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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Roots
The Roots
Performer
Aaron Livingston
Aaron Livingston
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tariq Trotter
Tariq Trotter
Composer
Nicolas Koenig-Dzialowski
Nicolas Koenig-Dzialowski
Composer
Ahmir Thompson
Ahmir Thompson
Composer
Aaron Livingston
Aaron Livingston
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Hot Sugar
Hot Sugar
Producer
Questlove
Questlove
Producer
Jason Goldstein
Jason Goldstein
Mixing Engineer
Chris Sclafani
Chris Sclafani
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Nick Koenig
Nick Koenig
Engineer

Lyrics

Like when autumn leaves fall
Down from the trees
There goes my honey bee
I've lost a lot of sleep to dreams
And I do not miss them yet
I wouldn't wish them on the worst of enemies
Let them burn, go from here
Like when autumn leaves
To catch a thief, who stole the soul I prayed to keep
Insomniac, bad dreams got me losing sleep
I'm dead tired, my mind playing tricks, deceit
A face in the glass, unable to admit defeat
All that I am, all that I was is history
The past unraveled, adding insult to this injury
I'm fighting the battle for the soul of the century
Destiny is everything that I pretend to be
Look, and what I did came back to me eventually
The music played on, and told me I was meant to be awake
It's unresolved like everything I had at stake
Illegal activity controls my black symphony
Orchestrated like it happened incidentally
Oh, there I go, from a man to memory
Damn, I wonder if my fam will remember me
I've lost a lot of sleep to dreams
And I do not miss them yet
I wouldn't wish them on the worst of enemies
Let them burn, go from here
Like when autumn leaves
Written by: Aaron Livingston, Ahmir Thompson, Nicolas Koenig-Dzialowski, Tarik L Collins, Tariq Trotter
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