I walk my own way one step at a time cautious with care I still share what I find lay myself bare in these digital shrines - But I won’t stay near for you to see my crimes, love here if u need here if u need here if u need tho don’t let me bleed don’t let me bleed don’t let me bleed slow sing myself sutures run from my past just to hide from my future I do not feel empty I feel less than half now I would never say it till the moments past how do I feel the gaps in my solid hands lose my love between the cracks of unsolid plans let me overflow just mop me up another time i’ll be here to hold u close hoping that you change your mind hoping that our paths align know I said I gets hard first but I hoped I was wrong like those other moments long since de parted from danger and friends become strangers and family don’t @ me just watch me with worry like don’t fall behind but don’t leave in a hurry like don’t fall behind but don’t leave in a hurry well I might take my time with this And I might tow the line with this my paper mache molecules still scattered like a pollock pools of wasted rotten paint make no martyrs trust no saint clear my canvas leave no trace I’ll find my peace before my place I m mau from don’t nowhere I’m going my how come is holy my why not is glowing my care is my castle my capture my cupid my death strip myself to the bones and take all that’s left here if u need here if u need here if u need tho don’t let me bleed don’t let me bleed don’t let me bleed slow

VERSE 1 I’m not fine can’t say my piece I need time hand break release the gears grind like I can’t unmake the mould that’s inside tangled thoughts are caught on each side when I try separate the code I live by from the roles I chose to help me survive helped you and I keep peace of mind hold me closer tear me up again twisted paper thank me later pull me under you’re my oxygen let me breathe let me Wait you’ve got salt in your heart gravel in the socks won’t stop if you stray from the path clay hands built for the craft made plans beautifully laid so our gods get a laugh so hold me closer and take my breath hold my ankles down while i stretch keep me grounded right till my death if you let me go I won’t come down CHORUS oh and I know I’ll find it it’s all timing steady I steady Im climbing I don’t mind it give it a moment you’ll find it not gold just guidance lord knows we’re trying lord knows we’re trying VERSE 2 where did you leave your heart why’d you forget it in the first place I took space and you took me apart we were doomed from the start if we never learnt to show face well I showed my heart on each sleeve stayed up beside you no sleep don’t phone me now it’s not deep wait there Imma hold it down with such ease don’t rush me gurl it takes time don’t ask you know i’m not fine you can read between the slick lines the things are thick signs are posted each mile Im mildly estranged it’s weird this new phase manners on text a friendly exchange mad about x and y and z thang it’s feelings in waves Im tryna be brave CHORUS hold me closer tear me up again twisted paper thank me later pull me under you’re my oxygen let me breathe let me

So if you’re lonely You can hit me on my line all night Even tho you make my chest feel tight I’ll stick pick up for you Just don’t disown me If you find a boy who fits your life Nothing crazy nothing worth your time But isn’t love all we do Am I still waiting for you ‘Cause isn’t love all we do I know it hurts but it’s true I know it hurts but it’s true So let your flowers grow, And find somebody to love Been down this road before I won’t stick around just because So let your flowers grow, And find somebody to love Been down this road before I won’t stick around just because If you think you really know me, show me. ‘Cause if you say it I’m unlikely to believe The little flickers of faith in us beyond the unforeseen The bitter bickering breaking the cement beneath our feet We made these- Mirrors to break, in case of our urgency. Knowing if we need to escape, it’s not an emergency. Growing from a - Piece to a place, that I can feel home Never letting go Better that I phone- Every once in a while, whenever you need to breathe. I see the grief in your smile I taste the tears in my teeth I think I needed to cry but I was scared to compete I would never put my fears at your feet, Put my pain on your plate. Waiting on your message at a quarter to eight Staring at the ceiling trying to find a mistake Hope we keep it pushing ‘stead of living to wait Doing my best not to break, feel like you’re doing the same. So let your flowers grow, And find somebody to love Been down this road before I won’t stick around just because

