"MENTALITY" is a song with the concept that you as the individual have to find a solution to your problems on your own. It speaks on finding peace within yourself as well as self improvement, something only the individual can fix for themself.
lyrics
Don't ask me to fix your mentality,
Changing your thoughts is what changes reality,
Some things you cannot control and that bothers me,
But I'm not God and my vision is not what I preach
Personally, I have been living quite recklessly,
I had to slow down before it got the best of me,
The rest of me, crying quite desperately,
Where is the one that would love me?
We all live inside the same world you see,
The pain you receive is the same in me.
The same pain received by celebrities,
Even if they're ashamed and don't want you to see.
The same pain transparent to those in need,
No peace, no love, no happy, no- wait
That's the goal now and I don't mean to be fake
But the truth is I'm hurt and that's what it takes to break a child
Mind always running and gunning,
Pretending to be fine,
But recognize there's no reason for shame and no reason to hide,
Lighting the vine allowing the fire to climb
Till it's ash from the sky from the veins in my skin,
Powered by red blood and melanin,
This ain't a story and this ain't a song,
This ain't me saying your lifestyles are wrong,
It ain't my place for that, don't give me hate for that.
I could sit back here and watch my paper stack
But I want you to be comfortable in your own skin
It's up to you to determine your own sins.
Don't ask me to fix your mentality,
Changing your thoughts is what changes reality,
Some things you cannot control and that bothers me,
But I'm not God and my vision is not what I preach, man…
Broken perspective, some people in peace,
People in poverty don't equal the weak,
Apparently I should be living to preach,
But I won't decide what you'll seek,
My anatomy is that I'll never reach any real harmony,
Harming me the thought that you'll never love me
Down bad, crying on the floor,
No charity, I don't need your pity anymore, not angry,
If you guys ignore me, after all I've done for you to date,
Then I'll shape out your thoughts until they become straight,
Is this the way to live?
What do you say?
The equivalent of holding up a knife, threatening your life,
You better agree, accept your defeat
The toxicity of this lifestyle baffles me,
But it’s still accepted in society.
Don't ask me to fix your mentality,
Changing your thoughts is what changes reality, uh,
Lifestyle, mental poverty,
They refuse to improve, an anomaly
Not psychology, made an attempt to improve,
No apology, end of the day it's the truth,
Working on better things, cherishing the few good things…
My mechanism to cope,
Ain't the O.D., not the smoke,
Isn't the people that say you not dope,
I don't need that negativity,
I so candidly turn these opinions so obsolete,
I entreat you to take these thoughts from my music, attempt to reuse it and determine the path of your future…
Wait…
The weight on your mind, the worry of your fate,
Will I make it or break,
Am I even awake?
When you ignore my attempts to conversate,
Cause you make it hard to relate I say,
24 hours a day and you’d spend it all tryna decipher this, rewire this, acquire this thought,
A thought for food, a thought for prayer,
A thought of preparation for a new life,
Rebirth is my birthright, my lyrics are foresight,
Innocent people being abandoned with no path, lost in the aftermath,
Man it’s the result of our pain,
While congress is saying that they are religious
And the pope is saying that they’re not fictitious,
When they’re superstitious,
My vicious words are reality,
Some of us battling ourselves,
But instead some beings are pressured to have another day of rest,
If not they’ll be shot but they’ll be shot regardless in my opinion,
In this world man, no one is winning man and we are all sinners,
And I’m a beginner to life,
Already stressed, already blessed,
Sometimes I forget so I take it back again,
Care for me carefully, don’t want you to lose me,
Please don’t misuse me, please don’t abuse me,
Improve my mentality,
I promise it won’t be the death of me.
There’s so much that’s left for me,
So much that’s left for us, we need to change,
We need to get through the battles and bypass these struggles
And that’s not easy but man,
Don’t wanna lose you, please don’t abandon this gift…
That's my wish…
My mentality.
credits
from REBIRTH,
released October 13, 2023
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