Hands Tied - Dead Silent

They don’t see the message when I send it from above

They don’t get the lesson 'less it’s coming from a thug

I say I’m the moon so they focus on the dark

Not knowing that I be really just reflecting off the sun

Over-saturation of every market I love

Soon as the tracks out, I’m devoured into the flood

Flushed out, I be climbing out gutters up into your glove

Gut feeling ain’t telling me none

I don’t do this for kicks, I don’t do it for the fun

Sure I love the adrenaline spilling off of my tongue

You can celebrate with liquor for a little bit of buzz

But limit your aspirations until it’s all said and done

But I guess wine is thicker than blood

You drink into oblivion, believe it is a must

Muster courage only when it’s coming from inside a cup

Maybe you love living among people that are shallow as what you front

Enough’s known

It really sucks to be grown

Friends dipping out really set the tone

Amended ends I should’ve never resewn

Now I’m on the brink of breaking even or breaking toes

Hollow enough to bust

I think I’m finally losing touch

Time to shift gears with a broken clutch

In a moving truck

I don’t really care if you were made from the dust

Or raised in a pack of wolves

I wanna know who you trust

Cause I done put my faith in the wrong lives

Moon pulling in every direction, I’m swimming with all the wrong tides

Y’all don’t wanna grow, I get the strong vibe

If you don’t benefit my future then beat it

My shades are drawn tight

The industry is my rawhide

Cause I be sinking my teeth into everything

With the force of a shark bite

Some think I’m a failure, they’re half right

But dropping out of college was a con

I defeated with both my hands tied

Hands tied

Trance-like

They say the game ain’t been the same since Mac died

Sad eyes

Snack time

Killing your favorite rapper is my pastime

Hands tied

Fast ride

I ain’t talking bout a car, it’s a fast life

I think I made a pact in my past life

Passion over everything, passing into a landslide

Picking apart the pieces living inside of me

Checking the growing rivalry

Between what I want and what my mind’s advising me

Couple more years and I’ll be packing up undecidedly

Passing onto the coast and I’m going ghost like thy holy

Present on the platter of pessimism

You play it as depression, like your mind is a prison

Secret is well hidden

Your mindset is, the rest isn’t

I wish I was living up to my word

That’s a scent sweeter than fresh linen

I’m frustrated with no reason to be

I believed that I was working harder than the people beneath

Cause I’ve been plotting low and so mischievously

But all I got in return was slow facetious greed

Became all of the people that I hated to see

Received praise in every field without completing degrees

Double checked that every single line connected with ease

But failed to connect to fans that digested the streams

Any way I see myself or look at the position I’m in

I’ll never feel like I can sit in my skin

Even if I had a hundred thousand listening in

I’d still be down to just a couple of friends

Never felt pressure of this intensity

Maybe the ones that loved me most aren’t the best for me

And I’ve been searching for success like it’s a recipe

Presently second guessing my enemies, questioning my identity cause my

Hands tied

Trance-like

They say the game ain’t been the same since Mac died

Sad eyes

Snack time

Killing your favorite rapper is my pastime

Hands tied

Fast ride

I ain’t talking bout a car, it’s a fast life

I think I made a pact in my past life

Passion over everything, passing into a landslide