1ST VERSE cold days damn I really miss them cold days never feeling to alone days them just me and you at home days text you when I need a sudden rescue stay right there I got the best view I'm not fine but swear the rest true CHORUS and if I had robots heart I’d take every piece apart to show you that I’m broken even when the lights are on and if I had a heart of stone told you to leave me alone I know you know I’d crumble long before you’d even gone 2ND VERSE I got a lot that I need to say but I save that part for a longer day an I feel a little bit stronger day when my words don’t fall or ricochet but they hold your hands like a broken promise not too painful not too honest soaked in stars like flying comets sweeter than pancakes with the berries on it like a sunrise over an icy plain or a stranger wearing your mother’s name that scary softness you can’t explain and when it hits you nothing feels the same I hate it when I get this way tell you go and hope you stay all the silly games we play but if I had robots heart I’d take every piece apart to show you that I’m broken even when the lights are on and if I had a heart of stone told you to leave me alone I know you know I’d crumble long before you’d even gone (x2)

My sister called me this morning, I missed it Can’t feel ashamed cause my thoughts too distant Funny how the mood shifts back in an instant, Left me to drift in the past and the pictures. Clouds in the sky look gray and angry Loves at my door I can't let it near me Stare at the wall thinking “no it can’t be” True to the bone ‘cause it's all a mystery Run head down till I lose my trust Can't turn around what if I find dust Days were the sweetest when I was a teen And your face on the screen felt like sunshine’s touch And nowadays I try my hardest to not talk too much But not for me it's for us Family circles they grow till they break Jumping through hurdles and dodging mistakes Look in the water to see my reflection Its all a projection I swear its a fake Lost my attention through panic prevention So I stay in bed I’m too tired to wake (Distorted) Sky look gray and angry Loves at my door I can't let it near me Stare at the wall thinking “no it can’t be” True to the bone ‘cause it's all a mystery Run head down till I lose my trust Can't turn around what if I find dust Days were the sweetest when I was a teen And your face on the screen I dunno if you’ll miss me or miss this love We’re so close it's hard to see what we’ve become Now I look at the future and the clouds all gray Trying to say that I love you, but I can’t stay

1ST VERSE It’s me I’ve been up too late I’ve been checking text, holding my breath till my chest ache Now my phone’s on silent Nowadays I stay silent Scared I’m a stay there forever, love and I’m a little scared you won’t mind it By the way I’m fine just jaded When I get complicated Wrote a couple lines just to kill time last night. Read it back, already, hate it Wish I could’ve paced myself stayed stealth with the motion Cause now each drops like a drop in the ocean I know I need love but I just want focus I want to give trust but it still feels stolen, please So now I stay up late with the lights off Getting dressed up feeling Mike Ross Every day’s shorts but the nights long, I swear And maybe I catch up but the line breaks, Only that song, the crowd rates I stay quiet or I move fake, it’s unfair Taking no ‘ifs’ or ‘buts’ Swallow the issue like edible tissues, say brodie I wish you luck I only take half of the praises it hurts me to say that the rest gets chucked Into the well into the water, pack ‘em like shells in the mortar So tell me what you want then I know it’s hard to find the words to say I haven’t figured where the time went And now it’s feeling like I’m miles away I want some peace, I just want quiet When I’m with you it’s like the noise just fades Till we find ourselves in silence Till we’re scared to even walk away Hold my breath while I wait for the verdict Burn my chest till I’m free from the curses Sweet how vexed when I expect the next best gesture to be more than a burden I’m waiting. Not more meditating Funny how the ones who tell be patient, spend the night shaking And obvi I’m speaking to me. Copy the con to a T I’m just afraid I’m staying the same and not gaining the courage to leave Maybe I’m scared I could fly Either move forward or day Holding my actions to laws of attraction that forced me to swallow my pride CHORUS Room gets cold when I walk in Type of shit that makes me want to ghost Nothings getting clearer in the mirror Now I’m looking at me like a ghost Now I’m looking at me like a Ghost (x5) Now I’m looking at me like a Ghost (x5) Type of shit that makes me want to Ghost (x5) Now I’m looking at me like a Ghost (x6) 2ND VERSE I want to make it better, Know it gets worse with every verse And no I’m not being clever I can not rehearse, being on the verge of losing myself to everyone else And trapped all my essence to keep on a shelf It’s planned obsolescence I’ve built up myself, So as soon as I’m living for me, you can leave And I get it, I get it, I get it now Dropped in the water I let it down Having these chats with my inner child And he’s angry I’m letting these feeling out But he’s happy he doesn’t hold them Happy he isn’t “Holden” Thinking of when it was golden, and hoping those moments stay frozen And I know that they will… I try to touch it but I feel the chill Happy it hurts so that I know that it’s real Happy it hurts so that I know that it’s real I know that I will,I try to touch it but I feel the chill Happy it hurts so that I know that it’s real Happy it hurts so that I know that it’s real

