Swim

[Intro:]
 I was 3 when my old man left in the wind
 Pushed me in the ocean, turned around & said "Swim"
 That's what I did even though I was scared
 I kept kickin' 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.
 If I had one wish, It wouldn't be wealth
 It would be that if we could just love ourselves
 'Cause every day it's like we kill a million dreams
 & it seems everybody on different teams
 I don't mean to get deep, I'm just speakin' the truth
 We in a 2-bed trailer with a leak in the roof
 I ate potatoes every way you could ever make'em
 When your hungry gotta use your imagination
 My mom did her best, she would hug & kiss me
 Even though we had more fuckin' mice than Disney
 I still had some polo's & plenty new draws
 While she was livin' life with the same two bras
 & lightning strikes like Garth say thunder rolls
 Life is cold like an Eskimo in summer clothes
 I suffer softly, but never let nothin' stop me
 & I miss my little girl like somebody shot me.
 They walk on me until I die
 Take me to die so now they'll come around. [Repeated in background]
 I was 3 when my old man left in the wind
 Pushed me in the ocean, turned around & said "Swim"
 That's what I did even though I was scared
 I kept kickin' 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.
 I be prison made cross, fuck diamonds & jewels
 Still flyer then Jordan when he was runnin' with bulls
 So many shots had missed, so many cops was pissed
 So many songs I have written in the past on this
 It's alot of imposters try to tell you the same.
 But How the fuck can I explain? No one knows my pain
 From the cord on my navel I was a G from the cradle
 I don't snort 'cause they say that bitch Caine killed Abel
 I'm not sure you understand it but I must express it
 Santa Claus is on heroine, there ain't no presents
 & Mom all this shit makes my eyes so watery
 Now I understand why you tried to win the lottery
 We gon' make it I promise, don't let the memories haunt us
 I remember we was at the bus stop in pajamas
 Tryin' to run from a home that brought so many tears
 Bad luck like we must've broke a thousand mirrors.
 They walk on me until I die
 Take me to die so now they'll come around. [Repeated in background]
 I was 3 when my old man left in the wind
 Pushed me in the ocean, turned around & said "Swim"
 That's what I did even though I was scared
 I kept kickin' 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.
 They walk on me until I die
 Take me to die so now they'll come around. [Repeated in background]
 I was 3 when my old man left in the wind
 Pushed me in the ocean, turned around & said "Swim"
 That's what I did even though I was scared
 I kept kickin' 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.