The Dark Room

[Intro] He plays guitar in Band X In the same old formula as everyone else does Why can't he break out? Once you check out all those rules You can really start to explore music Music, music, music [Verse 1: Evidence] I felt emotions so deep, but my words got blocked You see I never smoked before so my nerves got shocked I couldn't talk a word, but I could see the world I mean everything became so clear I didn't slur shit, I just kept quiet and made a note of it Before the poetry is out the fire and I'm over it Retire notably and every move's a curtain call Smooth with the groove so honey don't take it personal I'm trying to make it out of dodge, don't need to see the rainbows end I need a lift before I'm looking at the wall or great descent I owe rent and love the months that got a 31 I miss Pun and only met him once This is kettle chips and blunts, the funk I'm on the road still, I'm on a cold bill She got a coke body so ill Pick the code to the lock and all my people free I found the road to the top behind the... So let's turn to chapter one, these are the hood parts Life is make believe and death is when the book starts I got good heart and ain't afraid to show you At fifteen I shot a .22, now I'm older I spill my sixteens and dip clean This body grown up and clinging to these kids dreams I found a new feeling, I'mma chase it A newfound town, a new scribe, you can't erase it [Hook: Vince Staples] I done tried, I done tried, I done tried, I done tried You don't live till you die, hell or home you decide Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire I done tried, I done tried, I done tried to survive You don't live till you die, hell or home you decide Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire [Verse 2: Rakaa Iriscience] I swam in oceans so deep the models seem like dots Something brushed up against my feet my insides dropped Fought the panic and I swam to the top The only non one-percenter member climbing back onto the yacht It's a strange life, wonderful world, process the pain right Enact change, sipping champagne the same night (blah) Half disgusted, half delighted, half divided on it I Robin Hood and I smile, mad inside I'm haunted But party to the break of dawn, until the night is gone In glass mansions they throw hard words like right and wrong Intoxicating darkness but my light is on These battle hymns ballad of the freedom fighter song Life chiseled into blocks, on the wall and into skin Complicated ultimately, only spare the innocent Festivals we massacre, hit the stage and snipe them from it Kill in grimy clubs close and personal like knife to stomach The code is in the DNA of the fan Talking flashlight rips with DNA in the dam Worldwide, running live-fire exercises, flame throwing Gasoline graffiti bombing, drop the joint, the names glowing That's burner redefined, learn to read between the lines The subtle hints and clues, the symbols and the signs It's Rakaa Iriscience, recognize the grand design Making more move than just clock hands and sands of time [Hook: Vince Staples] [Outro: Sample]