night's still young but I’m low on funds and my energy’s weaker phone on 10% but I don’t wannna charge it then talk on speaker Im good , been better than most times but this ain’t easier that’s why when this life feels too much I wish for some light amnesia lost in smoke , words don’t last crack two jokes , puff then pass life moves slow then it’s way too fast and if I lose hope then my heart turns glass so I stay on cruise control and then dash seatbelt on I hope we don’t crash slow my speed to regain composure heart on sleeve covered up when it’s colder brake then breathe still gasping for closure leave while the timing right answer you call pre-flight lost in a maze these days when the sky clears hope we can find out way back here I’ll hit you up, I’ll hit you up I’ll call you right back I’ll hit you up, I’ll call you up when this shit blows over I’ll hit you up, I’ll hit you up Don’t get so detached I just need Some peace of mind Can you give me? Some peace of mind I just need To realign Nights still young but I feel a bit grown for this teenage fever We’ve got loose ends you don’t wanna tie ‘em and I don’t either I’m good been better than most times And I miss you Still I feel used I need some time away I don’t wanna lie, I don’t wanna fight When we’re both already faded And tension always seems fated I don’t wanna cry so I’d rather say goodnight ‘Cos your mind’s already made up Your headstrong and I’m impatient Maybe when we’re older We wont always rub shoulders So my head is in the clouds See you when I get down (And I’m not coming down) I’ll hit you up, I’ll hit you up I’ll call you right back I’ll hit you up, I’ll call you up when this shit blows over I’ll hit you up, I’ll hit you up Don’t get so detached I just need Some peace of mind Can you give me? Some peace of mind I just need To realign

Rained last night it’s sunnier now, said my joke made you giggle - think it’s funnier how Instead of taking my time feel like I’m asking for yours, with nothing concrete in my mind. Just letting life run it’s course and if you put me on pause, girl I don’t blame you ‘cause part of me was trying to do the same too. Either I’m happy that you came thru, either way I’m only here because: I like hearing you talk I like holding your hand I know finding each other was never part of your plan I been thinking too much I been thinking of you Trying to fight how Im feeling like I got something to prove I like holding your hand (x2) I like taking my time I like taking it slow I like not really knowing exactly where this’ll go I know feelings are hard maybe you need a break I know it’s complicated in ways that I can’t relate I like holding your hand (x2) Days get cold when it supposed summer time Tell don’t show doesn’t matter if your heart aligned I never know where a night can lead ‘Cause when it feels too good, think it’s make believe But I don’t wanna wake up yet - ‘cause I’m having fun Sorry if I interject But your eyes are sun Shining soft as morning, Hopeful for the day. Still finding my footing so I’m sorry if I stray -from the point know my joints getting weary by the day From the path know my hearts been a victim of decay For the life of me I keep forgetting what to say When we get a lil close, and I don’t want any space Like Hey Wondering if you ate Just in case you haven’t there’s a spot by your estate If I don’t hit any traffic I can meet you there at 8 Or if you’re ready in 20 I can pick you on the way girl I like hearing you talk I like holding your hand I know finding each other was never part of your plan I been thinking too much I been thinking of you Trying to fight how Im feeling like I got something to prove I like holding your hand (x2) I like taking my time I like taking it slow I like not really knowing exactly where this’ll go I know feelings are hard maybe you need a break I know it’s complicated in ways that I can’t relate I like holding your hand (x2)

