The Root

Damn this shit sounds so seductive
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Now it was just an average night, I'm tryna find some inspiration
And I got the soundtrack to every situation
Got my shit on shuffle on my night time playlist
And when this song came on it took to the place when
I was so eager just to satisfy my cravings
After breaking up, after years of relations
So now girl I brought you right back to my place and
Funny how music can take you back to situations

The song was Sizzla, "Just One of Those Days"
Not to be confused with Eraa, 25 8
Laying in my bed, just talking while the song played
Skipping scenes in my mind to the part I get laid
And I heard some stories 'bout you
Right hand told me he can surely vouch for
How you do what you do, so you 'bout it
Let's test the theory girl, I wanna see the outcome

Now we touching, I'm kissing all on your body
They'll hear everything if we continue in silence
Turn up the music, the walls thin in this apartment
Now you free babygirl, you can really just be as loud as
You wanna be, but I'm holding back 'cause I ain't feeling this
All day anticipation, now it's different
I can't escape from my demeanor as a gentlemen
Looking in your eyes and all I see is innocence

In my mind I was thinking that you on go
On top of the fact that some would say that you a hoe
That ain't really my speed, I won't feed into the jokes
But now I see that you really just don't know how to say "no"
So here is just a test of my character
Saying I'm pure-hearted, well nigga back it up
I stopped the scene, I had to intervene
I'm taking advantage of you, that's really how it seems

Maybe that's not the case but I just left it
Couldn't be that desperate
Now you laying on my chest and
Sleeping good, I'm up reflecting
Staring at the ceiling overthinking so excessive
Wonder if someone from your past was aggressive being selfish
Now weeks passed, it seems that it's looking
What we had would be bad if I had've took it
Hate jumping to conclusions but I hear you taking trips
Constantly to the clinic, man I think I dodged a bullet

Shit crazy ain't it?
But you know we just gon' move on to the second verse
two right here
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Glad I ain't let my selfishness get the best of me
'Specially when we talking what I love sexually
Putting what I want from you above your feelings definitely
Would have me looking back like 'damn nigga, that was less of me'
Now we can take a look at this on a bigger scale
Ain't tryna say it's something wrong with looking out for self
But it turns detrimental, other people get resentful
When you willing to get sinful just for you to go excel

'Cause niggas'll kill for what they want
Shit'll get real for what they want
So please don't you ever get caught up
In believing that you really got support from
The ones you call your friends, motherfuckers play pretend
Now I ain't tryna say everybody you should be against
But you'll be surprised, shit can cause some confusion
Some real, some revealed to just be an illusion

And I learned the hard way
Thought if I loved hard they'd never cross me
Gave so many chances, I'm exhausted
I'm glad I kept my heart, I almost lost it
They talk about the root of evil, why the world so crooked
I always hear one of three: money, greed, or pussy
I see, but one thing that you're overlooking
Is the cause of the other three and ain't no way to cure it

See that pussy is powerful, that's one thing I gotta know
Niggas showed true colors, tryna see 'bout what I was on
Like nigga do you know how many girls you can find?
Any place, any time? But you craving for mine
Damn, and I get we need money for survival
Ironic how that shit'll have us feeling homicidal
Breaking trust from different angles, everybody feeling spiteful
But it's good because you splurging, it don't matter what the price is

And I may disagree, but I ain't mad at your decisions
Only thing that kills me is how people treat you different
Now I'm notable? Nah keep being indifferent
When I was building up, you wasn't even there to witness
And it's crazy isn't it?
Education, church, and even sex is business
Even love comes with a price and if there comes an ending
Divorce settlements can lead you to some riches

Now moving on to what we call greed
What we call taking way more than we need
Even worse that we would do anything
Even at the expense of your own regime
Now when I say this just know I don't mean
No offense, but it kind of lacks sincerity
On your road to heaven see you doing good deeds
So it's really for yourself if you ask me

It raise my eyebrows when I hear people talking
About doing good just to affect their karma
Clearly it was only for rewards and the honor
So for no return would that helping hand offer?
And I'm a child of God but it opened my eyes
Met a few people and it had me surprised
Showed they had a pure heart and was naturally kind
Turned out to be atheists, no belief in a God

The point I'm tryna make is no rewards afterlife
So if we ain't believe, would we strive to live right?
Would it still be important for us to keep our morals?
Or will they get distorted without God as our light?
They talk about the root of evil, why the world so crooked
I always hear one of three: money, greed, or pussy
But one can exist without the other two choices
Underneath all three is what you're overlooking

It's called selfishness