me (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful... Verse 3: Stranger to the games I used to play before I left my box Now I think outside of her, she's my ex-box Birthed and unearthed from the turf Back to gra** roots, snatch truth, childproof, Nerf Stirring the earnest boy inside with actions more mature Deterring the absurdist cries, mind tightly secured Surrounded by security but never insecure I don't candy-coat what's on my tongue but I spit it like a Nerd Ay brah, I go Hamm, piggy bank full of Lincoln And dream like the Sandman, too quick to be sinkin' My thinkin' is not wishful Cause I got a fish bowl full of wishes Fish that Wanda through the Cosmos Suspicious to the Crock-Pots that got not A clue to why I do this Boy Scout dropout, but I tied a knot to thy Self Truest Dropped in like Tony Hawk, I took stock of who I flew with Now I parallel the greats, peer and student Hook: (Low) Locked in the prison of my skin But this body is not me, I am what's within (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful stranger (Low) Smoke and mirrors, there is nothing to be fearing Cause my love for life is life itself and that is what is steering me (Grae) It's all an illusion Through the eyes of a joyful stranger