Im happy you came over when you did iTs been a day love and I miss you quite a bit and you and I lead different lives and we might just grow to hate it if it means we can’t keep holding onto this and I like the way you let me hold your hand and that smile you get whenever we make plans when it’s cold outside you close your eyes and just wrap your arms round me it’s getting late but I’ll stay over if i can someone to hold someone to need yeah when it gets hard I fall apart you never leave yeah give you my all give it to give not to receive yeah Tell me I’m loved I try to lie , say I believe yuh I tried waking it off still I couldn’t get that far felt like talking a lot dug a deeper hole that just pushed us apart maybe I’m uncomfortable in conflict so I do all I can to try and stop it putting pain to the side both yours and mine to realign my stance on a broken promise I Know I said I’m fine I’m not and I can’t help it not sorry that I get worried feeling low might make me selfish and Swear I just want my best me to be right there when it’s late out and we’re both scared about fate now and you’ll call me and I’ll tell you that Im here to hold you if u need yeah if it gets hard and you apart Ill never leave yeah give you my all give it to give not to receive yeah Tell you you’re loved baby it’s easy to believe yuh and easy to se Im happy you came over when you did iTs been a day love and I miss you quite a bit and you and I lead different lives and we might just grow to hate it if it means we can’t keep holding onto this and I like the way you let me hold your hand and that smile you get whenever we make plans when it’s cold outside you close your eyes and just wrap your arms round me it’s getting late but I’ll stay over if i can

He told me he hasn’t cried in 7 summers it’s not hard you just make a pretty mask to cover the old scars I told him these moments seem to come more often - each year and my lips get dryer every winter with each tear it’s so cold we steal light we can’t cope but still fight So why make it worse when we’re so tired these water boys keep staring fires and now it’s everyone that’s getting burnt while we boil and then we throw each other to the dirt the dead soil and how is any grass supposed to grow without water boys don’t dry your fountain these tears move mountains it’s so cold we steal light we can’t cope but still fight So why make it worse when we’re so tired these water boys keep staring fires and now it’s everyone that’s getting burnt while we boil and then we throw each other to the dirt the dead soil and how is any grass supposed to grow without water boys don’t dry your fountain these tears move mountains

I know I stay a little late up mind a million pieces a part but that don’t mean I gotta say su’in cause I don’t even know where to start swear I’m just asking for some patience and I think deserve what I give so I don’t need someone to wait up Im on my time I got my own life to live (x2) Imma do what I want and not do what I don’t and baby that’s all she wrote need my time then get a quote Imma do what I want and not do what I don’t they won’t reach me I’m remote off the grid just off the coast i just need space to reflect got a lot of energy I need to protect if it’s not the requests it’s the depths I ain’t ask for coming from the left and they hit like a southpaw (OH) my days I been off of my ways like every other day there’s a problem - pause lost at sea on a boat no oars so my face on freeze like madam tussaudes wait I don’t want stress I don’t wand drama or no bad karma when the wind come I be water no enemy shall go prosper on my life Im reading the signs I got nothin but time and love I won’t give up on me on me meet me down by the lake I wanna savour the day out of time out of space with my hands on your waist baby we can escape throw the pressure away give this freedom a taste before it gets cold (3x) Imma do what I want not what they want me to On my own time right now Refusal my refuge

