New Flower! (feat. Leon Thomas)

You've grown yourself a flower

In the garden

See, I was like eighteen

With nothin' to my name but overdraft fees

Jealous of the rich, tryna get cheese

'Cause I always knew this life wasn't no breeze

And my purpose like Amerie it was one thing

But where I'm from they called it a "far-fetched dream"

'Cause Baba don't believe in a sure thing

But now he do, 'cause my wrist like the West Wing (Prezi!)

I had to grow my own garden

Planted the seeds, but I was faint-hearted

The courage it took to get this shit started

Meant a new flower had to get sprawlin'

All my friends was having college fun

Me? I didn't have the college funds

In my head's where I be at

Couldn't let the petals die just for a Fiat

Believe that!

You've grown yourself a flower

In the garden

Look, I was on 145th and St. Nick

Takin' that A train down to the mix

Complex wasn't really payin' me shit

And Def Jam had me gettin' sandwiches

Got one for Big Sean but at least he tipped

And that twenty saved my life that week

In New York, but I'm feelin' Memphis Bleek

I was eatin' plain rice and I'm far from cheap, ****

Yeah, bury me before I'm a burden

DIY till my conscience certain

But the garden can't grow if it ain't got purpose (True!)

Caring for this seed since 2014

I've been watering this motherfucker every damn week

I didn't know where I'd be at

Growth came slow but it bloomed now we see that, believe that

You've grown yourself a flower

In the garden

I used to do gardening in the house

It's Grandpa, Aminé, he forced you to plant, keep it

Maintenance and everything, so after he come from school then he can go to the garden

Maintaining it, uh, giving it water, stuff like that, this is how I grew up

And when the sun hits your skin

I hope you know you belong where you've been

And we'll grow, that's fasho

But in the end we will be back in the ground once again

Yeah, look, we all want success

But can you grow more with less?

'Cause money changed everything, I see the effects

Lifetime friends think I think of them less

No, ****, I am depressed

If people don't like me, then I don't get a check

Which means both my parents are stayin' in debt

And I prefer to be the only one that carries the stress

Shit, if I had never got rich, maybe Sunset wouldn't have me sick

'Cause that crash almost toe-tagged my sis

Is it my fault that she even had that risk?

But fuck what I can't control

The best advice I get from myself alone

And after all that Portland rain is combined

All I need is thirteen months of sunshine

And when the sun hits your skin

I hope you know you belong where you've been

And we'll grow, that's fasho

But in the end we will be back in the ground once again