Survivor's Guilt Lyrics

Survivor's Guilt - Dave

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[Intro]

Fall too far to be wise and I know that I try but I-

Fall too far to be wise and I know that I try but I-

Fall too far to be wise and I know that I try but I-

Fall too far to be wise and I know that I try but I

Look

[Verse]

Let me show you behind the scene

Behind the glitz and the glamour and all the lights you see

Behind the rumours on the life I lead

Let me talk to the people like it's the mic in me

The truth is I got really bad anxiety

I'm on the motorway, cryin' in the driver's seat

I don't even know where I'm goin'

I got love, but I don't know how to show it, is this life?

When you feel like givin' up, know you're close

I been sayin' the least and knowin' the most

I've had ups and downs, but the highest of the highs

Never last for as long as the lowest of the lowest of lows

Survivor's guilt

I feel the worst at my happiest

'Cause I miss all my niggas that couldn't be in this life I built

But that's the type of shit that only I can feel

Gettin' me in a mood

My exes got ivory skin

Which is funny 'cause it's really the elephant in the room

Is that enough reason to bury me in a tomb?

I fell in love with an Albanian, I know it's mad

We're not together, 'cause her family would hold us back

I saw the red flags, I wouldn't want my child to grow in that

Rum and Red Bull, it's a culture clash (Fuckin' hell)

I don't wanna let life tear us apart

I see the Internet gossip and it wears on my heart

I fuck with her, she was there from the start

I'm seein' them laugh at me, 'cause I'm vulnerable

Ain't that the shit that rappers' supposed to do

I'd rather rap about arguin' with my girl than fuckin' your girl

But I don't mind, because the both are true

Ignorin' my messages, these times I know she on her...

Worst part is I wouldn't even do the same

Hate it or love it, you gotta charge it to the game

(Gotta charge it to the)

Heavy is the head, but don't play with my heart

I feel like a footballer when I'm makin' my art

Through ball, how I'm managin' the weight of the past

I felt so much pain that I got favorite scars

And my house got wings like my favorite cars

And the milly rock my favorite dance

You can call it what you want it, but I got it off of takin' a chance

I didn't take an advance

Fame comes with a price, you can't pay in advance

For six long years, I've been playin' my part

Like a freak in a circus when they're makin' them dance

I got nights where it's light and I got days where it's dark

And the waters that I swim in, it ain't safe for the sharks

He a gangster, but the stress gonna take him apart

I'm with the niggas that I claimed from the start

I see you niggas changin', they didn't make it

It's a shame it takes fallin' to your death

For a person to appreciate fully the gravity of the situation

But that's just irony at its finest

Black women, I just wanna say I'm sorry

I done a lot of dumb shit, I won't lie to you

I wanna be a voice for you, be a light for you

I know I haven't done enough, I wanna try for you

Wanna be on the frontline for you

Campaign for you, make change for you

I just wanna help in any way

Bein' genuine, I think about it every day

Tour life, travellin' every day

Nerves paralysing when you get to stage

You feel love for an hour, and then it gets to fade

Imagine what that does to your mental state

Imagine bein' a millionaire at a tender age

You don't even know whether to spend or save

My mum had to grow up fast, she expects the same

I was twenty with a mortgage and rent to pay

So what's happenin'? I got gorillas all around me, allow me

Don't get grabbed in a party or lackin'

You die for a wine like Joffrey Baratheon

Pattern 'em

The government ain't gonna help with all the issues that I'm tacklin'

The way you talk about politics is bafflin'

I wouldn't even trust my own shadow in a cabinet

Cabbin’ it can't drive no more

I been lookin' for the answers, sure that I'll find 'em

I don't judge an accent but the story behind it

We all know loss, but there's glory behind it

I'ma make a film for my mom

And tell her, "Tell to the world this album is just the soundtrack"

Look at her story in a year in her life

And tell me if it doesn't bring a fuckin' tear to your eyes

In this together

[Outro]

I don't wanna try, wishin' wouldn't have, but take it over

I done hold them at your eyes

So knowin' that it was for everyone

I know you love fast and I know you want the same

Head in the clouds, my heads spinnin' up

Let the other try

I don't wanna try, wishin' wouldn't have, but take it over

I done hold them at your eyes

So knowin' that it was for everyone

[Outro: Daniel Kaluuya]

What I realised

What I realised 'bout who I am

Is that, you're kinda taught

You're taught to die for what you stand for, you feel me?

But I realise I'm here to live for what I stand for

'Cause I wanna see it, bro, I wanna enjoy it, bro

I wanna see what I feel, like I am, you know what I'm sayin'?

Out there, while I'm here, and that's that, bro

But, yeah, link up my guy, you know how it is