Time flies - doesn’t it Stared at sober skies I’m not seeking guidance just coverage Hoping for the walkthrough - Ngai was having none of it Stuff we tried to talk through - now the pain is public Tossed myself aside Like fuck it , I’m out of pride Like fuck it , I’m out of time Need a minute need a breath Gave myself to everyone and now there’s nothing left If I give it to the art I’ll split apart with every step (yeah) Cause These times grow me but It’s still lonely love Hurts and holds me up Hate to say it flabbergasted and fated To a hopeless over estimated dream Where my lady love me crazy and I’m not afraid to be - me Headstrong I won't topple tho it’s heavy days The tide is high but I let it ride on my merry way I’m baking dilla the frozen filler is ever glazed Worry 99 but in any case that’s a penny saved Maya Amolo: Wanna start and take a moment and thank my bro For making shitty situations cozy o Manipulation of the moment Where the feeling’s really potent But stars burn slow, And so they grow So let me go get to it My constant crooning Over melodies sweet And a rapid heartbeat, beats me How we manage I don’t understand Why they keep calling my sadness A big advantage I tap into these moods and hope pretty flowers bloom And Imma wait for the sun, hope that she’ll be here soon And from time to time we get a little scared But at the end of the day? Kazi Iendelee, ama? Freesia Flow: Kazi I endelee Maya? Kazi I endelee, haiya? Kwanza this beat is too fire Waking up from a nap I thought I saw you in my dreams And that shit kinda slapped We was walking by the sea Or was it the beach I reach deep deeper into my conscious Created moments so timeless It's easy to forget Maybe that's why I rhyme less Losing self respect In a city so cons-tricting Of my talents I'm unbalanced Because of the callous ways You are not listening Or maybe you heard me Nairobi Unauma you're killing me slowly Caving under pressure and ducking the police I'm only 25 Why is it so gad damn hard to feel alive Why is it so gad damn hard to just try Why is it so For all of it's uncertainty, we cannot flee the future. One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. Sukuma hio miguu Kama Kipchoge Talk your truth make moves usichoke Haba Na haba usisahau kujaza matoke Make sure to look in the pocket Make sure you always be honest Make sure to keep yourself Free flowing and peaceful You are your own equal You are your own sequel That's the truth for the people That's the truth for the people That’s the truth for the people That’s the truth for the Chevy Kev: How I feel about you? Metaphor You ever met someone you wished you met before Kiasi ni jam umechelewa Ulikam kabao nimeotea Nikahata pen na nikapewa Maradona But you more madonna If this ever fades, I’ll be searching for you in the next one Until then, I’m holding you close enough to see the reflection in your eyes. Mau from nowhere: Haba Na Haba Hujaza Kibaba Tony Said Haba Na Haba Hujaza Kibaba Tony Said And he’s the oldest so handling pressure’s his daily bread. I’ll be searching for you in the next one (x3)
 Mau from nowhere: Scared of the attention but I love it Oh don’t we all Builds a plastic pedestal that stand so tall And if it grows the vegetables then praise to lord But guarantee it won’t be painless when it’s time to fall Cause we were made to be broken and adjusted I lit a flame till my cranium combusted And I’m insane to believe love can’t be trusted Even if there’s no proof Someone always close who Kept it 10 squared was willing yet unprepared for the future and its fears Broken suchres leaking tears Worried that I can’t cry these days I stay inside these days Philosophize on every reason I’m alive these days Like is it my real fate To shine a light these ways And illuminate my surroundings tho the sky be gray And still epitomize the inner mind That’s scared to photosynthesize In case the sun don’t hit him right And all the porous pigment dies Monski: Nina maswali sieizi jibu Vidonda siezi tibu I’m trying to find peace Mbali na wenye wivu My mind is in a bubble Can puncture with a needle I’m cena to my love When he wish that I was see through Always with my drop R2D2 Recognise game kill siku Let me past go huwezi re-do Huwezi kuwamiss sis do you Haba na haba we made do Angusha hizi bars on cue , all eyes on you Walihate, wanaspread all lies no truth I don’t pay em no mind head high my yout I was breaking down mics and destroyed your crew (Oooo) Mau from nowhere: lucky to have a cushion Image is unreliable focus on what you shouldn’t focus on what you be on focus on what seeing go behind all the eons of life that kept us doubting and thinking we couldn’t just be I will not die by my own hand and I don’t have to do this on my own man no I don’t need to walk through the quicksand no I don’t need to work through the quicksand no I will not die by my own hand and I don’t have to do this on my own man No I will not walk through the quicksand No I will not sink in this quicksand

