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Time (prod. DREAMR)

from Expected Paradise (EXP) by JeriTheOG

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Let me ask you some questions.

For each second that's counting
For each minute that's passing by,
The currency of life is reducing, so when will you fly?
If people can thank God for their parents, then who do I thank for mine?
Sensitive question, it's my coping defenses, came to my senses, understanding that grandma and her daughter, aren't alike.
I had to fight my demons while living in the hood that would rarely sleep.
Financial health depletes, barely have the bread for making ends meet..


I was scared to sleep.. all I heard was knock, knock.. or my phone rang..
"You got a couple dollars?" My Mother needs me to pay..
I never got a "hey, Jerimiah. How was your day?"
Would you believe "Do you love me", is what my dad would say..
Reciprocation struggle is a connection decay.

My own father succumbed to fabrications, internalized his feelings
Believing throughout my entire life I was brainwashed,
By the one he connected with in '98, 4 months in.
"Your dad ain't shit, I fuckin' hate that nigga"
"I wouldn't care if I never saw your mother again",
Psychological damage is irreversible pain.
All I wonder is by me knowing this, what do I gain?
Discrepancies within our history prevents me from being cordial with both parties, so in result,
complicated feelings develop.
Now I feel like I'm at a fault which then leads into confusion.
Grandma took me under her wing, so that I wasn't influenced.
While Kendrick Lamar was in the Valley of Silence,
I was busy surviving within the Alley of Violence.
Hearin' the gunshots, the screams, and the sirens,
Paranoid, out of my mind, I've accepted I'm traumatized.
The day I die, I want to be celebrated, it is okay to cry.
Remember me, memorize. I thank you all for your patience, I'm out of time.

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from Expected Paradise (EXP), released May 21, 2023

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Rapping is a form of artistry that I use to express myself, be it an emotion I feel, observations, and stories I tell or create. Name's Jerimiah. Nickname's Jeri.

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