[Hook: Ava Raiin]
Thank you for the promise of your faith
Thank you for your all your praise
Even if you promise me away
Out of your gaze escape
[Verse: Blood Orange]
To be construed, and strive for best
To be amused and laugh at the rest
One life could lead to one night alone
Your arms on your head
A n***a on your chest
Never gonna tell my brother I'm not vexed
Never gonna tell Becky it's far too complex
My heart it still beats for Alton who sleeps
Your phone it still beeps
My baby can't sleep
It's too wrong
But tell me who's wrong if I'm in the throng
I'm happy as long
As Dylan Roof gets squeezed
And Zimmerman gets beat
A day to be proud finally complete
But why's everybody always looking at me?
And why's everybody tryna bring down she
James said I had to keep on
Nina singing her song
Miles Blowing his horn
Dreaming of Farrakhan
Crying for Eric Garner
Phliando Castile, imagine losing the will
Imagine losing your love
The biggest most bitter pill
All because of a glove
Compartmentalize your bitterness as you just try to survive
And if we ain't blessed then why would they want us alive?