Slow Groove

Been on the road for quite some time now

En route to work is the only time I wind down

I feel like Caesar on the quest to make Rome bigger

I played in trees as a child, could never climb down

But coming introspective I need to be more selective

I'm way too nice, got me feeling bad to ignore a message

I traded secrets with homies I really thought could keep it

The minute I leave and they steal my dreams and they try to sell it

I can't tell if it's my fault or theirs

People being themselves, I need to be more prepared

I guess it's time to tighten up the circle

Put some knotches in the belt

For all the weight I've had to share

More locks up on the door

A couple cameras in the front

Yeah, I know who you are, but what do you want

Fool, what you want?

Fool, what you want?

(Sorry, you know, scratch it like that)

Fool, what you want?

Slow groove

I just wanna take my time

I don't mind the wait in line

I ain't goin' nowhere soon

I just wanna take my time

I don't mind the wait in line

We ain't goin' nowhere

I been contemplatin' drinkin' and the use of drugs

Favorite artists do it

They all influence us

I ain't talkin' Future

But rather older names

I'm talkin' Hendrix, talkin' Davis, talkin' Marvin Gaye

They were kings, but the copin' they became a slave

Know that I got it in me

Don't pass me a shot of whiskey

Anything I do

I do it the most

It just so happens I'm rewarded for being extreme

Applauded workaholic, fallin' asleep in the office

So then I'll never get fired

Irony, I'm a boss

'Cause I could never get hired

Ain't got an "off" switch

Therefore my bills higher

Somebody get coffee

Black single origin

Like our ancestors

Oh you forgot 'cause you tan lesser

This is me in the jam session

Cram a lesson in like

Party now, study in the end

100 percent

Slow groove

I just wanna take my time

I don't mind the wait in line

I ain't goin' nowhere soon

I just wanna take my time

I don't mind the wait in line

We ain't goin' nowhere

I'm really good at my job

That's because I understood it's a job

I'm not interested in comin' to your studio or chillin' at the shows

I gotta do this all over tomorrow

Would rather chill in my home

Go out to eat, just and Ziz in the park

Seldom see me in the streets after dark

'Cept my name in that marquee

Traded street lights for stage lights

I'm tryin' to make a living from art

Have a life full of love

Memories you cannot like or remark

I'm only posting what I'm seein' in parts

I mean, what's more tragic

Livin' in a hyper reality

Or the systematic murder of magic

I'm chasin' the wild things

They're becoming harder to find

In time I'm sure they'll only live in my mind

But for now I'm on the prowl for the how's

Leave it all up to chance, bruh

Sometimes I'd rather not know the answer

But that's just me

Slow groove

I just wanna take my time

I don't mind the wait in line

I ain't goin' nowhere soon

I just wanna take my time

I don't mind the wait in line

We ain't goin' nowhere