[Intro]
Hmm, yeah
[Verse 1]
Hol' up
I don't know what's got me looking to the past
When I'm moving forward
I might slip up on my a**
But I never fold up
I might pull up late to cla**
But I always show up
[Hook]
Yeah even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
And even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[Verse 2]
And I know, I know, I know I'm a mess
I don' made a mess now
Caught me slippin on the right
Whippin from the left now
I been all up off my game
Young, dumb and stressed out
Might not hit a triple-double
But I put my best out
[Hook]
Yeah even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
And even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[Verse 3]
And I know, I know, I know how it goes
I need to work on my soul (Soul)
I need to work on my goals (Goals)
I need to balance my patience
Work on my pace and empty my woes (Ya)
I need to feel my emotions (Ya)
I need a grip on my focus (Ya)
I need to know what I've chose is not just for me
And nurture my closest (Ya)
I need to work with my father
Too many curses I harbor
I need a break from my habits
Cleansing my spirit
Filling my chalice (Woo)
I need to know what I offer
Show me a way to go farther
Piece of mind, it's gon' cost and
[Bridge]
And I've been f**in' up for a quite a while
Don't know how to hide it
I've been dealin' with some problems by myself in silence
I ain't always at my best
Even when I'm smillin'
I might lose it under stress
But I always find it
[Hook]
Yeah, even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
And even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[Verse 4]
And time, and time, and time, and time, and time
And time again, I gotta turn around and tell myself
Life's too short for the cards I dealt to decide my health
The mind might help when I swear I might jump from the limelight, welp
Will I lose sight? Only time might tell
Does anybody feel lost on the planet?
Peel back layers to my soul like, hol' up
I pray for the days when the new [?]
[?]
Ain't no ceilings
'Ye was k**ing
'09 Drake had me in my feelings
Before 4:44, Hov made millions
Number one of Empire State Building
I see the bliss coming in the air, no feelin'
If I ever had a doubt, momentum k**ed it
And you can have all that you want
Heaven or Hell?
Choices on choices (Ya)
Voices on voices (Ya)
See the toddler through the piece of drama
Feeding [?] what my ego wanna
I be chill pillin' yet I'm hardly [?]
Caught between the Art of War and Dalai Lama (Woo)
I need an end to my ways
I need an end to my ways
Yea, uh, this ain't the end of the days
This is a pivotal page
Decisions on decisions
Am I a vessel of thruth
Or as crooked as any politician?
I'm from where n***as don't have a pot to piss in
Mama's in the kitchen
When there's no forgiveness
Reeboks on the stitches
We got good intentions
Circumstances changing
Devil's start to clenchin'
Toe-to-toe with demons
Angels on the benches
30 on the clock
Clutch it through the trenches
Which side, which side?
I could be lost or live with the pride
Sever my ties, decide to be blind
To open my eyes, yea
[Hook]
Yeah even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
And even when it's dark outside (Whoa, whoa, whoa)
[Instrumental Outro]