cold dust in the sun rays can’t trust myself so I’m headed home said I’d meet you back at my place even tho I know I need a night alone you can tell me you don’t love me its easier than watching you try and I don’t know when this turned ugly but I spent a minute wondering why maybe it was me then maybe it was meant to be then I don’t wanna feel like, I’m a bit too hard to love (x2) I was too afraid to ask yuh the other me might love the answer run away with the truth to a darker pasture all i needed was proof to prevent my peace (-) and back then we would barely sleep but hide scars till the hurting would start to seep the same path wouldn’t work if we went too deep and neither one of us would take the leap so I tiptoe slowly lonely round it , grounded - calm a little bit of love never did no harm fitting like a glove when I’m in your arms then I giggle just because when I see your laugh - who said life was a constant times still mould us fight through the nonsense see you clear can’t stay here still be near - I told you everything we go through it grows us still i’m pulling at the door when it closes tell myself don’t feel stay focused focused and it works till I lose my way but Cucu still prays so I keep my faith it won’t show through words but the peace we make just hope I make time for new mistakes it might be great, might be great you can tell me you don’t love me its easier than watching you try and I don’t know when this turned ugly but I spent a minute wondering why maybe it was me then maybe it was meant to be then I don’t wanna feel like, I’m a bit too hard to love (x2)

I just hope you call give a little time in your day tell me that you’d rather withdraw tell me that we’ll both be okay I’d show all my flaws sew them in my garden to bloom pick the flowers after they fall send them on a rider to you maybe we just need to slow down let the bleeding stop sugar on our wounds burn away this rot I’m home now maybe you’re asleep we don’t need to talk swear it’s not that deep but still I would hope you had a good night i would hope to see you again never thought of chasing lost time cause everything good comes to an end and I would hope your heart would be graceful I would hope your memory’s kind I can’t promise this won’t be painful I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we you say running, late touché I relate now the words spilling out like water a deep breath reminiscing with death until we stop by the steps as I ask for your order roll your eyes with a smile times two your cynically spoken jokes in haikus like love is the birds but isn’t the sky too and maybe it’s hard at first but couldn't we fly too? or three or four oh mi amour your smile got me so theodore mosby hold me till we no more or just tonight don’t block the light this afterlife so lonely since I re-remembered you promise on your way out this time you’ll leave better clues I would hope you had a good night i would hope to see you again never thought of chasing lost time cause everything good comes to an end and I would hope your heart would be graceful I would hope your memory’s kind I can’t promise this won’t be painful I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we find I just hope we (x4) I just hope we keep what we

I wish I could say it gets easier than easter flowers under streetlights golden dollar pizza Easier than Curtis finding love after Alicia but we know that ends in tragedy so pray you won’t get mad at me when I say Days get heavy without warning and feelings overwhelm us even ‘fore they’re fully forming I might leak a couple tears to you and say I was just yawning and it’s only half a lie because in truth i’m fucking tired of the Lows that don’t relent Foes that won’t repent and over analysing every hour seldom spent putting weight behind my work and still I’ve barely made a dent well maybe I’ll take a breath before I go catalogue expressions in my closet like i’m Koh hope when I express my depression it brings some dough or better yet some hope It’s late afternoon I can barely move swear my eyelids weigh a tonne I wanna try shout but my hearts in my mouth and it tastes like broken sun I wish I could hold myself like you do you got the universe holding you easy when we know it’s hard to say buts it’s harder still to wait for the words from you let you hold my name but I’ll check it might’ve changed when my blood turned back and blue you don’t know how much you know me and I hope you never realise why my loneliness so holy so I keep it like a winning prize oh swear I’m more afraid of the good things always so much fear in the good things