Metropolis

Sometimes I feel like I've drifted

I feel different, I feel gifted

I've been high so long, don't need to smoke to get lifted

I've been under pressure lookin' for Nikki

Whenever she is around, you know I come quickly

Vivid memories of Chicago, Southside where I go

From Reggie's to the House of Blues, progress is the motto

Man, the first show that I ever done sold out was in Chicago

Yeah, yeah

Livin' like I've been ready to die, maybe not

I don't know why my mind is changin'

Rearrangin' this dangerous melody, huh

Yeah

And I know that ain't nobody finna ever be ahead of me

All that competition right there is dead to me

Yeah, uh, yeah

I've been turnin' the pages

Feelin' the vibe, shit is outrageous

Boy, I've been feelin' courageous

This shit right here, I've been at it for ages

Feel like I'm runnin' through mazes

Everybody has they phases

Yeah

Vibe with this

Bad bitch in the whip and I ride to this

And I'm feelin' it, uh

Hope when I'm 40 I'm still in it

One of the few that be killin' it, uh, yeah

Young motherfucker that be givin' what he livin'

On the road to success, so you know that I'm driven

But they didn't wanna publish it

But right now I'm on some other shit

I'm in a different world, I'm with a different girl

I'm with the same team, but it's a different scheme

'Member back when I couldn't even pay the bills

And I'll never forget how that feels

Back when I would buy it, break it, roll it, light it

Smoke it, inhale it, I'm gone

Buy it, break it, roll it, light it

Smoke it, inhale it, I'm gone

Okay, doin' what I gotta do, flyin' at this altitude

I look out the window like, goddamn, that's what I really do

Don't know why I fear the planes, sometimes I wish to sustain

If I look back on it, I would do it all over again

Nikki, Nikki, where you been? I can't wait to breathe you in

Been on this plane way too long, I can't wait to see you again

Oh, my God, this turbulence, it got me sippin' on this liquor

Crazy racist white bitch lookin' at us like, "Who are these ****?"

First-class on they ass, all complain, that's when I dash

Just landed in Europe and this model bitch is tryna smash

Now I'm ridin' on the train, all this shit inside my brain

Just left a hotel in Belgium, damn, them waffles was insane

Smokin' blunts in Amsterdam, oh, my God, this is my jam

May-December by Mos Def  in my headphones, that's the man

I know

I know that I got it if I

Do what I gotta do to get by

And they wonder why I never get high

They wonder why I never get high

I know

I know that I got it if I

Do what I gotta do to get by

And they wonder why I never get high

Then they wonder why I never get high

Okay, fuck affiliation, I'm that dude that did it on his own

These thoughts inside my mind be fuckin' with me when I'm all alone

I really like this girl, she bad as fuck, why must I run away?

It feel like self-assassination, I can't put this gun away

Goddamn, what's the plan? Not complacent where I am

Reminiscin' when I hit the road back in that minivan

Broke as fuck, not a dollar, whippin' that Chevy Impala

Prayin' that we'd make it out this city, Lord willin', insha'Allah

Up to date a couple years, now my idols are my peers

I was on the road to nowhere till I decided to veer

Put my everything into this shit, you know I know you know this

Used to give a fuck what people thought, hopin' that they would notice

Stop givin' a fuck 'cause music gotta be the only motive

Mind racin' on and off the track, I'm goin' locomotive

I can't believe you don't like Tarantino

(Ugh)

(I don't like him because)

(Like, when it's non, like non-Tarantino-esque)

(I think it's a good movie)

You mean like Inglorious Bastards?

(I didn't see that)

What?

(I didn't, I know, but)

Oh, my God, have you seen Pulp Fiction?

(Yeah, but, I don't really remember it)

What you talkin' about?

Have you seen, um

This is funny 'cause we're on a train

Have you seen

Fuck, what's his name?

The guy from the movie, the place

(On the train?)

(With the scenery?)

Um, I'm tryna remember right now, damnit

Source Code

(No)

You haven't seen that?

(Uh-uh)

With the dude from Donnie Darko?

(Who's that?)

Oh, my God

(Well, I still wanna know what your favorite Tarantino film is)

I know

I know that I got it if I

Do what I gotta do to get by

And they wonder why I never get high

They wonder why I never get high

I know

I know that I got it if I

Do what I gotta do to get by

And they wonder why I never get high

Then they wonder why I never get high